A Founding of the Hindu Rashtra – Not Just a Temple

A Founding of the Hindu Rashtra – Not Just a Temple

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This is an article written by Sri Virendra Parekh, an editor and senior journalist in Mumbai. I am just sharing this verbatim to those readers who are loyal to Ram and United India.

The bhoomi poojan of Ram temple in Ayodhya is a major landmark on India’s journey towards the Hindu Rashtra. We are indeed blessed to witness this historic moment. To grasp its true significance, one has to view it in a perspective of centuries. The last millennium, which opened with wanton destruction of Hindu temples by Islamic invaders, ended with a powerful popular movement to restore the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya. The current one opens with the foundation laying ceremony of that grand temple. No wonder the country is celebrating it as a grand festival of civilisational reaffirmation and resurgence.

To be sure, the challenges before the Hindu civilisation, which remain multiple and serious, would not disappear with the reconstruction of the Ram temple. The reconstruction, however, signifies Hindu society’s determination to overcome these challenges and also holds out an assurance of its success in this noble endeavour.

For centuries India has been struggling to retain its civilizational identity. It has been a battleground of two civilisations (Hindu and Islamic) for the last one thousand years and three civilisations (Hindu, Islamic and Western) for nearly three centuries. Muslim invaders were interested not just in enjoying India’s fabled wealth and power, but also in driving out Hinduism (“kufr”) and establishing the “only true religion”. Chronicles of their court historians testify to that. The Britishers, too, were not as neutral or indifferent in civilisational issues as it may appear at first sight. Macaulay’s famous minutes leave no doubt on that score.

India did manage to retain her identity through these turbulent centuries, but it could not defeat the invading civilisations. It could neither absorb them fully through assimilation nor throw out what could not be assimilated. This inability to reject what it could not digest was the essence of foreign conquest. Even today, it has not gained that freedom in full measure.

The unresolved tussle resulted in a civilisational stalemate. This stalemate, as Girilal Jain pointed out three decades ago, lies at the root of crisis of identity faced by our intelligentsia over the last hundred years. Are we an ancient civilization under assault from predatory forces or a hotchpotch of innumerable identities struggling to become a nation? Should we cherish our culture as a unique and invaluable asset or cut it asunder as burdensome deadwood from the past?

The foreign rule over the centuries, meanwhile, divided our intelligentsia into broadly two groups. A large part of it, which wanted to enjoy wealth, power, prestige, status and position decided to collaborate with the ruling class by offering to serve it. A small part of the intelligentsia stuck to its roots and refused to join the rulers. It was driven out from the corridors of power, but its voice could never be completely silenced.

Members of the former group learnt Persian and Arabic, took up jobs under Muslim rulers and adopted their mores and manners. The British Raj was much wider, stronger and more uniform. Most members of the groups which had earlier collaborated with Muslim rulers now donned the new attire with alacrity. Thousands of Hindus took to English language, dress, manners and even ideas, ideals and thought processes. They came to view themselves as partners of the rulers rather than the ruled. Nehrus are a good example of this class. This rule—collaborate with rulers if you want to come up socially—remained in operation even after independence.

It was this class of Anglicised brown sahibs, with a history of serving successive foreign dispensations that formed the dominant elite at the time of independence. With Jawaharlal Nehru as its guiding star and spirit, it sought to remake India into a Western image. Indian state under Nehru became a powerful agency for propagation of Western ideals and institutions.

A word here about Communists is in order. In India, the Western civilization is represented not so much by Christianity as by Communism. Some Christians may appreciate the religiosity (not the religion) of the Hindus. But the Communists’ contempt for Indian philosophy, religion and civilization is deep, absolute, and uncompromising. They could think of no greater calamity than India returning to its Hindu ethos.

To continue with the story, the dominant left-leaning elite sought to mould India into a non-Hindu entity. It used secularism to repudiate the Hindu ethos of India and socialism to humiliate the weal-creating business class and subordinate it to the benefit of an ever expanding rapacious neta-babu combine. Under its aegis, Hinduism came to be viewed as synonymous with superstition, inequality and exploitation. Nationalism became suspect and invoking India’s ancient civilization was branded as communalism.

Ram Janmabhoomi movement was Hindus’ reaction to this soulless, rootless un-Indian state that had scant regard for their concerns and sentiments. The overnight conversion to Islam of Meenakshipuram village in Tamil Nadu in 1981, Khalistani terrorism in Punjab, the overturning by the Parliament of the Supreme Court judgment in Shah Bano case and fanning of separatism in J&K left Hindus deeply worried about their future in their homeland. That is why the opening of padlocks at the shrine at Ayodhya in 1986 and shilanyas at the sight in 1989, meant to be minor diversions, became historic turning points. Ram came to occupy centre stage of the public discourse.

Like a subterranean river bursting out in a desert, Hindu awakening broke out into the open and carried away everything before it. All attempts to smother it failed. This was the sentiment that saw BJP under Narendra Modi win absolute majority in Lok Sabha elections twice in succession. The civilizational stalemate that Girilalji spoke about is beginning to resolve in favour of the Hinduism. The left-leaning intelligentsia which dominated the public discourse has lost its political clout. Narendra Modi is the most visible and powerful symbol of this transformation. No wonder the dispossessed intellectual elite regard him as a mortal enemy.

The nature of the Indian state is changing. Nehru as prime minister sought to prevent President Rajendra Prasad from attending the Somnath temple renovation ceremony. Modi as prime minister is going to lay the foundation stone himself. We have indeed come a long way.

The reconstruction of Ram temple is not directed against the Muslims. The dispute is not between Hindus and Muslims but between those who respect India’s civilizational ethos and those who wish to destroy it. A Shia organization was among the first to announce donation for the temple. Pakistani author Tarek Fatah has consistently supported the cause of the Ram Janmabhoomi. On the other hand, Sharad Pawar was determined not to attend the ceremony even if invited. Left to himself, Mani Shankar Aiyar may perhaps erect the Babri mosque again at the spot.

An overwhelming majority of Muslims in the Indian subcontinent are descendants of Hindu ancestors. In their veins also flows the blood of Vedic sages and saints of yore. Vicissitudes of history tore them away from their parent society. The temple reconstruction is an occasion for all of us to remember this blood relation between India’s two major communities. With silent endorsement of the temple reconstruction, Indian Muslims can bond again with their parent society. Millions are doing it already.

We may wish that all this should have happened twenty, thirty, fifty years ago. But history or Mahakal moves at his own pace. He cannot be pushed from behind; nor can his march be thwarted by trying to block his path.

The bhoomi poojan is an occasion for all of us to invoke Ram to be our unifier and liberator. Let Ram, who united the royalty and laity of his kingdom with Tribals in forests and mountains in distant lands, bring together estranged brothers in his homeland. Let Ram, who liberated Sita from the bondage of Ravan, liberate us from the bondage of the past and lead us to Ramarajya.

Jai Sri Ram.

Intellectual Subversion

Intellectual Subversion 

The following is a speech on “Intellectual Subversion in India” by Radha Ranjan, the editor of Vigil Online (http://www.vigilonline.com). Vigil Online has published a book called “NGOs, Activists and Foreign Funds: An Anti-national Industry” which exposes the nexus between foreign powers and Indian NGOs for the purposes of subverting India from inside.

