Facts to know before visiting Shani Shingnapur

Hello Readers😀!! How is your day? Hope everyone is doing great. This is itsmeachutha back with a new blog sharing my experience at Shani Shingapur.
A few days ago, as a part of my trip to Shirdi I visited a few places near Maharashtra and one among them is Shani Shingnapur which I got to know from YouTube vloggers and google feed. Here I am not gonna share the history or the appearance of the place this is completely a raw experience of mine which I thought every one of us should know before visiting.

As many of the vloggers and travelers suggested on YouTube the temple has really very good architecture and view but there is something that was not meant to happen in the name of God. Let me now briefly list the things that are not mentioned anywhere. As YouTube videos suggest Shani Shingnapur is not as near to Shirdi, it takes around 1hr 40minutes - 2 hours on one side and the distance from Shirdi is 72km.

Out of my experience I didn't find something like the complete village has no doors as said in many videos. Maybe few still follow that but most houses, shops, banks, and ATMs had doors. However, if you are someone who is curious about and traveling to this location only for this reason, you might be let down.

There would be minibus travelers or cars asking for trips to Shani Shingnapur from Shirdi each traveler has their individual pricing starting from INR 200 - 350 to pick up and drop back to the location you booked. I suggest if you are a good bargainer then you can fix a deal for around INR 200. Here comes the really disappointing matter. They pick up travelers from Shirdi and take us almost near the temple.

Hey did you read that properly I said almost near to the temple yes near to the temple but not at the temple. They stop vehicles near a shop to tell you the history of this place, guide us on how to go, and do the rituals in the temple. They begin by telling a brief tale before asking you to bring flowers, dark cloth, sesame oil, and other items. Once you take the basket, they start telling you the prices of each if it is just a basket the pricing starts from 700. They also tell you if you visit for the first time you should carry all this stuff and if you are a 2nd or 3rd time visitor carry these.

They keep motivating you until you purchase them. If you refuse to purchase them, they start humiliating you in a respectful way something like you came here to visit Shanidev and spent a lot but you are thinking a small amount which would actually cost from INR 700 - 3000 just for a few flowers, a piece of cloth, some leaves and a coconut they cost INR 700 which is totally unfair. If you add some oil and a few more it would cost nearly INR 3000. People from different regions visit to see the place and experience spirituality but these kinds of people practice unfair business in the name of GOD. It should completely be the choice of an individual to purchase or as far as I observed it is not as mandatory as they say. My kind request is not to encourage such people and doesn't waste your valuable money. As every penny you earn is out of your hard work instead of giving them that amount there are so many old people in Shirdi asking for some food it would be better if we donate some food to them their blessings would give us more bliss.

This blog is completely my experience from my recent trip to Maharashtra and had no intention to blame or humiliate anyone & just to spread awareness. I hope you found this blog informative, please do share, and comment on your experience at Shani Shingnapur.

A Big Dream Girl(Season - 2)

Episode - 2

Hello dear readers!
Thank You So Much for Your Love On Our 1st Episode: Click Here
"It's not always only our efforts, sometimes experience plays a key role to succeed."

Naina's team was appreciated by all the judges for their work, she didn't understand why their project was not finalized. As the TV shows highlighted an Indian was selected for a great opportunity by Microsoft but lost in the last round of the competition. Naina started receiving calls and messages from her friends, family members, neighbors, etc. Naina's team lost hope and was disappointed with the result. They had to return to India with all the sorrow on their faces.

As they returned and met again on their college campus, Naina's team started discussing the drawbacks of their presentation. Naina's teammates questioned themselves. Naina to Shalini, did we follow all the protocols mentioned in the competition list?
Shalini: Yes. "We followed all the protocols perfectly".
Naina to Jhansi did we make our presentation clearly sync with our ideas?
Naina and team members found no flaws in their presentation, while Saurab and Raghav met Naina on their campus and congratulated the team for their efforts. Also, all of them went to the college canteen, and now Raghav and Saurab joined their discussion. Naina to her brother and fiance "Raghav and Saurab we made sure to follow all the protocols mentioned by Microsoft but we are unable to find the release for our failure, can you help us find them". Raghav and Saurab found that professionalism is the only element that was missed in their presentation. Raghav and Saurab with serious attire." Naina and team let us both help you learn what actually professionalism is and why is it mandatory?"

