So, Ganga not only produces hydro-power (dams) but also atomic-power. This power goes to the our houses enabling us to watch TV, run our refrigerators, coolers, ACs, fans...even charge our inverters. But why don't we think a little in depth? It's all because of the river Ganga that we are able to get this luxury called electrical power... and yet we are running from our responsibility to keep it clean...
I have a suggestion. Why doesn't the Atomic Power Plant at Narora sponsor the ghats at least in Narora. Or, why don't some private companies sponsor these religious places... they are making millions of dollars... they can definitely spare some change...
Lord Hanuman's broken idol lay on the banks of Ganga as a tractor gets a wash.
In the far background is the Narora Nuclear Power Plant.
What utterly surprised me in Narora was idols of deities... hundreds of them... strewn all along the bank of the river. The idols, big and small, all just lay there abandoned. Granted these idols were broken (Hindi: Khandit खंडित ; they say there is no God in broken idols), but why throw these idols as if they meant nothing to anyone at anytime. Believe me these idols, although khandit, seemed to have a soul, they seemed to ask why they were thrown there... as if begging to be taken back to their temples... aaaah!!! :(
A beautiful example of religion and pollution...
[Please read the comment by Dr Swatantra Pidara]
A very good work and job done. As for the Khandit idols, you might like to read Shri Ramkrishna's gospel by Mr. M(Mahendra Nath Gupta) where he tells the son in law of the lady responsible for dakshineshwar land that if your leg is broken then will your mother in law throw you out. Yes it has been an issue with Hindu view that what you meditate upon so you get [ तं यथा यथा उपासते तदेव भवति ]. That is why they do not want a handicapped, blind or one eyed priest to do the job either. The same issue that they do not want to create an ugly impression on human mind. But the issue is very clear that if we have done the prana-pratishthaa then broken diety is also alive. It is asking us to be more kind and considerate. जब दया धरम नहीं मन में तेरे मुखड़ा क्या देखे दर्पण में. You are correct all these occurrences are telling us to search our souls. Hindus seemed to have lost that soul in the race for money and lavish life-styles. They are aping partially the West in a very corny, silly, twisted, brash, and could not care less manner. I know what I am writing is going to hurt few as in 1970s I was accused by a Gujarati gentleman that I am a handicapped person so I see everybody handicapped.
ReplyDeleteGood luck Rahul
Meaning of Prana pratishthaa used in the above comment.
ReplyDeletePrana pratistha (Sanskrit: prāṇa pratiṣṭha) is the Hindu theological term for a rite or ceremony by which a deity is infused or brought to inhabit a murti (idol or icon) of that deity. According to Gavin Flood, "A ritual of consecration in which the consciousness or power of the deity is brought into the image awakens the icon in a temple." According to orthodox Hinduism it is only after this rite is properly performed that worship should be offered to the murti.
Source: Wikipedia
gud rahul,v r also cmng 2 know new thngs dat v didn't know...ready 2 help u wat v can..gud luck 2 u !!! sanju
ReplyDeleteA very nice one Rahul, Hope your blog will give some hope of reviving our mother ganga. Suresh Somayajula
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