I have been asked to speak upon intellectual terrorism. I will modify it slightly and speak of intellectual subversion, of which intellectual terrorism is one important dimension. When we say intellectual sub version, who are we holding guilty of intellectual subversion in this country? I for one hold academia, the media and the intellectual elite, those that have been educated in the English medium schools and institutions of higher learning. These are the three broad categories of people who I hold guilty of intellectual subversion in this country.

Subversion of Hindu Rashtra .What have they been subverting? They have been subverting the very idea of ‘nation’ that the Hindu community holds. When I say Hindu – let me make a few things clear here. I am going to be extremely blunt here. I don’t speak to please anybody, neither do I speak to offend anybody. I speak what I perceive to be the truth. When I say Hindu, I use it as the widely accepted term for those who practice Sanatana Dharma. Sanatana Dharma I say is Hinduism. People who practice Sanatana Dharma are Hindus.

 'Intellectual Subversion'

It is a part of the intellectual subversion exercise that they have discredited the word Hindu so that we are nameless group of people. To this, I will come a little later in my talk. When I say Hinduism and Hindus, I mean Sanatana Dharma and Sanatana Dharmis. So what has these intellectual terrorists perpetrated? They have subverted the idea of nation. What is a nation? “Nation” according to Hindu classical texts is “Rashtra.” Rashtra is both territory and the people. There is a historical sense of belonging of the people to that territory. It is a territory with well-defined borders. Rashtra thus has well-defined borders, and Rashtra means the people with a historical and

ancient sense of belonging to that territory. Indian classical texts speak of Hindu Rashtra as being one of the seven components of” Rajya.” Hindus constitute 85 percent of the population of this country. We are a nation of Hindus, but we are neither a Hindu Rashtra nor a Hindu Rajya. And this is the

success of the intellectual subversion – Hindus today have neither a Hindu Rashtra, nor a Hindu Rajya. What are the seven components of a Hindu Rajya,

that our classical texts speak of? They speak of the Swami, Amatya, Durg, Kosha, Danda, Bala … Swami or the king would be the state, the head of the

Government. The Amatya would the council of ministers. Durg is the capital. Kosha is the territory. Then you have Danda and Bala. Of all this, it is very

important that you have the Hindu ethos truly reflected in at least some of these components. It is the success of intellectual subversion in this country that a person who attempts to be the Swami is a Roman Catholic European who has neither the historical sense of  belonging to this territory, nor an

understanding of what this Rashtra is all about. It is the success of intellectual subversion in this country that you have a council of ministers who actively

propagate and perpetuate the politics of minoritisym in various spheres of national public life. If Danda can be interpreted in modern terms to denote the law and judiciary, you have a constitution and judiciary that is actively hostile to the Hindu community. Let me take this step by step. When I say a nation, I have an understanding of who belongs and who does not belong.

It is to the success of this intellectual subversion that Hindus constantly speak of Vasudaiva Kutumbkam and think Sonia Gandhi and Mother Teresa are a part of this Kutumbkam inside this country. When we have a distinct sense of us and them, we must have a sense of who is a Hindu. The “them” is who is a non-Hindu. If we have a sense of “us” and “them” there is a sense of Indian Hindus and there is a sense of non-Indian people who profess the Hindu Religion.

Kautilya’s Arthashastra did not deny the Vasudeva Kutumbkam principle at all. But Kautilya knew who was a national and who was not a national. Kautilya encouraged the Hindu way of welcoming refugees but he also said that keep the refugees out of your national borders. Provide for them, take care of them, see to it that they are comfortable and feel secure, but do not

bring them inside national borders until their loyalties have been tested and found to be true. Vasudaiva Kutumbkam does not mean opening your doors and allowing everyone to come inside, particularly when you are in a state of weakness.

Subversion through Historians

Let us take academia first. What are the falsehoods that they have propagated to subvert the very idea of a nation? They have I think done two things. They have fragmented the Hindu consciousness so that a very significant section of the Hindu community has been placed outside of national borders, and many other sections have been placed outside the Hindu community itself.

By propagating the theory of the Aryan invasion, Indian academia, dominated by the Marixists, have successfully placed a significant section of the Hindu community outside national borders. And this is not something peculiar to India. This Aryan Invasion Theory was a colonial construct. It is a White Christian construct. And they have played this game in North America too, where they have had this ridiculous baring Straits Theory, which said that the Native Americans whom they almost exterminated through

genocide and Christian colonialism, where themselves were migrants from elsewhere. That is to say they propagated the Aryan Invasion Theory here because the intellectuals among the Hindu elite who were in the forefront of resisting the colonial invasion, the colonial administration turned the argument back at them saying you yourself have come as a migrant to India, it is just that we have come a little more recently. To justify the genocide of the Native Americans, the White colonial research which came out of Harvard and Smithsonian placed the native American population outside the North American continent, and said that: “You people came here several centuries ago maybe, but you are as much migrants as we are. There is no such thing as a native American population. You are a migrant. We are a later-day migrant.” Udyan Namboodri ji in the previous session said how EMS Naboodripad could have gone running to the Soviet ambassador when his homeland or motherland or matra-bhumi was being attacked. You must understand Islam, Christianity and communism (which was a virulent reaction to Christian capitalism), none of the three ideologies or philosophies subscribe to the

concept of homeland, motherland or Matrui-Bhumi. These are aggressive conquering ideologies. They believe all territories are open for conquest.

It is only the Hindus and Jews who are born into their faiths in a territory which they call their own who have the concept of matra-bhumi or homeland. The other three philosophies or ideologies do not subscribe to the idea of homeland. So by placing a significant section of Hindu community outside

national borders, and by declaring that Dalits and Tribals are not part of the Hindu community, the Indian Marxist academia has fragmented the Hindu consciousness.

This was their success number one. Subversion through “Pluralism”. They have propagated the untruth that the Indian civilization has always been pluaralist. This concept of pluralism, please understand, is a Western Christian colonial concept. Christianity also spread by the sword. Today, the developed Western nations may have succeeded in branding Islam a terrorist religion and the Western White Christian nations as defenders against terrorism, but let us not forget that Christianity also spread by the sword. It was also intolerant. With the advent of “democracy,” which is also a Christian construct when political Christianity had to accommodate people from other way so life and when Christianity devised other weapons of conquest like evangelization, they made pluralism a virtue in their nation states.

Hindu dharma has always believed in diversity. We don’t need this Christian colonial construct of pluralism inside India. We have always been diverse.

Pluralism is “multi-culturalism” which is the new term in use in Western democracy. This pluralism or multi-culturalism is about accommodating the

indigestible elements of your society who refuse to become part of the mainstream. These elements do not consider this territory as their Matrui-Bhoomi and do not subscribe to Sanatana Dharma or Hinduism. These elements insist that they will live as indigestible elements but they seek accommodation within the broader diverse parameters of Hindu dharma. These are the pluralist elements and when White Christian colonial Western democracies promote the concept of pluralism, this is for non-White, non-Christian democracies like India whereas they are rejecting multi-culturalism in their own countries. The Australian prime minister is saying subscribe to the Australian culture. The British prime minister is saying,  

subscribe to the British culture. Australian culture, British culture, American culture, please understand is White Christian culture, whether Catholic or Protestant. And immigrants or migrants who seek residence or citizenship in their countries, it is demanded of them that they have proficiency in the English language and they subscribe to the broad cultural values which are rooted in White Christianity.