All the teammates along with Saurab and Raghav started their new beginning in this practice, they experienced different emotions. They not only learned every minute element now but also enjoyed learning. The real-life experiences of Saurab and Raghav helped cherish the team.
Now they were all ready for their next attempt, which would be a power pack performance.  They kept waiting for a single opportunity, but not even one knocked on their door this time. They believed opportunity would knock on their door only once and they thought they had lost it.

Shalini received a message on LinkedIn the day after their presentation in Indonesia which she didn't
check. When all the doors shut, there will always be a secret door for proving ourselves as the last chance.
Is this a new opportunity for the power pack team?
What is the message Shalini received and who pinged her?
Finally, whose big dream is this story?
Will be revealed in the next episode...

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Seanson-2 "A Big Dream Girl"

Hello people!!!!
How were you all?
Now it's time for season - 2 of "A Big Dream Girl".
"Your perfection in your work is your Confidence and that's your strength, finally which kick starts your journey with no breaks ...."
If you have not read the first season of " A Big Dream Girl"
Here is the link:
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Back to the story.

Naina started her journey to Indonesia with her team members. Microsoft arranged a fantabulous accommodation for the finalists who reached Indonesia, all the team members were overwhelmed with the arrangements made for the final round and were nervous about their presentation. They had a good fresh up and started setting themselves up for the presentation. Everyone is busy enhancing their presentation, meanwhile, they started observing candidates joining the event from different nations which made them more overwrought. They got a call from the event manager that
"Hello, folks!
We are moving ahead to start the event in 3 hours, get ready for the blast. ALL THE BEST BUDDIES".

With all the good vibes Naina and her team entered the convocation hall. Folks from different nations started giving their presentations. Naina's team is eagerly waiting for their opportunity but till the end, their team was not called up for the presentation. Finally, now it's their turn to present their idea in front of all the delegates. Naina and their team grabbed everyone's attention in the hall. They completed their presentation and the event manager announced all folks to have a break for some tea, as we return back, we would be announcing the results. While everyone is having their chai and some snacks, Naina's brain revolved around the question that how come her brother knows about her trip to Indonesia, also she doesn't want to maintain secrecy about her Indonesia trip with her fiance. With all these thoughts, they were back in the hall after a small break.

All the delegates shared their opinions on each and everyone's presentation and finally announced the results. To Naina's surprise, they were not on the list of winners. All the teams lost hope in this competition. Naina also thinks about their parents and Saurab who would be watching all this process on TV as everything is being live telecasted on all the international channels. What is that business idea her team shared? If their idea was not great, why did people payed attention to their presentation? What happened next? How would Naina face her family? Will be right back in next two days. Stay Tuned to It's Me Achutha writings........

"A Big Dream Girl-02"

Hey all!!
I am Bhavana
Hope you all enjoyed reading my 1st part of "A Big Dream Girl".
Now it's time for our 2nd chapter of this blog.
"Life is never easy to tackle situations, but there are always solutions hidden in the questions themselves."#A BIG DREAM GIRL-02
Naina successfully relocated to a city. Took was admitted to a new college with the help of her brother Raghav. Raghav loved her so much that he never left his sister alone in any situation to date but now it's time for her to fetch her path to reach her dream. 

It's a new start for her. 1st day of college for everyone is a special feeling, even Naina experienced the same. She knew only these 3 years of her graduation are the possible time to prove herself. From the very first day, she started finding herself. In this process, she started participating in all the events conducted by the college but her intermediate 2 years made her dum and dull who cannot express her feelings to others. She couldn't speak in a group of people. She used to work a lot to present herself but every time she failed. This made her depressed and affected her mentally and psychologically. Months passed by....... She is almost at the end of her 1st year but she has improved nothing. During this one year, she became very close to her fiance who always supported her. Listening to Naina's words from the past few days Saurab feels she is in trouble or mentally depressed, so he plans for a trip with her for a week with their parent's permission.

