It is definitely not to hurt anyone sentiments directly or indirectly, it is the knowledge which I have gained while traveling and are only my thoughts which I want to share.
In Ancient India the Scholars wanted to run the economy in such a manner ,where everyone gets equal opportunity in earnings, where the trades doesn’t overlap and the economy keeps on running without anyone’s intervene. So they have found out a way of castes, traditions and cultures. Thus the caste system created. They have classified the people accordingly Brahman's, Kshatriya, Vyasas and the Sudras.
The Brahmans would teach Vedas ,act as purohits(who perform religious prayers) and teachers and serve the gods in the temples .(because they were also vegetarians and in India according to Hindu religion the one who has complete devotion to god should be a vegetarian, non alcoholic).
The Kshatriyas are the protectors of the kingdom and serve the king. They are soldiers who fight for the protection of the kingdom; they learn all the fighting skills and are mostly non-vegetarians.
The Vyasas are the business people who earn through different trades and who also travel to different and far-off places in search of business. Their main aim will be to sell and buy products from places. They might be Vegetarians and non-vegetarians.
The Sudras are considered to be the people who work for the cleanliness of the society. They work in places where all the other castes would not consider it. They work in Graveyards, scavenging, process meat, wash clothes, cut hair, making of leather products etc.This is how we know the Indian system of caste, traditions and cultures are running. now we try to focus on what basis and why they have formed festivals, rituals and ceremonies.
If we take example of a village where a group of ten to fifty families are there. They should make their own living expenses every day. Without the consideration of a third divine force, the Deities, the Gods it is not so simple to run a village. Only the Place of the supreme Lord can hold people together, make them listen to the good deeds which are being told in the Epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata bow their heads and follow without a doubt .The Temple was the place of worship and knowledge distribution centre, the priests would act as messengers of the God and made sure everyone is following what is said in the temple in their daily life else he would be punished by the god himself. As it was already told that he has his eyes all over the world and can see even in the dark and closed doors, people and also the Kings were scared by his anger and would follow whatever was told which was mostly in the favor of the people.
A Temple built in the Village would educate most of the people in tidiness, use of medicines in daily life and maintaining peace and harmony in the society. The fear of the third entity that is not visible to anyone would create fear in the people and most of crimes were controlled, which is not possible even a thousand soldiers were posted in the middle of the village. For a daily run in the economy every person who is visiting the temple was carrying a coconut, a scented dhoop stick, camphor, flowers, garlands, a new cloth piece sometimes and a sweet to offer in the temple. Thus by carrying these entire thing one is making a contribution to the cottage and small scale industries. The coconut, the flowers, scented dhoop stick and camphor industry would go continuously throughout the year without any rise or fall in the market. The offerings on a special day by the people would boost the sales of the vendors outside. The offerings were also given to the priests in the temple as a mark of respect which would also act as a income to the priests in the temple. The King used to give some acres of land to the temple for carrying out daily offerings to the God without completely depending on the Devotees. This Practice daily would generate income daily for almost all the people in the village .Even for the people who have cattle offering of milk and ghee to the God was considered as auspicious.
The standard practice was to cleanly shave their beards, groom ones hair neatly and wore washed clothes to the temple created a business for the washer man and haircut business. If the temple is the one of its kind and doesn’t have a mimic of it the it would bring pilgrims from all other places which would generate an additional income thorough transport ,hotels, communication, sightseeing ,garments ,etc. The concept here is without any kings or govt’s intervene the people would visit the temples and generate income throughout the journey. The tradition of shaving head of a new born with his uncle near the temple premises was considered as an auspicious event, also shaving of once head was considered as an offering to the God, visiting temple after marriage, starting of education with blessing of the god, staying a night in the temple premises after the demise of once parents and visiting temple when one is in depressed are the regular times when a person visits the temple
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The standard practice was to cleanly shave their beards, groom ones hair neatly and wore washed clothes to the temple created a business for the washer man and haircut business. If the temple is the one of its kind and doesn’t have a mimic of it the it would bring pilgrims from all other places which would generate an additional income thorough transport ,hotels, communication, sightseeing ,garments ,etc. The concept here is without any kings or govt’s intervene the people would visit the temples and generate income throughout the journey. The tradition of shaving head of a new born with his uncle near the temple premises was considered as an auspicious event, also shaving of once head was considered as an offering to the God, visiting temple after marriage, starting of education with blessing of the god, staying a night in the temple premises after the demise of once parents and visiting temple when one is in depressed are the regular times when a person visits the temple
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I think if the Government bans usage of blades, we would be creating so much of employment for hair cutting saloons.
Accordingly we can discuss every festival and ceremony .why are they created and celebrated.
Importance of the festivals
In India it is said God is in all the life forms so he is in each and every animal in all his Avatars, taking this in to consideration all the animals are prayed and respected in the Hindu religion. Taking two leaves of tulsi (Basil leaves) is good for the health, if it is said just like that there is no importance for those words , so it is served in the temple as Teertham(Holy Water) where no one denies and is consumed by everyone.