This pluralism they want India to accept as an integral part of Indian policy, and it is this intellectual subversion that has launched Sonia Gandhi into the

forefront of Indian polity. I personally consider the presence of Sonia Gandhi in Indian polity as much an affront to my Hindu sensibilities as the mosques in

Mathura, Kashi and Ayodhya. This is success number two.

The “South Asia” Subversion

The third idea they are propagating is the concept of South Asia. This concept of South Asia which has no legitimacy is a political construct with its origins in American think tanks where they seek to subsume — please understand one thing. If there is one thing both Islam and Christianity are afraid of, it is Hindu

Nationalism. Hindu nationalism poses the biggest threat to both Islam and evangelical church. They are propagating the concept of South Asia where they hope that India’s territorial borders and her Hindu identity will be subsumed in the larger Muslim-dominated region of Pakistan and Bangladesh. When they say South Asia, I don’t think they have Bhutan and Sri Lanka in mind. When they say South Asia, they primarily mean India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Hindu History is a History of Resistance

The most subversive act undertaken by Indian academia is the kind of history that they have written for us. It is a defeatist history. It is a history which says that the Indian nation was invaded by hordes and hordes of people and they emasculated the Indian society and that Hindu society was weakened by them. This way they put us in a defeatist frame of mind. But is this true? This is not true. I have one of the most brilliant papers compiled by Dr. M.D. Shrinivas of Centre of Policy Studies in Chennai. And look at what he says, Islam had already over-run Europe, Africa and large parts of Asia. But the Hindu community kept off the Islamic invaders at bay. The Muslims couldn’t get a foot-hold in India between 600 and 1200 AD. Islam couldn’t get a foot hold here. And which were the Rajyas and Samrajyas which held them off? The Chalukyas, the Rashtrakutas, the Karkotas of Kashmir, and the Rajputs – they kept Islam away from getting a toe-hold in India up till the 13th century.

And once Islam did get a foot-hold here, there were still large parts of India which were never under their control. Large parts of South India, Orissa, Assam – they were never under the Muslim rule for any great significant period of time. The Madurai Sultanate was thrown out within 30 years. You have the Marathas, the Vijayanagar kingdom, you have the Bundelas, the Sikhs, and the Jats who raised powerful military organizations to combat Islam. And the Islam that came to India was Jihadi Islam. Jihadi Islam is not a phenomenon of the 20th or the 21st century. When Islam came to India, it came as Jihadi Islam. It is only Jihad that the Hindu community has faced since 600 AD. We never allowed Islam to set up any kind of government here till the 1200. But even after we lost militarily to Islam … Islam was a world conquering force, let us not forget. And when we lost militarily, see what we threw up. Sanatana Dharma in the form of Acharyas, the Bhakti movement, the Shastras, the commentaries, the Bhasyas … it was the abundance of Sanatan Dharma literature that came through after we lost militarily.

Sanatana Dharma has been the core of the Hindu Rajya. It was also the core of Hindu Rajya in South East Asia for over a thousand years between 300 AD to 1500 AD. The Rajyas and Samrajyas of South East Asia had the Sanatana Dharma as their core. And Sanatana Dharma influenced West Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South East Asia. And we have an external affairs ministry today which has made sure that India is surrounded by ideologies and states actively hostile to Sanatana Dharma and Dharmis.

Nepal has fallen victim. Bhutan is well on its way to falling victim. Bangladesh, Pakistan, we have lost Sri Lanka also. India failed to step into Sri Lanka. Musharaff has stepped into Sri Lanka. India failed to step into Nepal. Chinese, Americans and Maoists have over-run Nepal.

Subversion of Polity

Hindu Rajya means territory under my control and territory under my influence. It is the subversion of intellectual India that we believe in Gujaral doctrine which says give-in, surrender, get over-run and welcome outsiders to come and decapitate us. What is destroying India today is intellectual subversion in polity which gives them the ideology upon which the UPA government and even the NDA government to a certain extent function.

How else can you explain the fact that the NDA government patronized Nirmala Deshpande? Or made M.K. Narayanan the member of the national security advisory board? We are so afraid of people calling us intolerant. When are we going to say, yes! There is “us” and there is “them.” There are those who belong. There are those who do not belong. But you are welcome. You will be provided with all comforts and the freedom to practice your religion. But you cannot be a part of the Hindu Rashtra. You cannot participate in power. Do we have the courage? We had the courage and that is why we remained the Hindu Rashtra and Hindu Rajya.

The day we opened our doors indiscriminately, the day we used Vasudaiva Kutumbkam as our defining characteristic not with strength but with weakness, we have allowed intellectual subversion to such an extent that 50 years after independence … The power at independence returned to the Hindus. But what kind of Hindus? It returned to those Hindus who were ashamed to be Hindus, regressive Hindus, deracinated Hindus, and Hindus who had no faith in their own civilization. It is Hindus who speak badly of the caste system. It is Hindus who speak badly about our Acharyas and gurus. It is Hindus like CP Rama Swamy Aiyar who advocated government control of temples. Intellectual subversion!

Subversion through Media

The media has played no less a destructive role. Please understand. The money for media. How many times have us or the Sangh Parivar bemoaned the fact that we are unable to bring out a national Newspaper which will give leading Indian dailies a run for their money. Because we think we do not have the resources. Then think of the kind of money that is going into the Hindu, the Times of India, the NDTV, the CNN-IBN …

Please understand this is the money that is coming from the outside. When these channels function, they do not have national interest in mind. They do not care about national interest. They have to answer to the hands who are pumping money into their channels and papers. Is it any wonder that they are anti-Hindu?

Are White Christians our Allies against Islamic Terrorism?

A very subtle intellectually subversive activity is taking place, and I am afraid there is a large segment of even very intelligent Hindus who have bought into this argument. That we need to partner the US and developed Western nations to fight Islam, not realizing that Jihadi Islam was first pacified and used by the Western nations in Afghanistan and in Kashmir. The West has pacified and subdued Islam to further Western colonial interests in non-White, non-Christian nations. If we understand this clearly, we will not make the mistake of thinking we have to partner Western nations in our war against Jihad. Also understand that the Western nations are the bitterest critics of Hindu nationalism. You only have to read the annual report which the US State Dept. churns out on religious freedom, human rights and patterns of global terrorism. The language it uses against the RSS, against Hindu nationalism … why did the US refuse visa to Narendra Modi? It was to send a strong signal to NRIs and would-be NRIs in India that if you want accommodation in the US, you have to distance yourself from Hindutva and Hindu nationalism.

No meaningful partnership or cooperation is possible with communism, Islam or Christianity. We must allow them to wage their cosmic wars and if they are warring with each other, sit back and enjoy the fight. Don’t think you are going to participate with one of them. None of the three is going to accept Hindu nationalist, Hindu nationalism, Sanatana Dharma or Dharmis as their equal partners. If anything, they will try to use the gullible section of the intellectual elite to server their own purpose.