During this one-week trip, he tries to explain to her what are the few things that must be followed to gain confidence and how to work on any project. He not only gives refreshment to her but also guides her to overcome her weakness. That one-week experience made her confident enough and they both got back to their work. One fine day Naina's college announces a big deal internship with Microsoft where only two from their college would be selected depending upon their skills and talent. Everyone in the college took this opportunity seriously and started working on it. As the selection process involves many rounds where public speaking and presentation skills are highly required, she starts working on these aspects. To work on these, she builds a team with her fellow classmates and daily works with them after college hours. In this process she completely forgets about her timings and her family, her main target becomes Microsoft Internship.

Finally, the day has come close (i.e. June 26th) few more days were left to attend the first round of the selection process. During these two months, Saurab visited Naina's hostel more than eight times but whenever he came Naina always looked busy and never gave him proper time to Saurab. June 22nd night,10:00pm Saurab calls Naina to say something very special to him but Naina busy preparing herself didn't check her mobile that night and checks her mobile next day in her college, she finds 20missed calls from Saurab. She calls back to know the reason, he says that he got promoted to a post that he is waiting for more than 5 years for this promotion but while she starts speaking, she hears the news from the college announcement mic that the selection team will be arriving the next morning due to some official reasons, they preponed the process. In that mood, she just congratulated him and turned her mobile off. Observing all these Saurab comes to a decision.

Naina with utmost confidence is almost ready for her first round. That night when she is getting ready for her bedding Naina checks her mobile and reads Saurab's text messages ..................

He texts Naina that "I had been waiting for you for months just to spend time with you for a few minutes, which has become impossible these days. I love you to the sky that I expect minimum concern for me. I don't know whether to call this feeling possessiveness or something else. I can't wait anymore for you. I have come to a decision i.e. If you really like me, you can stop all your busy activities and complete your normal graduation. My salary is more than enough for us but if you want to continue your busy schedule it's better if we depart from each other. Decide it yourself Naina will be waiting for your reply." 

What is Naina's next move?
What would be her decision?
Who becomes her priority?

If her choice is her career..., Is she not disappointing herself and also her family!!!
If her choice is Saurab..., Will she be happy in the future...????

Let's see in our next chapter.

To be continued......

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MamaEarth

Hello Everyone
I am back with a new success story of 

From a couple of years, I have been hearing a common brand name from all the youtubers, my friends, and more. As a curious person, I started finding out what is special in this brand and why  are all so much into this. I started fetching all the details about this brand. Then I found an answer to my questions, people say that this is a brand in India that provides toxic-free products not only to adults but to all newborn babies. 

Baby's skin is a sensitive kind of skin that does not support all types of products, which made me more curious in knowing more about this brand.
Then I came to know the founders of this brand are new parents of a baby who is diagnosed with skin disease and they frequently need to alter products that suit his body. Unfortunately, they found only foreign products would suit, those which are highly expensive and uncomfortable, always requesting their friends or family members to get products from foreign countries. Ghazal Alagh the co-founder of Mamaearth herself made an effort to find the difference between Indian and Foreign products, she came to know Indian products contain toxic products which are banned in many other countries but not in India. The surprising part is that foreign products are made with our Indian ingredients which are toxic-free.

As a mother of a newborn, Ghazal Alagh was so much worried about her baby and came up with the idea that why not experiment with the natural products that are available in India. She started finding the reasons behind different products that cause harm to infants and the ingredients in them. She started recreating toxic-free products for newborns, and also shared her views with her husband Varun Alagh who branded these products as MAMAEARTH in 2016. A brand that welcomes all babies to a healthy and safe world.

Varun Alagh who ended up working as a Senior Brand Manager and Ghazal Alagh worked as a trainer in software applications, now they are well known as chief parents.

In the initial stage, they started sharing their products with all their friends and family members and also reached out to different influencers, bloggers, vloggers, etc.

Now Mamaearth is Asia’s first MadeSafe certified brand. MadeSafe is a US-based not-for-profit organization, that checks each and every ingredient that goes into the product and after a thorough check, certifies a product to be safe. They also ensure the product is free from the 8000 known toxins in the world. Mamaearth products are all-natural, hypoallergenic, clinically tested, and pH balanced.
Ghazal Alagh set an example by proving that women are nowhere less, all they need is strong determination and she also wants to erase the myth that pregnant ladies are not meant for work, by working as a co-judge in Shark Tank India.

