Shiv Tarak Mantra: If you ever hear Kashyam Maranam Mukti: during your trip to Kashi, instead of being surprised, try to understand it. It means, ‘In Kashi, death leads to salvation.’ Kashi, also known as Varanasi or Banaras, is one of the oldest living cities in the world.

According to Skanda Purana, it is mentioned in the Kashi section that after death in Varanasi, a person gets freedom from the cycle of birth and death. It is also considered a centuries old city.

Attainment of salvation through Tarak Mantra

It is believed that the city of Banaras was created by Lord Shiva himself and is situated on his trident. Death is not considered a fear in Kashi. Whenever a Hindu dies here, he is taken to Manikarnika Ghat in Kashi for the last rites.

Then it is believed that Lord Shiva himself chants the Tarak Mantra in the ears of the departed soul and after which the soul attains salvation.

It is believed that this mantra breaks the soul’s connection with the material world and one attains immediate salvation. According to beliefs, in the very holy city of Varanasi, instead of Yama, the god of death, Lord Shiva provides salvation to the soul.

Goddess Parvati first got the knowledge of Tarak Mantra.

This Tarak Mantra is the name of Ram, which is made up of two mantras, the octave letter ‘Om Namo Narayanay’ and the five letter ‘Namah Shivay’. According to mythological traditions, Lord Shiva first told Goddess Parvati about Tarak Mantra. It is also believed that by chanting Tarak Mantra one gets the same results as Vishnu Sahastranam.

Seen from a philosophical perspective, it reflects the main ideas of Hinduism. Tarak Mantra symbolizes spiritual freedom from the material world under the prime guidance of Lord Shiva.

Mahesh Babu’s wife Namrata Shirodkar has recently shared a special post on social media, in which she has included the beautiful memories of the year 2025. In this post, unseen pictures of moments spent with family and friends were seen. This post of Namrata went viral on social media as soon as it appeared. Fans are showering a lot of love on this post full of family moments.

Showed a glimpse of the year 2025
Former actress and model Namrata Shirodkar remembered the past year on social media on 31 December. She shared a reel, which included unseen pictures of her husband Mahesh Babu, children Sitara, Priyanka Chopra and special moments spent with her loved ones. Sharing the reel on Instagram, Namrata wrote, “The year that was…” along with a red heart emoji. Fans are showering a lot of love on this post of his.

In this video, beautiful moments of family vacation in Sri Lanka and many other places are shown. Apart from this, pictures of Ganpati Puja held at home and glimpses of celebrating different festivals with the family are also included in the reel. In one picture, Namrata was seen taking a selfie with her sister Shilpa Shirodkar. He also shared a photo with Rana Daggubati’s wife Miheeka Bajaj. In some pictures, Mahesh Babu is seen holding daughter Sitara closely and kissing her lovingly on her head.

The reel also included glimpses of a recent Christmas celebration with close friends. Apart from this, Namrata also shared pictures of fun poses with Priyanka Chopra. He also included a picture in the reel in memory of his pet dog Nobu who had recently passed away.

Left for New Year vacation
On Monday, Mahesh Babu, Namrata, Sitara and Gautam were spotted at Hyderabad airport. From where he left to celebrate New Year and enjoy the holidays. During this time, Sitara was also seen following Mahesh Babu’s trademark style, her look looked quite cute in T-shirt, jeans, sunglasses and hat.

Mahesh Babu Workfront
After Trivikram Srinivas’s film ‘Guntur Karam’ in 2024, Mahesh Babu started shooting for SS Rajamouli’s film ‘Varanasi’ in early 2025. This film was started in January with Pooja. Mahesh Babu was taking training for this since 2024. The official announcement of this film was made during a grand event at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad in November. Along with Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra and Prithviraj Sukumaran will also be seen in important roles in the film. This film is going to be released on the occasion of Sankranti 2027.

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Yogi of Uttar Pradesh Adityanath the government has codeine phlegm containing syrup Illegal sale of, storage And a special investigation team was formed in the smuggling case. IG Law and order L.Rto Kumar SIT Was made the president of. There itself SSP STF Sushil dusty Chandrabhaan And FSDA K Akhilesh Kumar Jain to its member Has been created.

In the order issued by Home Secretary Mohit Gupta, it was said that the police inspector general (Law and order) LR Special headed by Kumar workforce ,STF) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sushil Ghule Chandrabhaan And three of Assistant Commissioner Food Safety and Drug Administration Akhilesh Kumar Jain. membered Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed. According to the Secretary, the report will be sent to the government within a month.

