tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post5927020188404829500..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: Ravan Dahan and DussehraKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-19447905844419854802007-10-30T12:30:00.000+05:302007-10-30T12:30:00.000+05:30In the ‘present day’ context, with the given appar...In the ‘present day’ context, with the given apparent relatively speedier ‘churning’ in the political field in ‘India’, and Karnataka particularly, one look at the World Atlas could perhaps, (with the Hindu belief of shifting of Shiva’s residence from Varanasi to Kailash, both more or less at the same Longitude in mind), indicate it as too much of a coincidence that the Longitude of the ‘summer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-78183768145578158132007-10-30T07:56:00.000+05:302007-10-30T07:56:00.000+05:30Kavitha, As I said earlier also, once you understa...Kavitha, As I said earlier also, once you understand the terminology and the style of a particular writer, only then you start comprehending properly and therefore enjoying what the particular writer wants to convey, that is, what were the thoughts on top of his mind when he wrote it irrespective of the period, of course, also only if you were interested in that particular subject…<BR/> <BR/>For,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-65690827939610934382007-10-29T17:43:00.000+05:302007-10-29T17:43:00.000+05:30Kavitha, Like a (good!) teacher, I love to pass on...Kavitha, Like a (good!) teacher, I love to pass on knowledge, in ‘spiritual field’ particularly, that I have gained, to all those who might be interested and might gain from it…It is particularly difficult when you write and don’t get any reactions – so you need more words!<BR/><BR/>My daughter complains that I go tangentially - in great details – like her daughter!<BR/> <BR/>Perhaps it runs in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32836607202205930702007-10-29T13:18:00.000+05:302007-10-29T13:18:00.000+05:30Joshi uncle, Thanks for the time and trouble you t...Joshi uncle, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the time and trouble you take to make my blog far more active! <BR/><BR/>Your enthusiasm to post comments and share knowledge is indeed very inspiring.<BR/><BR/>Regds<BR/>KavithaKavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32340841923243698862007-10-29T11:57:00.000+05:302007-10-29T11:57:00.000+05:30In the model of Shiva that is human being, the ‘th...In the model of Shiva that is human being, the ‘third eye’ is realized by Yogis to be housed at the ‘Ajna Chakra’, or Bandha (that is lock)’ - located at the meeting point of the nose and the forehead - which needs to be unlocked such that the kindled ‘fire’ burns away the ‘garbage’ only (like ozone layer, if opened, could result in the Sun burning everything on earth) and leave behind ‘gold’ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-34328857633193738252007-10-29T08:50:00.000+05:302007-10-29T08:50:00.000+05:30Man - being a model - is just copying! A refined a...Man - being a model - is just copying! A refined ape – ‘Treta’s Hanuman’ evolving to ‘Satyuga’s elephant-headed Ganesha’, and appearing Bholanath the ‘Simple God’ by the end of the Yuga that Formless Creator in reality is – ‘Karunanidhi’, the ocean of kindness! <BR/><BR/>The process is analogous to an un-hatched egg ending in an OMelet by various mediums over a period of time – for appeasing the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-87256063360702353462007-10-29T08:01:00.000+05:302007-10-29T08:01:00.000+05:30‘Pancha-tatva’ that is the ‘five elements’, used a...‘Pancha-tatva’ that is the ‘five elements’, used as a synonym of ‘pancha-bhoot’ that is literally the ‘five ghosts’, but meaning the five individuals continuing from past since time immemorial, are believed by the ancients to have gone into the formation of all physical forms during the evolutionary processes – started from ‘churning of the milky-ocean by the unseen formless supreme being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-57256223120190702062007-10-28T20:32:00.000+05:302007-10-28T20:32:00.000+05:30Just as a small arrow fired by the character playi...Just as a small arrow fired by the character playing the role of Rama or Lakshamana in Ramleela results in Ravan dahan, a ‘black’ dry charcoal piece ignited by a spark, created say by rubbing of two stones even by the ‘primitive man’, and supported by full flow of ‘air’ – slowly (like a ‘mouse’ that believably acts as Ganesha’s vehicle) but surely - within some time could result in a big ‘fire’, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-22146078912896108252007-10-28T14:52:00.000+05:302007-10-28T14:52:00.000+05:30Hindu mythological stories generally have some mor...Hindu mythological