"This couple believed that goodness is in the choices we make."

The major takeaways of MAMAEARTH products are 

1. Goodness towards earth - planted 100,000 trees , which produce oxygen for 200 people.

2. Goodness for people - by using toxic-free ingredients.

3. Goodness for Animals - never harm animals for experimenting.

4. They recycle plastic more than they produce.

5. For every order they deliver they plant a plant and send that plant's track to the consumer.

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Arranged Marriage

Hello All!!!!
I am back again with some interesting stuff.
Today you are going to read a short glimpse of two crazy person's "Arranged Married" life journey in my words. I have seen many web series these days but here is one, where you can relax for some time and come out of your illusion about arranged marriage.

"They both were totally different from each other,
Yet the fear of marriage and fear of getting a life partner...
blossomed the love in their arranged marriage."

Now let me introduce the characters in this story.
Hey Hey....hold on.
Before reading the blog, comment your opinion on arranged marriage. Don't forget ah!! I am going to pick one crazy comment.
Coming back to the story...
The bride is a naughty girl, who is not yet prepared to get married.

                                                         

Groom is a software employee, who is in the search of his life partner.

This story is all about soft chocolate boy "Abhi" and "Jaanu" a crazy girl.

Jaanu...a 23-year-old girl comes from an orthodox family, who restricts her from all her childhood niche. She likes to live the moment she wishes. Abhi a well-settled boy plans to get married to his parent's decision. Jaanu is still in a confusion between her career and her family decisions.

They suddenly get into a relationship called marriage, where both of them start exploring themselves in a new way as husband and wife. Jaanu a childish girl not only creates fun but also for sure depicts one of our lazy friends in every gang. This married couple moves to the city after their marriage, there comes Jaanu who puts all her efforts into learn cooking, who messes up everything and finally asks Abhi to arrange them back .
After a long journey of their understanding, Abhi plans a honeymoon trip. Abhi's excitement and Jaanu's notorious laziness, her innocence makes us travel around the complete YouTube short web series of ARRANGE MARRIAGE.
                                      

Don't forget to comment about your opinion on arranged marriage.
Do watch the web series on YouTube.
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  A Big Dream Girl-03

Hey All !!
I am Bhavana
Hope you all enjoyed reading my 2nd part of  "A Big Dream Girl".
Now it's time for our 3rd  one.
"When you start working is when actual hurdles come in front. So it's time to understand that every hurdle you cross is a new step you are building for your destination."

#Naina's Decision:
Saurab's message disturbed Naina, there are only 24 hrs left to attend the interview. Didn't know what to choose either her fiance or her career, both became her priorities. She kept thinking but she couldn't choose one. Finally, she decided to say ok for Saurab but she even doesn't want to leave her career. So she decides to continue her work normally but without knowing it to Saurab.

With all these thoughts in her brain. She made herself set for the 1st round of the selection process and attended it. To her surprise, her entire team got selected for the next round which is going to be held in Indonesia. Her College management, friends everyone congratulated her on her 1st step. But then she kept silent she did not share this news with her fiance , she spent time online as usual with him.
Now it's time for the selected team to get prepared financially and also with their project for the next round in Indonesia. All the team members started their preparations.                                                         

But Naina doesn't know whom to ask for help with her travel expenses, she can't ask her parents as they do not accept sending her to another country, her fiance is out of no choice and she is left with one and only option .i.e. her brother Raghav.
She knew it's hard for him too , but still had a small hope. She calls her brother and tells him she needs money for her college trip. She doesn't want to tell her brother about the real cause behind asking for money. Raghav from his very childhood was a very good supporter of Naina, even this time he gave a small amount of money which helped Naina to get ready for her Indonesia Journey.

Now Naina and her team are all set for her next round. It's time for Naina's team to make a move...
What happened in Indonesia?
Did their team reach safely to their destination?

Did their parents, her fiance, and her brother get to know about her actual trip?

Did this Big Dream Girl fulfilled her Big Dream?.......#Stay Tuned @ItsMeAchuthaBhavana

  

  

To Be Continued In The Next Season... 
Next Season coming soon......
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