The Subversion through IITians

The last section which practices the intellectual subversion. I particularly hold a very large section of the IIT pass-outs who have relocated in the US guilty for this intellectual subversion. When I did some research on anti-Hindu NGOs and activists, I found that most of them like AID, Asha, Akhila Raman,

Angana Chatterji and others are all entrenched in American universities.

These are communists who are functioning from American universities who write and work in support of Naxalism, who have participated in the CPI-ML Congress. Mahashweta Devi, Arundhati Roy, Praful Bidwai … you name them, all of them have links with Naxals and they are well entrenched either in American universities or they are encouraged by Indian communists working in American universities. And a very significant number of them are IITians. Raju Rajagopal, Ram Puniyani, Sandeep Pandey, Balaji Sampat, all are from IIT. There is thus a large section of our intellectual elite moving into intellectual subversion.

What is the remedy? I think it is going to stick in the throat of most of us who think tolerance is out defining virtue. I am afraid Hindu society forgot the valor of the Hindu Rajyas and Samrajyas which staved off Islamic rule, which fought the colonialists, which is even today fighting the communists at the level of the society. Hindu intellectual elite has a self-imposed image of tolerance which is not real. We have forgotten the Kshatriya blood which is intrinsic to both our intellectual activity and our public life.

There is no Kshatriya blood in the Hindu leadership today. Sabrimala happened. Pujya Kanchi Shankracharya episode happened. There is an EVR statue right in front of the Sri Rangam temple. What is the response of the Hindu intellectuals, Hindu organizations and Hindu society? Has there been a response? Has there been an intellectual response? Has there been a physical response? There are very highly respected voices from amongst the Hindu community that are actually saying we have no objection to the EVR statue anywhere in Sri Rangam, just not in front of the temple. We have forgotten the concept of the temple town. The whole town is a temple.

How the Public Spaces are Subverted

When I said Hindu Rashtra, I mentioned territory. The territory also comprises the character and content of public spaces. Let me tell you the politics of public spaces and the intellectual subversion associated with it. In 1999, the Pope came to India two days before Diwali and he declared his intention of planting the cross in Asia in the 3rd millennium.

The first victim of the church-planting mission in Asia is South Korea. In 1900, South Korea was less than one percent Christian. In the seventies, it was about 18 percent Christian. In 1990, it is 40 percent Christian. Just as what is happening to Kerala. In Kerala, just over 50 percent are today Hindus. The rest are all gone.

In South Korea, from the heart of the Seoul city to the airport, it is a 20 km stretch. On either side of this stretch, at ever three feet there is a towering church. These are not small Christian prayer houses with thatched roofs or asbestos sheets. These are towering churches. There are scores of churches lining the stretch, which are totally out of proportion to the Christian population or the people who come to congregate there. Then why are these churches standing there? Public spaces! The churches are standing there as a symbol of subjugation, as a symbol of dominance, as a symbol of money power that says: “I will occupy your public space.”

The presence of EVR statue in front of Sri Rangam I am 100 percent sure it is the Christian money that has gone into the Dravidar Kazhagam and instigated them to plant a statue on the very entrance to the temple in front of Rajgopuram. The land was allotted to them in 1972. From that time to this time, they did not dare to plant the statue there. There was continuous Hindu resistance. All of a sudden how did they get the courage or the money to go and plant it? They did that in 2007, soon after the Kanchi-Acharya issue, soon after the Sabrimala issue, soon after we showed them that you can keep rubbing our nose in the dirt but the Hindu community is today incapable of coming up with a Kshatriya response. Towering churches in Seoul. You enter the Tambram railway station by train there is this huge cement pillar with a huge Jesus Christ. When you enter by train, this the first thing you see. Yesterday, I was horrified when I came to the Madras Central Station – I think this must have come up about a month ago. I am entering the station by train and right beneath the bridge I see a huge cement pillar with a huge Jesus

Christ! This is called occupation of public spaces. This has a political intent. This is not a religious intent. The message is: “I am dominating you, I am subjugating you.” Do we have the sense to see this?

I am told that the EVR statue in front of Srirangan temple is not the only perversion. I believe on the Thiruvanthapuram beach, there is a Devi temple. And right in front of this temple there is a 50 foot statue of a naked woman. Not far from the temple, there is a church and the mosque, but this naked woman is not standing in front of the church or the mosque, but only in front of the Hindu temple.

So when the communists speak of atheism, when the Dravidians speak of atheism, they do not speak against Muslim or Christian god. It is only against Hindu gods that they speak. Intellectual Subversion is behind all Other Subversions Islam is a threat that you see as a sword against which we still do not have weapons. But Christianity is like cancer. It invades your body with sweet words. It tells you “I am a part of you” and then eats you away.

Communism of course is a blight on humanity. I cannot have a partnership with any of the three. And all the three inside India have intellectual backing. If Arundhati Roy can write a book on Afzal Guru, if Nirmala Deshpande and Mahashweta Devi. They have all been awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the

Congress government. The participated in the Naxalite Congress. If Christian conversion can be legitimized by India’s academia, the subversion of Indian nation – the Hindu Rajya and Hindu Rashtra – is backed only by intellectual subversion. If they are terrorists, blame us.

We are happy victims of terrorism. What stops us from becoming Kshatriyas? What stops us from writing good books? What stops us from producing monograms which will threaten them? What stops us from physically removing these Jesus statues and EVR statues? Ask yourself this question, and you will understand why intellectual subversion has worked in this country. The victims of this intellectual subversion are the Hindu Rashtra and Hindu Rajya, and the Hindus have only themselves to blame.

Bermuda Triangle In Ramayana And Vedas

Bermuda Triangle In Ramayana And Vedas 

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Let me at the outset confess that I am not a scientist and all that I wrote is not my discovery. The entire credit goes to those great people who endeavored all their best to enlighten us and also those who passed on the information for the benifit of enthusiasts. All this information I got from such people's works only.

Bermuda Triangle or the Devil’s Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircrafts and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Even though the US Navy says that Bermuda Triangle does not exist, many have attributed various disappearances to the paranormal activity by extraterrestrial beings. But till date, nobody could find out actual reason behind this mystery.

Many believe that there is a hidden pyramid inside the Atlantic Ocean, which pulls everything towards it like a magnet. It was named as “danger region” for about 500 years after disappearance of ships & planes. In 1492 during journey to America, Columbus saw some glitter in this region and his magnetic compass got disturbed.

Bermuda Triangle Mystery is Revealed in Rig Veda

Although there is a similar demon described in Sundara kanda of Ramayana, it does not match with the geographical location. Simhika, the gigantic demon had the power to attract anything’s shadow flying over ocean and pull it into the waters. In Ramayana it is narrated like this.

It is not, I presume, out of context if I mention a few shlokas from Kishkndha kanda of Ramayana, as I feel them to be pertinent to the context.

Dakshinasya samudrasya madhye tasyathu rakshasee

Angaarakethi vikhyaathaa chayam aakrushya bhojani. 

A well-known demoness named Angaraka (Simhika?) is there in the midst of Southern-Ocean who eats pray by grabbing its shadow when flying overhead. This was situated in between the present Bharat and Sri Lanka as per the said Sloka.

I give here under 3 Slokas from the first Sarga of Sundarakanda.

