MY MAGIC WORLD OF HEAVEN

Annual rings (Image courtesy: Amanda Tromley)                If we examine the trunk of a tree that has been chopped down, we will see first of all the outer ring of the bark which acts as a sort of waterproof coat for the tree. Inside the outer covering come a number of concentric rings.                  Each one of these rings represents a year in the life of the tree. The space between the rings is the wood which the tree produced during one year.                 By counting the number of rings we can tell when the tree was born. These rings also indicate the dry periods the tree lived through as well as wet periods. In dry times the rings are very thin. In heavy rain fall years the rings are thicker. Image courtesy: Christian Schnettelker               Slender course of wood can be t...

         Karni Mata Temple   (Image courtesy: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra /  wikimedia commons )            "Temple of rats" Oh! very interesting one. isn't it?                Karni Mata Temple is also known as the "Temple of Rats" is dedicated to Karni Mata near Bikaner in Rajasthan, India. The temple is famous for the approximately 20,000 black rats and out of all the thousands of rats in the temple there are a few white rats known as holy rats or kabbas. They are believed to be the manifestations of Karni Mata herself and her four sons.                  When any of these rats die, it never produces any sort of foul smell and if a single rat is killed in the temple, it must be replaced with a rat of similar weight and size, made of gold.