stories generally have some moral. Ravan dahan every year, due to forgetful nature of man, conveys need for development of consciousness of literally burning away of the desire for accumulating material wealth foolishly, even when it was not needed by the individual, for it was understood essentially that “Excess of everything is bad”... <BR/><BR/>Even Shiva is famous for ‘Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-13932728253780530302007-10-28T12:22:00.000+05:302007-10-28T12:22:00.000+05:30Karnataka has always been understood, and also pub...Karnataka has always been understood, and also publicized, as the geographical and cultural meeting point of North India (believably ruled by ‘Guru’ the Superior that is Moon/ Yellow) & South India (ruled by Sun the apparent source of heat & light/ White)…And, in the ‘present’ that, in fact, is the believable ‘past’ of Bhootnath Shiva, one could perhaps notice the apparent’Turning Point’ in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-33658045864864553422007-10-28T08:53:00.000+05:302007-10-28T08:53:00.000+05:30Talking of judgment of characters, a reaction to a...Talking of judgment of characters, a reaction to an article in 'my' newspaper is given below.<BR/><BR/>Should we be proud of Bobby Jindal, reflecting a viewpoint out of possible trillions about an event seen in isolation, without going into the background of ‘Gold rush’ by the original 'gun-toting/ dalit brawns’ America (and not ‘Hindu spiritual brains’ who were then virtually lost in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-33520732263935083142007-10-28T07:24:00.000+05:302007-10-28T07:24:00.000+05:30Kavitha, When a person is spectator-like/ your blo...Kavitha, When a person is spectator-like/ your blog-visitors-like detached, one is in a better position to judge different characters in the leela or drama...<BR/><BR/>For our convenience, the human society divides the myhtological characters broadly in three different categories: ‘good’, ‘so-so’, and ‘bad’, although in order to express their degrees, that is, ‘dasha’, one might use ‘better’ and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-5094540652653956752007-10-27T18:22:00.000+05:302007-10-27T18:22:00.000+05:30With the background knowledge as contained in the ...With the background knowledge as contained in the Bhagavadagita regarding ‘Dhritarashtra’ the naturally blind Kuru king during Dwaperyuga getting to see and also hear through the blessed character of ‘Sanjaya’ the whole story of the different episodes including discussions between Krishna and Arjuna during the 16-day battle of Mahabharata, what one needs to digest as the ‘Truth’ of human life Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-74019234477698138712007-10-27T13:31:00.000+05:302007-10-27T13:31:00.000+05:30One knows that white sunlight as 'fire', after pas...One knows that white sunlight as 'fire', after passing through a prism, apparently gets refracted to result in a visible spectrum of seven different colours - each of which have different wave lengths and frequencies.<BR/> <BR/>With ‘asht-chakra’ or ‘eight wheels of Yogiraja Krishna’ in mind, and reading between the lines, the ancients appear to have believed the human body also to have similarlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-60841279730583693832007-10-27T07:53:00.000+05:302007-10-27T07:53:00.000+05:30With the above as background, it therefore becomes...With the above as background, it therefore becomes easy to visualize why the ‘wise ancient Hindus’ or Yogis, or the ‘elevated souls’ associated hour-glass shaped percussion instrument, dumroo’ – generally made of wood that has animal skins at both ends, which can tear or wear out depending on how one handles it to produce sound, and contains life-giving air within it - with Shiva the Mahakal, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-58612803166009057392007-10-27T07:07:00.000+05:302007-10-27T07:07:00.000+05:30The ‘Hindus’ irrespective of their material status...The ‘Hindus’ irrespective of their material status even in the ‘present’, after publicly celebrating in open ‘air’, in temporary ‘pandals’ (virtually under the ‘sky’) for around 10 days of festivities - the dates determined by lunar calendar - related with Mother Durga or Lord Ganesha, are seen immersing in ‘water’ the idols made from ‘earth’ the community concerned had worshipped over those daysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-4948064837600001092007-10-26T18:15:00.000+05:302007-10-26T18:15:00.000+05:30Talking of ‘fire’ as one of the ‘panchbhoota’ of B...Talking of ‘fire’ as one of the ‘panchbhoota’ of Bhootnath Shiva, if it is Neelamber Krishna that rules the day with Sun (symbol of ‘fire’) as the source of white coloured sunlight in the foreground and the pale blue sky in the