Samaakshipthomi sahasaa pangukrutha paraakramah

Prathilomena vaathena mahaanouriva saagare

Tadrushtvaa chintayaamaasa maarutirvikruthaananam

Kapirajena kathitham satvamadbhutha darshanam

Tatastasyaa nakhai teekshnai rmarmaa nyutkrutya vanarah utpapaathaatha vegena manassampaatha vikramah

    The essence of these Slokas is given here under:

1.   In the middle of the sea the devil which can change itself to any form or shape or transforming into another entity saw Hanuman and felt ecstatic to have feast of such a gigantic being and started to pull his shadow. Hanuman felt himself as a ship sailing across rough weather as his speed was profusely retarded. However he managed to kill that devil Simhika or Angaraka (Relevant to Bermuda Triangle Also) as told earlier. So the conclusion we can draw is such strange devils may prevail in the oceans who are to be tackled by people of extraordinary strength power, energy and the 8 Siddhis, which are

2.   Aṇimā: Ability to reduce one's size

Mahima: Ability to increase one's size

Garima: Ability to increase one's weight infinitely

Laghima: Ability to become lighter than the lightest

Prāpti: Ability to obtain anything

Prākāmya: Ability to acquire anything desired

Iṣiṭva: Lordship over creation

Vaśitva: Having control over things

Though Sugriva explained in the way he can, Hanuman could eradicate the devil similar to that of the one in Bermuda triangle, as is narrated by several researchers, in Hindu Maha Sagar. However that was not and is not possible, as he did not go to the Bermuda Triangle side.

However, that was on the way to Lanka. It is not only in Valmiki Ramayana but also in Brahmanda Purana. (composed more than 5000 years ago. These are all approximations of Historians).The scholars of Hinduism believe that Ramayana happened in Tretaayuga which precedes Kali and Dwapara i.e. 12,96,000 years if we consider the immediate Tretha before this Dwapara and Kali). 

Rig Veda (written more than 23000 years ago as per the present day Indologists, thou Vedas exist fro time immemorial) clearly state that the planet Mars was born out of Earth. That is why he is called as Bhauma (‘son of Bhumi’) or Kuja (Ku = Earth + Ja = Born out of) in Sanskrit.

Asya Vamasya Sukta in Rig Veda states :”When Earth gave birth to Mars, and Mars seperated from his mother, her thigh got injured and she became imbalanced (Earth rotated in its axis) and to stop it Godly doctors, Aswini Kumaras poured iron into the triangular shaped injury and Earth got fixed in her current position.

That is why Earth’s axis is bent at a particular angle. That triangular shaped injury on our planet which was filled with iron went onto become Bermuda Triangle. Iron stored inside earth for years becomes natural magnet and Bermuda disappearances, fog, high and low temperature water streams colliding are a result of this. 

Arun Mandhar: K Vow! Sir, I am of the view that the work done by our genius ancestors has not received the recognition it deserved due to biased opinion of western scholars. I wish & hope people like you can at least start a process by bringing these type of facts before international audiences at different forums along with the detailed references of shlokas which will ultimately lead to the recognition. As for funding I am sure there is no dearth of people who will happily donate for the cause. I offer my services if need be & if I could be of any help.

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Cheruku Ramamohanrao: Thank you for the reverence and the respect you have for our ancestors. When I need a helping hand I will seek your help. Thank You. People like you are the strong holds of our culture.

Dr-Vanadeep Kaluvagunta: This is just a symbolic thing with science encrypted that needs to be deciphered...one thing is for sure...the centrifugal separation of Mars from the Earth might have ushered in the core material to the surface through the large vent...we know that the core material is in molten form rich in iron and highly magnetic compounds and complexes...this due to the incessant downpour that occurred during the primordial times that lead to the formation of oceans (in this case the Atlantic) might have cooled and condensed the molten matter but it continues to be highly magnetic as it doesn't lose its property that easily since it has been magnetised permanently under extreme conditions in the Sun from where the Earth and other planets emerged...the Devatas are the wielding personalities or manifestations of natural forces...thus this could be the plausible scientific explanation...nonetheless this must be proved experimentally with scientific concrete evidence...Thank you sir...My soulful salutations to the profundity of Indian thought...Jai Baharat Vignyan!!!

Dr-Vanadeep Kaluvagunta: This might have caused the 23 1/2 degree tilt that creates seasons and monsoons...the most crucial factor of life sustenance on Earth...however as I said scientific proof is awaited...must come very soon...I ardently desire so...
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 Moon was also born out of churning of milky ocean and when it rocketed out from Earth at latitude of about 23½ a huge bump created by its ejection came in line with Sun. So, Earth has tilted axis at 23½. Modern science could not explain this phenomenon and also the strange coincidence that Earth is titled at 23½ degrees and Bermuda Triangle is also at 23½ degrees!

In 1909, a fishing boat got disappeared. On 5th Dec 1945, a flight started from Florida (USA), when went about 120 miles east, its contact was broken from base station and plane disappeared.

In 1948, a ship carrying 27 travelers disappeared in Bermuda region. In 1951, another ship carrying 53 travelers disappeared in this region. Due to safety and precautionary reasons, all routes for ships & planes have been made out of this triangle.

Bermuda Triangle Mystery Revealed in Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda has description of several gems. One of them is Darbha gem, which is described in Sukta 28, 29 & 30.The electro-magnetic waves going from wireless system or coming to system are disturbed and wireless system fails.

 Darbha gem is like a very short form of neutron star, which has high density. Similarly, Darbha gem also has high density so there is high gravitation due to Darbha gem. There is emission of high energetic electro-magnetic waves due to Darbha gem, probably due to nuclear reactions happening in it. Intensities of electric & magnetic field associated with electro-magnetic waves are very high.

  This gem could be a powerful and dangerous weapon. Khanda 19 of Atharva Veda, Mantra 4 of Sukta 28, states: “As the Sun brings down clouds on earth in the same way oh! Darbha gem you fall down the rising enemies.” It means that there is gravitational force due to Darbha gem inside water. Mantra 5 of Sukta 29, says, “As the curd is stirred in the same way oh! Darbha gem you stir enemies.” It means to stir the bodies is a property of Darbha gem. In Mantra 7 of Sukta 29, says, “To burn the bodies”; It means there is emission of high energetic rays like laser rays by Darbha gem, which destroy bodies. So properties of Darbha gem are:

 1) High gravitational field.

2) Stir bodies coming near to it.

3) Emission of high energetic rays.

 All these properties of Darbha gem, explain the phenomena of Bermuda Triangle. Mars (Mangala / Kuja) has Triangle shaped Yantra in Vedic Astrology. In Vedic Astrology, Mars (Mangala or Kuja) is red in color (similar to what modern scientists discovered), had water bodies on it (dried river beds found by NASA).

Coral, the gemstone related to Mars is also red in color and found only under sea waters.

 What is even more astonishing is that, Yantra of Mars is triangle (tilted) shaped. In that way, Mars is brother of all humans born on planet Earth. Mars also controls all land related issues in human lives like Real Estate Business, Agriculture, and Siblings etc. in astrology.