Now when it comes to the festivals we can see the flooring in front of the house is pasted by cow dunk, decorated with neem leaves and the main door entry which we say “kadapa” is covered by haldi and decorated with kumkum dots. It is said the cow dung and haldi has the properties of acting as antibacterial and antiseptic so to stop germs form entering into their homes they use them. The neem leaves clean the air entering into the homes. Camphor when burnt the fumes will destroy the bacteria surrounding that place, the legs of women were also rubbed by haldi to keep their foot clean on the festival day and they also paste the haldi to all the women on their cheeks which removes any hair on the face,. Here we have seen if there only few things in a month the economy is not generated whole year so they have created a few festivals and ceremonies where income can be generated throughout the year. Every caste in India has a prominent place in the daily life.
Every festival has its importance like Sankranthi is celebrated after the crops are harvested, the special sweets which are made like Til laddu has lots of calcium in it and the sweets made by Jaggery has iron content.Vinayka chavithi people offer Ghee seeds of khus khus and jiggery to lord vinayaka, it is said it controls dysentery, as the festival comes in the start of rainy season,people have to clear their lakes,ponds and wells so clear mud in the bottom of the water bodies so as to make the bed clear of mud where by they can give space to more water holding capacity,so they have created a festival where they say you have to make the Vinayaka idols from only the mud from the ponds. All the other leaves and flowers which are arranged around the Deity are medicinal herbs.
In western countries much of the food has cheese and butter in it, as it is much colder than india,the body definitely needs to protect its internal temperature by adding a thin line of fat under the skin to make it insulated, but if we take the same food in temperate countries definitely we are going to add fat in our body. As the food as doesn’t grow in places where is doesn’t choice because of the geographic and climatic conditions, for example rice doesn’t grow in western countries and trees like canola etc doesn’t grow in India, when the nature itself engineered to the requirements of the geographic location how can the body digest it.
The International business for MNC companies has to think that once in a blue moon if someone likes any other countries product just for a change, but if someone changes his life style according to that then he has complications. We have not only started to copy other cultures, life style but even food. There are so many things the other cultures are offering apart from food and clothing but we don’t recognize them. The people in western countries respect their surroundings’, the policies made by their government; they strictly follow, for example standing in cues, following traffic rules, not to disturb your neighbors for your enjoyment, using abusive language, we can add a list which we don’t follow. When we have a party at our place we don’t think of others who face problems when we block the road with any intimation.
Still in India the government has not taken this wheel seriously, its only in the major temples but from ground if we check ,the business starts in the city making arrangements for the festivals ,arranging things properly, selling of the required items in allocated places, at the time of festivals the vendors increase the rate to the sky, these festivals are being celebrated from hundreds and thousands of years but still government doesn’t think futuristic, like some seasonal crops or flowering plants can be given to the farmers who are economically poor ant afford to get loan from the banks,the local village councils can grow the seasonal plants and can be again purchased by the govt body and sold back in the cities. Some are medicinal fruits which are still bought by tribes in the city ,they are not cultivated but they get from forests and sell in cities. we can identify such tress and plants and can be cultivated with the help of govt aid.
We even serve Donkeys milk to children for cold and cough, scientifically proven the donkeys milk is so strong that they have said it is the only milk which can be consumed without even boiling as its has strong immunity properties which increases the immunity from inside.
We/Govt/Political leaders still like to visit western countries to see how they are developing in the field of machinery and robotics, how such systems can be implemented in India, but if we look in depth of our own culture the answer is here itself.
Astrologer also acts as a psychiatrist or a hypnotist as they say the persons luck is dependent on the planets (the Navagraha) who are also worshipped in the temples. Praying them giving offerings and the concerned gems are worn to silent the concerned planet for the well being of the person motivates him to try hard to reach his goal and not to be depressed as his ailments gets cured because he has offered to the concerned planets. It is just as a psychiatrist tries to induce confidence in these days; the same thing is done to boost up his confidence.
We can never say although there are some selfish people who try to take this as an opportunity to horrify a person and try to make money out of it.
A place where 5000 police people can not control a 5 lakhs crowd can be controlled by religion.
A place where 5000 police people can not control a 5 lakhs crowd can be controlled by religion.
“Vaastu” is also one of the subjects which can be discussed. It is a science, which runs according to principles of geographic location where the fresh air enters home and carbon dioxide leaves out leaving fresh air inside to breath and ample sunlight falls in the home so that there is enough ventilation. Which could either cause health problems .if there is no proper light fungus grows and spill its spores to prosper thus entering the lungs and causing Asthma and dust allergies among children and adults.
Here we are trying to concentrate on one subject, that is the caste system or classification is not made to dominate one another, rather it is created to generate employment for everyone without overlap. There are also some loopholes which are not correct in this modern society “all are equals” un touch ability ,upper caste ,lower caste these are the things which can be taken in a broad mind prospective, If we follow our tradition we directly or indirectly creating employment and run the economy which is not visible for general discussion. Indian economy can never stop because as we have seen the invisible wheel which we call as temple/God never allow stopping rather it turns more if the symptom of recession is observed.