background all through a normal day, it is Peetamber Krishna, that is, the dark ‘sky’ in the background that rules the night with Golden coloured Moon in the foreground, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-44860618855741325722007-10-26T08:46:00.000+05:302007-10-26T08:46:00.000+05:30Kavitha, With ‘Ravan dahan’ in mind, apparently t...Kavitha, With ‘Ravan dahan’ in mind, apparently today when the ‘festival season’ is being celebrated by ‘Hindus’, the news-media is full of some ‘sting operation’ that claims Narendra Modi, the present incumbent to the post of CM of Gujarat, representing (Hindu) BJP, to have given permission (in 2002) to the ‘Bajrang dal’, who go by the name associating them with the ‘Vanar sena of Hanuman’, to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-47146049547441354732007-10-26T06:55:00.000+05:302007-10-26T06:55:00.000+05:30“The grass is greener on the other side”, and in H...“The grass is greener on the other side”, and in Hindi, “Door kay dhol suhavane”, that is, ‘drums played at a distance sound sweeter’ perhaps had already been the conclusion of human life drawn by the ancients. <BR/><BR/>And, the same is expressed by different people at different, or the same time in different languages and locations, which ancient ’wiser Hindus’ expressed with, “Hari anant/ HariAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-14724835865101107842007-10-25T19:29:00.000+05:302007-10-25T19:29:00.000+05:30With the Hindu belief of “churning of the milky oc...With the Hindu belief of “churning of the milky ocean in mind” at the beginning of Kaliyuga when ‘poison emerged, ‘I’ would like to give an essence of how the English who have lived in ‘India’ see the problems faced by ‘present day India’ that appeared in ‘my’ newspaper on 24/10, credited to one Timothy Riley who visited the country and also discussed the problems with some friend here.<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-39531827818662941772007-10-25T18:14:00.000+05:302007-10-25T18:14:00.000+05:30The concept of three aspects even with the ‘evil’ ...The concept of three aspects even with the ‘evil’ perhaps gets unnoticed by the majority, although reflected in ‘Ravan dahan’ ritually by born ‘Hindus’ in the ‘present’. That is to say that Ravan the symbol of selfishness is not burnt alone -he has by his side his powerful son Meghnad, literally the ‘cloud’s thunder’, the negative image of Krishna, who too gets burnt on the tenth night of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-78559705314492685502007-10-25T06:52:00.000+05:302007-10-25T06:52:00.000+05:30With the above as background, and Mars being consi...With the above as background, and Mars being considered as the Lord of Fire by astrologers, a ‘Hindu’ conscious of India as Mahabharat could perhaps see the Californian fire that has been raging in Malibou Hills for some days, during the present ‘Hindu festival season’, as a reflection of Hanuman’s believable burning of Ravan’s ‘Golden Lanka’, that is, an example of History repeating itself… <BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-61459870133379475182007-10-25T06:29:00.000+05:302007-10-25T06:29:00.000+05:30Man as a medium carries within it a large variety ...Man as a medium carries within it a large variety of microbes - particularly in its large intestine that reflects the ‘mooladhar’ region or the ‘basic support’...<BR/> <BR/>It is also now known that there are bacteria that are ‘helpful’ and also there are some that are ‘harmful’ to man. If a man is healthy, it is because of the balance between the two types. Any abnormal increase of some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32226936565329458812007-10-24T20:48:00.000+05:302007-10-24T20:48:00.000+05:30The 'Hindu' mythological stories narrated by some ...The 'Hindu' mythological stories narrated by some ‘wise ancients’ - which appear to relate to ‘past’, in fact, as the ‘future’ of the apparent highlighted ‘present’ - indicate that the range of human efficiency, as instruments or robots, (the apparent mechanical devices made by man today) reached 50% efficiency by the end of Dwaperyuga (that is of two times the duration of Kaliyug), from 25% Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-33158482760903255302007-10-24T18:43:00.000+05:302007-10-24T18:43:00.000+05:30Kavitha, With the above as background and the appa...Kavitha, With the above as background and the apparent communication in mythological stories that Bhootnath Shiva is ever looking at the whole universe through animal eyes - however with highlight on the ‘apparent present’ at any give point of time - in Dwaperyuga, the ‘Mooladhar’ or the ‘basic support’ - in the fashion of cul-de-sac (closed bottom of a bag) - is represented by Bhima the ‘mace Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com