  Modern scientists assume presence of methane hydrates, which indicates enormous eruptions of methane bubbles that would swamp a ship, and projected high into the air- take out flying airplanes, as well. Any ship caught within the methane mega-bubble immediately lose all buoyancy and sink to the bottom of the ocean. If the bubbles are big enough and possess a high enough density they can also knock aircraft out of the sky with little or no warning.

Aircraft falling victim to these methane bubbles will lose their engines-perhaps igniting the methane surrounding them-and immediately lose their lift as well, ending their flights by diving into the ocean and swiftly plummeting.

Dr-Vanadeep Kaluvagunta: Mars is a gigantic darbha gem according to this...then that bermuda area must be rich in this entity...Many crystals produce Lasing action of high coherence and intensity which easily be employed as a weapon against enemies if channelised optimally...now pertaining to the sinking plummeting and knocking off of planes ships and others, I feel this darbha gem in contention must possess a property that shields it from the vigilant eyes of satellites radars and sensors...in other words it must have a stealth mechanism inherently that escapes the range of these things...could be a point to ponder over and research...nature and time will reveal...good one sir! Thanks for the efforts you put in...

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Dear Dr. Vanadeep Kaluvagunta, it is also called the Devil's Triangle, Limbo of the Lost, Hoodoo Sea and the Twilight Zone. It is one of the biggest mysteries of our time where paranormal events and unexplained disappearances are alleged to occur.

Latitude and Longitude of the Triangle:

NW edge, Bermuda: 32.20 N, 64.45 W.

SW edge, San Juan: 18.5 N, 66.9 W

NE edge, Miami: 25.48N, 80.18 W

The Bermuda Triangle covers approximately 500,000 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean. The official dimensions claim that this mysterious area is a stretch of area located in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean, between Bermuda; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Miami, Florida. However when you start plotting ocean disasters that are attributed to the Triangle its boundaries shift all over the North Atlantic and sometimes into the Eastern Pacific and Gulf of Mexico...thank you all..

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Kane Maharaj

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With all fervor and enthusiasm. They not only went through the article thoroughly but also contributed their honest comments. Among them there are my superiors and friends while I was in service. Even today I get the same warmth from them and I feel it is Gods’ grace to make me be with them. Some friends of mine over phone lauded me for writing such an article which can be treated as a stepping stone for enthusiasts and researchers. I feel I am blessed.

While concluding my article, I wrote a statement of ‘Kane Mahraj’. My search in Google gave me two great people of the same surname. I felt, I better introduce both of them and hence this small write-up.

As both are great in their own way I give a small account of both the greats. While one is a very great scholar with Bharat Ratna Award to his credit, the other is a saint who dedicated his life to both Adhyatmikam and social service.

Pandurang Vaman Kane (pronounced Kaa-nay) (7 May 1880 – 8 May 1972) was a notable Indologist and Sanskrit scholar. He received India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 1963 for his scholarly work that spanned more than 40 years of active academic research that resulted in 6,500 pages of History of Dharmaśāstra.

2. the most revered Saint Shri Kane Maharaj (popularly known as the Holy man distributing candy) Narayangaon, Pune District.

2. H.H. Kane Maharaj

Please find here under a small introduction of the great man.

 Name: Mr. Raghuvir Ranganath Kane

Date, place of birth: Holi Pournima (1932), Thane

Spiritual journey of H. H. Maharaj: Reading various Holy texts: Leveraging the opportunity of reciting the Holy texts to His mother He studied several Holy texts in which His mind began to get engrossed. After studying Yogavasishtha, He did an in-depth study of Prasthantrayi (i.e. combination of the commentary of Shrimadbhagwadgeeta, the Brahmasutras and the ten Upanaishads by Adi Sankaracharya).

He was also fond of Holy texts such as Eknathi Bhagwat, Pandav Pratap, Harivijay, Namdev Gatha, Tukaram Gatha, Bhakta Vijay and Dattaprabodh etc.

Being blessed with a divine vision of several spiritually evolved: Despite having a desire to marry He remained celibate only for the sake of God realisation. After becoming detached from the worldly life, He traveled barefoot from Thane to Gangapur by foot. At Gangapur, He lived a life devoid of all desires, similar to a beggar. He was blessed with the vision of Deity Dattatreya. In His further spiritual journey He was blessed with divine vision of Macchindranath, Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati, and Sri Samarth Ramdasswami etc.

Serving several Saints: H.H. Bhagwan Shridharswami from Sajjangad was His spiritual guide. Subsequently he stayed in Shrikrishna temple at Narsingpur (District Kolhapur). Thereafter He served a number of Saints such as H.H. Datta Chile Maharaj from Paijarwada near Kolhapur, H.H. Amalanand Maharaj of Pen, H.H. Anna Maharaj Joshi of Amravati, H.H. Anandashram Swami of Alandi and a great Saint from Indore (Madhya Pradesh) H.H. Bhakataraj Maharaj. He led a very simple life style.

Social service:  For many years He used to travel to several places and distribute lime flavored candy and Holy booklets of Haripath and Manache Shloka worth lakhs of rupees, to little children.

 He would personally buy new clothes and other gifts during Diwali festival and gift them to street boys and girls, and also shower them with His love.

A Scholar in Vedic literature Kane Maharaj would preach through stories or other ways depending upon the comprehension of the listener.

Paying obeisance a hundred times at their Holy feet!

I thank all who have read with all the interest for our culture and its torch bearers I take leave.

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Sindhu was the original name of a river in the Indian peninsula. The Greeks called it ‘Indos’, which got Romanised as Indus. When the Moghuls invaded India, they used the term ‘Hindus’ for the inhabitants of India based on the name of the river Sindhu which they pronounced as ‘Hindu’. These days, the followers of ‘Sanatana Dharma’ are called ‘Hindus,’ especially in the West and ‘Sanatana Dharma’ (which is not known to most non-Hindus) is called as Hinduism. Thus, for the sake of making the articles user-friendly, in this article, I am using ‘Hinduism’ instead of ‘Sanatan Dharma’. This BHARATA is our nation and originally it was called ‘Ajanabam’. Aja means he who has no birth (nor death) and Nabhi means novel. That means India serves as the Novel of the Globe Hence the name. Over a period this country was ruled by the great king Bharata, who was also known as Jada Bharata in his subsequent incarnation. Normally people mistakenly equates this name to Dushyantha and Sakuntala’s son. The said meaningless phrases “Hindustan’ ‘India’ coined by various foreigners due to their incapability of uttering our words as they are, we have taken these words on to our heads and created a record in the entire world, as a big nation with a meaningless name . In fact along with so many other n meanings of BHA has a distinguished meaning ‘PROGRESS’ and RATA means aptitude. It is pronounced in Devanagari as भ and रत. A small doubt may arise among the readers that if we write Rata we have to pronounce it as रट, but if we write it as Ratha we have to pronounce it to be रथ which is chariot. English is such a funny language where PUT is पुट and but is बट, cave is केव café is केफ़े. The reason is yet to be found by the English speaking wisdom.

It is shame on our part that even today we don’t venture to rename our country as prescribed by our ancestors proving that we are blind followers of English people and their tailored language. Moreover we have taken it as a reward from the foreign invaders, and consider that as our pride. But if someone says we should restore the ancient name of this land, the Pseudo-Secularists will say it is communalism” or religious fanaticism.