If we clearly observe the daily system all the above said Astrology, Vaastu, Ayurveda all are included in our daily life which are silently doing their job, running the Indian economy.
Recently the Cheif Minister of Telanagana has performed Yagam called Ayuta Chandi Yagam,which was said be costed 15 crore rupees.Now to perform this pooja 1500 Rithviks ,pooja vessels,clothes required materials,ghee,dhoop sticks etc has to be procured which gives employment to so many people whom we dont even know the nature of business they are doing,but it has truly helped so many business people.During the days of pooja many people from different places visited the premises,in doing so taxis,local restaurants,grocery shops,petrol bunks and dhabas have increased their business.This we can the see the direct effect in a non spiritual place ,imagine in a spiritual place what might be happening daily.
People who are always questioning about the existence of god or religion as superstitions please be aware the science which the ancient people who have created language,construction of temples,recipes,discovery of spices,astrology,mathematics all has been given by our ancestors which we are still not able to crack it down.If Zero '0' was not given by Brahmagupta in 628,we would still not have any calculations.The ancient script Sanskrit called a gods language ,The oldest form of Sanskrit is Vedic Sanskrit that dates back to the 2nd millennium BCE. it is now been understood if any software will be created in this language no virus can hack it.
The Priests might has been explaining all the hygiene to common people but because of lack of understanding they were being made of part of the rituals to make the people follow with out any questions.In olden days the only school was the temple.they used to teach social responsibility ,behavioral ,Hygiene and many more thing with reference to Ramayana and Mahabharata.Even now the most advanced countries doesn't have the code book as to how you should live in a society and how should you maintain you relation with whom and how ,relations respect all are given by our ancestors. Your today science is like a torch,we only are able to understand till the light reaches beyond that either you can not understand or you deny accepting it.
Rather than accepting the science by western culture or English science which is in english ,if we start reengineering our vedic science or ancient science we are far far ahead of other nations,please don't insult our religion culture and rituals before understanding any thing out of it.
Even to day we don't know how the Ellora caves were carved out of solid rock,the sun temple in Konark, "Rama setu" bridge between Indian and Sri Lanka,Flying Machines in our scripts.
Hinduism is not a religion its the way to lead life,the spinal chord of Hinduism is Ramayana ,Mahabharata and Bhagavatam.We are sorry to say we are in not a position to say we live in a Hindu Country were Hinduism took birth,other countries have declared themselves,our neighboring countries use the GARUDA in thie currencies but we cant even print that on our currency.
So please rather than questioning find asnwers in our way of living.
Recently the Cheif Minister of Telanagana has performed Yagam called Ayuta Chandi Yagam,which was said be costed 15 crore rupees.Now to perform this pooja 1500 Rithviks ,pooja vessels,clothes required materials,ghee,dhoop sticks etc has to be procured which gives employment to so many people whom we dont even know the nature of business they are doing,but it has truly helped so many business people.During the days of pooja many people from different places visited the premises,in doing so taxis,local restaurants,grocery shops,petrol bunks and dhabas have increased their business.This we can the see the direct effect in a non spiritual place ,imagine in a spiritual place what might be happening daily.
People who are always questioning about the existence of god or religion as superstitions please be aware the science which the ancient people who have created language,construction of temples,recipes,discovery of spices,astrology,mathematics all has been given by our ancestors which we are still not able to crack it down.If Zero '0' was not given by Brahmagupta in 628,we would still not have any calculations.The ancient script Sanskrit called a gods language ,The oldest form of Sanskrit is Vedic Sanskrit that dates back to the 2nd millennium BCE. it is now been understood if any software will be created in this language no virus can hack it.
The Priests might has been explaining all the hygiene to common people but because of lack of understanding they were being made of part of the rituals to make the people follow with out any questions.In olden days the only school was the temple.they used to teach social responsibility ,behavioral ,Hygiene and many more thing with reference to Ramayana and Mahabharata.Even now the most advanced countries doesn't have the code book as to how you should live in a society and how should you maintain you relation with whom and how ,relations respect all are given by our ancestors. Your today science is like a torch,we only are able to understand till the light reaches beyond that either you can not understand or you deny accepting it.
Rather than accepting the science by western culture or English science which is in english ,if we start reengineering our vedic science or ancient science we are far far ahead of other nations,please don't insult our religion culture and rituals before understanding any thing out of it.
Even to day we don't know how the Ellora caves were carved out of solid rock,the sun temple in Konark, "Rama setu" bridge between Indian and Sri Lanka,Flying Machines in our scripts.
Hinduism is not a religion its the way to lead life,the spinal chord of Hinduism is Ramayana ,Mahabharata and Bhagavatam.We are sorry to say we are in not a position to say we live in a Hindu Country were Hinduism took birth,other countries have declared themselves,our neighboring countries use the GARUDA in thie currencies but we cant even print that on our currency.
So please rather than questioning find asnwers in our way of living.
