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Big Data Analytics @ Lord Athi Varadar Darshan in Kanchipuram

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Links to earlier posts 01) https://innovationinbanking.blogspot.com/2019/07/7-lame-excuses-and-7-improvements.html 02) https://innovationinbanking.blogspot.com/2019/07/lord-athi-varadar-arises-after-40-years.html Today i.e 28 th July 2019 is the 28 th day of Lord Athi Varadar presence on dry land. Today being Ekadashi, there were still a larger number of devotees as compared to other days. Another challenge on Ekadashi, is that devotees fast partially. This means devotees partaking Ekadashi fasting need special food to keep up their energy levels. In Hinduism and Jainism, Ekādaśī is considered a spiritual day and is usually observed by partial fast. Beans and grains are not consumed by observant people during because they are believed to be contaminated by sin. Instead, only fruit, vegetables, and milk products are eaten. This period of abstinence starts from sunrise on the day of Ekādaśī to sunset on the following day. The timing of each Ekādaś...

7 Lame Excuses and 7 Improvements @Kanchipuram for Lord Athi Varadar Darshan

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My earlier post @ https://innovationinbanking.blogspot.com/2019/07/lord-athi-varadar-arises-after-40-years.html The death of 4 devotees while waiting for darshan of Lord Athi Varadar jolted the administration, to have a closer look at infrastructure for the Lord Athi Varadar Teerth Yatra. The administration missed all the indicators for a urgent revamping of the infrastructure. There was absolutely no need for the administrations to rely on 3 rd party feedback. The swelling crowds on the streets, the growing demand for VIP passes, the increasing visits of VVIPs should have altered the administration to ramp up the infrastructure. These cannot be termed as excuses Lame Excuse 01) On normal days, the average number of devotees will not be more than 50,000 Lame Excuse 02) On week days, the average number of devotees will not be more than 70,000 Lame Excuse 03) On auspicious days, the average number of devotees will not be more than 70,000 Lame E...

Update 05 - Lord Athi varadar @ Kanchi, arises after 40 years

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Lord Athi varadar arises after 40 years .  7 Tips and Responsibilities for a Safe Lord Athi varadar Darshan @ Kanchi. Update 5 – 19 July 2019          The postal department has released a special cover to commemorate the ongoing Athi Varadar festival in Kanchipuram. A limited-edition of 1000 covers priced at Rs50/- were released by Tamil Nadu Postal circle.          Governor Banwarilal Purohit had the honour of releasing the special cover on “Athi Varadar As Thursday is considered to be an auspicious day to pray at the temple, devotees started to gather from Wednesday night itself for an early darshan on Thursday. This put additional stress on the administration leading to a huge waiting time for Lord Athi Varadar darshan. On 18 th July 2019, a crowd of 2 lacs plus jostled for darshan of Lord Athi Varadar. Of the 108 Vaishnavite temples, the Varadharaja Perumal tem...

Highlights of Reserve Bank of India Master Circular - Scheme of Penalties for bank branches based on performance in rendering customer service to the members of public

          Reserve Bank of India on 1 st July 2019, placed the ‘Master Circular – Scheme of Penalties for bank branches based on performance in rendering customer service to the members of public’, on its website.           This Master Circular is addressed to : The Chairman & Managing Director, Chief Executive Officers of ‘All Banks’.           This Master Circular is revised and updated version of it’s earlier circular : DCM (CC) No.G-4/03.44.01/2018-19 dated July 3, 2018 on the scheme of penalties. This Master Circular covers the   ‘Scheme of Penalties for bank branches including currency chests has been formulated in order to ensure that all bank branches provide better customer service to members of public with regard to exchange of notes and coins, in keeping with the objectives of Clean Note Policy’. Operational G...