,taking the matter seriously Government,

Earlier on Monday, Principal Secretary (Home) Sanjay Prasad told reporters that the state government is taking the matter ‘very seriously’ and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath On the instructions of a SIT is being formed. Prasad said that for investigation IG Under the leadership of level officer SIT is being formed. SIT Food and Drug Safety Authority in (FDSA) officials will also participate.

all released investigations will regularly review SIT

Sanjay Prasad said that this SIT all released investigations It will regularly review the financial transactions, integrate every clue emerging from the information received from the accused, decide further action accordingly and thoroughly investigate all related financial transactions.

On behalf of the government, it was said that in the past, criminal cases of illegal sale, storage and smuggling of cough syrup containing codeine and illegally earning financial and material benefits by forming a gang had come to light. In this regard, first information reports have been registered in many districts, which are being investigated by the concerned district police at their level. Since the case related to codeine syrup is inter-district and inter-departmental, the following special investigation team is formed to control such incidents and take effective legal action.

KK Muhammad, former regional director of Archaeological Survey of India, has appealed for restraint on the temple-mosque controversy. Also, there has been talk from his side of keeping three religious places in the discussion. These include Ram Janmabhoomi, Mathura and Gyanvapi.

‘These places should be handed over to Muslims’
KK Muhammad has suggested to Muslims that these places should be handed over to Hindus. Apart from this, one should avoid making claims now, otherwise these problems will never end. This statement of the former regional director has come at a time when many petitions are pending in the courts of the country regarding claims on different religious places.

Speaking to India Today, Muhammad said that Ram Janmabhoomi, Mathura and Gyanvapi are as important for Hindus as Mecca and Medina are for Muslims.

What did you say on Ayodhya dispute?
The former officer told that he was involved in the excavation of Babri Masjid under the leadership of Bibi Lal in 1976. The controversy also grew due to a Muslim communist historian, who convinced the official to refuse to accept the evidence of a temple beneath the mosque.

He said that at that time the Muslim community was in favor of resolving the issue regarding permission to build the temple. He also claimed that the historian was not an archaeologist, he was not even present during any kind of excavation. He spread a lot of false things in this regard.

Claim on Taj Mahal rejected
The former officer has rejected the claims of Taj Mahal and said that it is a complete lie. Muhammad told that this was the palace of Raja Man Singh, after which it was transferred to Jai Singh and then to Shahjahan. Its supporting documents are preserved in Bikaner and Jaipur museums. However, he has said that the demands from the government regarding cultural heritage have not been fulfilled. This is a dark phase of the Archaeological Survey of India.

However, ASI Director General Yadubir Rawat has rejected his claim and said that ASI is doing a lot of work. We have enough budget. We also have thousands of monuments to manage. It is not understandable that some people have raised issues after retirement. But why did he not raise it when he was in service? ASI does not support any political party. The job of the organizations is to find out and collect documents. They have to do the documents.

On the basis of her hard work and courage, Priyanka Chopra has traveled from Bollywood to Hollywood. The actress had to struggle a lot in Hindi cinema too, but now she has become a global star and is winning the hearts of fans with both Bollywood and Hollywood films. However, even today Priyanka says that she has a lot to do in Hollywood.

Priyanka Chopra entered Hollywood in 2015 with the American TV series ‘Quantico’ and after that worked in projects like ‘Baywatch’, ‘Isn’t It Romantic’, ‘The White Tiger’, ‘The Matrix Resurrections’, ‘Heads of States’, and the action thriller series ‘Citadel’.

What did Priyanka Chopra say on Hollywood journey?

Talking about her Hollywood journey, Priyanka Chopra told IANS, “I think about all this a little, because being an actor, I still have to do more work in the English language. I feel that I have not even started yet. I have done almost every kind of work in Hindi cinema and now I want to do the same work at the international level.”

Priyanka further said that she wants to work in such projects whose characters or films are related to culture and people get inspiration from them. Talking about her own film production company Purple Pebble Pictures, the actress said that she wants to work on more beautiful stories like ‘Born Hungry’. The actress also wants to do more projects with director Barry Avrich. They are very impressed with his way of working.

Let us tell you that ‘Born Hungry’ has been made under the banner of the documentary actress’ Purple Pebble Pictures. The documentary was released last year in 2024 and the documentary received good response globally.

Priyanka Chopra wants to help the skilled people

Along with establishing her influence in Hollywood, Priyanka also wants to support those artists, producers and directors who are looking for a platform or opportunity to showcase their talent.

He said that we like to bring forward those artists, be they filmmakers, writers, actors, or any talent who wants to make their mark across the world. We want to give them a platform. He further said that our main focus is to support filmmakers, writers and actors who need a global platform.