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Pampa Sarovara and its environs in Valmiki Ramayana - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 03:17 AMThis paper describes a lake in one of the forests through which the Hindu god Ram and his brother Laxman passed, during their search for Sita. A virtual picture of the forest and the lake (Pampa Sarovara) in it using the Valmiki Ramayana which is a religious biopic of Ram's life on earth is created. This lake is situated near the town of Hampi in Karnataka today, and the forest is a rich source of water to this day.
Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) in Andhra Pradesh - An overview - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 02:57 AMThis paper describes a PIM initiative undertaken by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The need for PIM in Andhra Pradesh, was felt because farmers, especially those in the lower reaches of the command area of the project, suffer from inadequate and unreliable supplies.
Revival of swadeshi, vedic and traditional wisdom of water - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 02:36 AMTo highlight the value placed on water and to describe water supply systems, the authors quote from the Chandogyo-Upanishad, Yajurveda and other ancient Indian texts.
Water management in the Vijaynagar empire - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 01:55 AMThis paper focuses on water management techniques used in two tanks constructed by the kings of the Vijaynagar Empire.
The first example taken, is that of the Anantraj Sagar built by the son of the minister of Harihar. The lake is still in use and there are inscriptions on stone near it which provide a thumb rule to constructing lakes. Construction of this lake began in 1369 and was completed in 2 years. The paper states that the length of the dam was 5000 dand, width was 8 dand and the height was 7 dand (One dand is about one metre).
Water management systems in the coastal area of Ratnagiri, with special reference to water tanks near temples - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 01:27 AMThis paper discusses the water management systems found in temples in coastal Konkan, based on a study of 5 temples in the district of Ratnagiri. The study area is a rocky and rugged country, with elevated plateau and intersecting creeks.
Groundwater assessment using remote sensing data - A case study of the Bhadra river basin - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 11:21 PMThis method is a mathematical model, in which all the components in the water balance equation are known, and the only component which is considered unknown is the rainfall recharge.
Idol immersion activities and their management in water bodies in India - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 11:07 PMThis paper begins with an analysis of the rationale for idol immersion in Hinduism. Some of the reasons given by the author include water being able to disintegrate idols, the idea of purity of water etc.
Irrigation in India - Management phases and its sustainability - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 10:52 PMSince time immemorial water has been a common property and in many Indian communities there is deep reverence for flowing water. Using the flow of water for community benefit is considered an act of great merit and its misuse and contamination, a sin. In temples, tanks were constructed for rituals and also as a way to earn money for the temple.
Seasonal prediction of the Indian monsoon – An assessment using atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) - An article from Current Science
Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 03:57 PMThe project was a collaborative effort of the coordinators and scientists from the different modelling groups across the country. All the runs were made at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) at Bangalore on the PARAM Padma supercomputing system.
Prediction of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall using a state-of-the-art coupled ocean–atmosphere model - An article from Current Science
Posted on 13 Feb, 2011 03:04 PMA model of the coupled ocean–atmosphere system, the climate forecast system (CFS), from the National Centre for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), USA, has been ported onto the PARAM Padma parallel computing system at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Bangalore and retrospective predictions for the summer monsoon (June–September) season of 2009 have been generated, using five initial conditions for the atmosphere and one initial condition for the ocean for May 2009.