Most people relate the word Dharma (Righteousness) to religion. In fact religion and Dharma are two different aspects.  Srī Adi Shankaracharya defines ‘Dharma is that which accomplishes the three tasks of 1.Keeping the organisational setup of the society in excellent condition, 2.Bringing about the worldly progress of every living being, and 3.Facilitating their progress in the spiritual realm as well.’ This definition highlights the vastness of the concept of Dharma and its extraordinary importance in human life.

 A nation will become prosperous and immortal only if the lifestyle of its society is based upon the foundation of Dharma, as defined above by Adi Sankara. However, due to misconceptions weeded owing to lack of correct understanding about Hinduism (Dharma) people are aping so many other cultures which do not have a base. 

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Hindustan is the Persian name for India. If you look into the Zend-Avesta (the sacred texts of Zoroastrian religion), we can find they have borrowed many Sanskrit words but, for their vocal facility, they started pronouncing all word commencing with‘s’ they replaced with ‘h’. For example hapta-hindu is used instead of sapta-sindhu. “Ahura” is used instead of “asura”.

Let us see as to why the river ‘Sindhu’ became their target. Because all the invaders were initially stopped there. If you look at Alexander the Great’s invasion of India he turned back just after crossing the Sindhu river. The other reason is no foreigner to the other side of Sindhu has a language fit to pronounce Sindhu as Sindhu. Moreover that region doesn’t define the country, it defines the limit of their invasions. We do not even have access to the Sindhu River today, so why should the country be named after that landmark which no longer exists for us?

Hence I feel that, different regions to the other side of Sindhu River, could not penetrate deeper to the heart of the subcontinent at the time, and ultimately they named the entire subcontinent after the outer boundary they first encountered (at the Sindhu river) as Hind and the dwellers with-in as Hindus.

Though literally ‘Sindhu’ means ‘Sea’, as the river is so huge our ancestors named it as ‘Sindhu”. In fact there are Saptha Sindhus (7 Rivers) identified by them which are ‘Gangecha Yamunechaiva, Godavari, Saraswati, Narmada, Sindhu Kauveri’ Hence naming a vast country after a single river can never be meaningful. It will be like naming China as ‘The Yellow River’ or ‘Huang He’ which flows east–west to an extent of about 1,900 kilometers (1,180 mi) and  north–south to an extent of about 1,100 km. Actually China means 1.a fine white or translucent vitrified ceramic material. 2. Informal British: a friend. As he Google dictionary says. It was named by its own people and not by foreigners.  In modern times, many Global Countries have restored their ancient names or chosen the name they want to identify with, with a view to freeing themselves from their British colonial past. Ceylon was changed to Sri Lanka. Burma was changed to Myanmar. Siam became Thailand. In the African continent Bechuanaland becoming Botswana, Rhodesia becoming Zimbabwe and Nyasaland became Malawi. Have we not to feel shame for not restoring the legendary name for our Country viz. Bharata. It is time for India to break free from its colonial past and restore the ancient name of the country, Bharata and keep our head high.

As a side note, we better adopt the name Bharata the Sanskrit version, as that being the mother of all languages that includes Hindi also, and not Bharat, the Hindi version that drops the final “a” which in Sanskrit is classified as Swara i.e Vowel. It can also be observed that this name exists in all of the local languages in the said form.

Hence I feel, it is imperative our part to restore the traditional ancient name of this country, Bharata, as has been in use from the time unknown by the ancient rishis, the indigenous residents of this land and forefathers of all modern Indians. This is neither communalism nor religious fanaticism, this is simply truth and history. People should be called by the name they themselves choose, and the name their ancestors chose, not the name imposed on them by foreign invaders like India or Hindustan.

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Majority of Hindus are not following the teachings of Hinduism as they don't have inclination or interest towards the teachings of greats like ADI-SHANKARA, RAMANA. CHANDRA SEKHARA SARASWATI swamijis among so many others the soil has produced. Now a days, In fact, people use their wisdom to choose any thing to their advantage irrespective of the religion. What one should always remember is that ours is dharma and not religion. Foreign invasions, destroyed the treasure of knowledge in the form of books, temples, monuments, scriptures and great scholars etc. Thus the transfer of knowledge was crippled for the past few generations. As a result, the true understanding of Dharma and its various concepts is lost. Hence, we find widespread misconceptions, inaccurate practices in rituals, superficial definitions, contradictory interpretations and so on, which have affected the Dharmacharana (following of Dharma) by Hindus. All Muslim Rulers British Rulers and People like Macaulay, William Jones, and Max Muller contributed their mite for the destruction of our Dharma. 

Upon seeing the scale of ignorance and misconceptions about Hinduism it is impelled to implement the GURUKULA system of the ancient days by word and deed. This requires concern, commitment, devotion, dedication in its implementation of the system by those who are the governing authorities.

There are widespread misconceptions or misunderstandings about Hinduism all around the world, especially, in the West. Why west even among our own people who became totally ignorant of their origin and the reason for their ancestor’s conversions. Ironically, many followers of Hinduism also do not have complete understanding about the concepts of Hinduism. 

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In the initial stages of sadhana, ritualistic worship helps in developing anubhav (spiritual emotion) unto God. However, due to lack of understanding, most Hindus, especially the younger generation, defy ritualistic worship. They forget that in order to graduate from University, one has to start in Grade school. Hinduism has prescribed sadhana for every stage of a seeker so everyone can attain Moksha (Final liberation), and one of the beginning stages of sadhana is ritualistic worship. So Hinduism is not all about performing pujas and rituals. These are but a stage in the entirety of Dharma or Hinduism.

A majority of Hindus are not aware that the aim of our birth is to do sadhana and attain Moksha. They believe that visits to temples, holy places, performing puja, etc. are sufficient. All these things help the being to turn towards God enabling him to concentrate more on him leaving the mundane things aside. Working class Hindus may not even find time to do puja at home. Actually they were taught to find the God by devoting themselves to their work. Of late the basic sadhana of doing puja, lighting incense sticks, offering arathi to deity etc. at home are being lost. This is to be revived and the children be taught to keep themselves before God in their home for at least a few minutes, soon after their bath.

Majority of Hindus have not read Bhagwadgita, Ramayana, Mahabharata or other Scriptures of Hinduism. Hence they have very little knowledge about the basics of Hinduism. Parents Now a days have little time to introduce the children to Itihasas like Ramayana and Mahabharatha  or to Bhagavata which inculcates bhakti in the tender minds of the children. There are some Hindus who are well versed with Holy Scriptures; but they lack in practical implementation of the teachings.

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The concept of ‘all religions are equal or one’ is very popular amongst most Hindus. However, this concept is almost non-existent in the followers of other religions, as they believe their religion or God is the only God. Due to this belief, Hindus are adopting concepts that originated in other religions and cultures for example, Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day, etc. Such festivals have no spiritual meaning or benefits, on the contrary, they lead to adharma due to their accruing demerits.

