09-11-2007, 09:37 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Sep 10 2007, 11:37 PM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Sep 10 2007, 11:37 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->They are now sheep farmers in Australia. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That business went bust.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jah ran into a financial crisis, lost control over his west Perth mansion and the sheep station Murchison was abandoned and a liquidator appointed in 1996. On the death of Helen in 1989, and after having lived in Australia for 21 years, Jah moved to Turkey, his motherâs homeland, where he now lives in a modest apartment with his fifth wife, Princess Orchedi. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Prince to Pauper
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Just to share an anecdote. My grandmother used to tell me of a story connected to the origin of Asaf Jah dynasty.
A Brahmin wanting to attain moksha went to Kashi and was told by his teacher to take 1000 pails of water from the Ganges and pour it on the Shiv lingam in the Shiva temple over there. The Brahmin did upto 999 nos and then lost his patience on seeing that no God materialised till then and in frustration threw the bucket on the lingam.
God then told him in that he would not attain moksha (because moksha is not exactly proportional to the number of pails of water put, I guess <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> , but since he had put as much effort, he would be reborn as a rich and powerful man and that for 7 generations his family would hold power and wealth. He would not be born as a Hindu however as he did a very un Hindu like act of venting his frustration on the shiv lingam. Hence this person was reborn as the first Nizam. Did they continue for seven generations??
That business went bust.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jah ran into a financial crisis, lost control over his west Perth mansion and the sheep station Murchison was abandoned and a liquidator appointed in 1996. On the death of Helen in 1989, and after having lived in Australia for 21 years, Jah moved to Turkey, his motherâs homeland, where he now lives in a modest apartment with his fifth wife, Princess Orchedi. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Prince to Pauper
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Just to share an anecdote. My grandmother used to tell me of a story connected to the origin of Asaf Jah dynasty.
A Brahmin wanting to attain moksha went to Kashi and was told by his teacher to take 1000 pails of water from the Ganges and pour it on the Shiv lingam in the Shiva temple over there. The Brahmin did upto 999 nos and then lost his patience on seeing that no God materialised till then and in frustration threw the bucket on the lingam.
God then told him in that he would not attain moksha (because moksha is not exactly proportional to the number of pails of water put, I guess <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> , but since he had put as much effort, he would be reborn as a rich and powerful man and that for 7 generations his family would hold power and wealth. He would not be born as a Hindu however as he did a very un Hindu like act of venting his frustration on the shiv lingam. Hence this person was reborn as the first Nizam. Did they continue for seven generations??