Below are just a few examples of the types of misconceptions and misunderstandings, which are rampant in the western world. These are so prevalent that it will be very difficult to address each of them;

Abrahamic religions, like Christianity, Islam, etc. forbid idol worship; probably due to this, the concept of idol worship is unacceptable to them. However, the cross and statues of Jesus and Mary are, of late, permitted in Christianity. They are calling, now a days a church as a temple also and went far ahead to construct a temple structure with a cross on the top. MECCA the most auspicious pilgrim center still contain broken 'Shiva Linga' and 'Panivattam'. MAKHA is yajna and God fire is invoked in that ritual and he is also called 'Sapta Jihva'. Hence even today the Muslims make 7 perambulations to the structure, but in anticlock direction. After the intruders smashed the stone in 683 Ad the Black Stone wasreassebled with a silver thread by Prophet Mohammad and kept it at a conspicuous secured place. It plays a central role in the ritual of istilam. Pilgrims used to kiss the Black Stone, touch it with their hands or raise their hands towards it,  repeating the takbir, "God is the Greatest". They perform this in the course of walking seven times around the Kaaba in a counterclockwise direction (tawaf), emulating the actions of Muhammad. At the end of each circuit, they perform istilam and may approach the Black Stone to kiss it at the end of tawaf. According to Hinduism, the Supreme God (Brahman) is all pervading and formless. Here I quote a sloka which some people may be knowing.

'Aakaashaath pathitam thoyam yathaa gacchati saagaram Sarvadeva namaskaaram keshavam prathi gacchati'
As every drop of water joining together converts into a stream, such streams into a river and the rivers ultimately into the sea, and all the seas into an ocean and oceans into a single entity.

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However, to worship a formless God is very difficult for most people. The average spiritual level in current times is 20% whereas Supreme God is 100%. A person at the spiritual level of 20% would find it very difficult to worship a formless Supreme God as compared to a person at a spiritual level of 60%. Hence, if a person at a level of 20% worships idols, it will benefit him more, as he can relate to the form of God in the idol. Hindu Sages and Saints are at high spiritual levels, so they can undertake the spiritual practice of the un-manifest or formless Supreme God.

In the western world, this mischievous misconception is one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted concepts of Hinduism. The correct term in a spiritual context is ‘Varna’ (Class), and not ‘Jaati’ (Caste), as misused in the western world. – The social system of the four classes (Varanas) was created to assist everyone in society to behave as per their natural temperament, i.e. their constitution, which is composed of the three subtle components (trigunas) and to assist in their spiritual evolution. In other words, the system of the four classes is incorporated into Hinduism to provide guidance on behaviour and spiritual practice (sādhanā) according to one’s potential and requirement, to enable one to experience Bliss. Unfortunately, there is ignorance about this purpose of the social system and thus its portrayal is misleading. In Yajurveda there is a hymn which goes like this:

 ”Brahmanosya mukhamaaseeth, Bahoo rajanyah krutaH, uru tadasyadwaisyaH, padbhaayagam shudro ajaayatha" While knowledge belongs to mind or brain in the head it is Brahmana. This is eternal knowledge, unlike day to day changing scientific knowledge, and is to be protected from 

'Kshati' or injury. Hence it requires power to protect it. Therefore Kshatriya, who protects from kshati, is required. To take care of this community, money is required which is directly proportional to economy and economy is mostly dependent on Trade and 

Agriculture. This is controlled by 'Vaisyas'. This much is not enough for the progress of the country and hence there should be a community to take care of 'Services' to the society, and also various products for use in the society. Hence this is a multi-sector category. That is why to avoid confusion, all sorts of services are brought under one roof and that was named as 'Shudra and not ‘Kshudra’ as some ignorant people misinterpret it. The word ‘Sudra’ is specified in Veda itself. It was not termed as ‘’Kshudra’. Hence this word should not be mistaken to ‘Sudra’. No culture, no civilization, no society can progress without 'Services'. As a matter of common sense anybody who prostrates, touches the feet of the elders for blessings and not their head containing 

knowledge, for blessings. Any small injury that is caused to the feet will be first informed to the head and the head directs the remedies to implement to the King who is a Kshatriya. Now coming to Sudras the society will be drastically crippled once there are no Services. This is to be first realized by all those who criticize the concept of this Sanathana dharma or so called Hinduism. The word cast is derived from 'Portuguese' word ‘Casta’ which means a ‘race’. This is never equivalent to 'Varna'. It is unfortunate that these misunderstandings and misapprehensions created by the Occidentals lead to so many differences among ourselves.

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Mr. Boulanger, the editor of Russian edition of The Sacred Books of the East Series, in the context of the commentary/translation of the Vedas by Max Muller, stated: “What struck me in Max Muller’s translation was a lot of absurdities, obscene passages and a lot of what is not lucid…. As far as I can grab the teaching of the Vedas, it is so sublime that I would look upon it as a crime on my part, if the Russian public becomes acquainted with it through the medium of a confused and distorted translation, thus not deriving for its soul that benefit which this teaching should give to the people”.

Today, the education system in India, instead of rejecting these Abrahamic, missionary and colonial templates and reviving India’s rich and ancient scientific and spiritual heritage, has on the contrary been manipulated by the Marxist professors and secular theorists (the successors to the colonial and missionary scholars) who under the guise of,

sophisticated and elite scholars denigrate the Hindu culture and propagate the theories of Max Muller and other missionaries, even reinforcing the caste divisions and the already refuted Aryan invasion theory.

Effects of Missionary activities:

1) Slow death of local languages and ancient language Sanskrit which is the mother of all universal languages.

2) Children and teenagers assume that those who cannot speak in English are inferior to those who can.

3) English speaking people are even perceived to be intellectually as well as morally better or superior, which is a foolish conclusion, as know3ledge, wisdom are above the barriers of language.

4) The debunked Aryan Invasion Theory and Dravidian Theory are still being preached and have caused immense divide in the Indian subcontinent.

5) Hinduism has been disconnected from the Vedas and self-opinionated people assume it to be a collection of absurd mantras, stories, superstitions and ‘religious’ dogmas.

6) Vote Bank politics divides the country further.

7) Divide and Rule: Converted Hindus start hating and abusing Hindus, though it is proved beyond any ambiguity that the DNA of all Indians is the same, irrespective of their religion..

8) Inferiority complexes instilled and psychological slavery to foreign ideals.

9) Setting western concepts as the ‘benchmark’ and ignoring the Indian concepts.

10. Last but not the least, our Rishis invented\ discovered in Mathematics, Astronomy, Medicine, Surgery, Metallurgy, Physics, Chemistry and Astrology and kept them in the form of Sastras, without minding for name and fame.

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In conjunction there seems to be another group of assailants and offenders now who are well-disguised and in fact have infiltrated into the Hindu Society as supporters and promoters of Hinduism. They are the ‘Trojan Horse’. The pretentious new-age cults and individuals who parade the intellectual arena as accomplished Vedic scholars, yoga experts, healers, etc. to attract the gullibles  are more in number than the educated. Although there are many authentic new-age scholars, teachers and healers that propound Hinduism and do substantial work, there are also many con-artists and fraudsters that have pervaded the spiritual-business industry only for selfish gain and to promote themselves and their groups and it is often difficult for the unassuming Hindus to differentiate and separate the authentic and sincere teachers from the charlatans.

The Pathological Symptoms of the ‘Max-Muller Syndrome’:

Using their limited knowledge of Vedic scriptures to appoint themselves as experts on Indian philosophy and Hinduism only to make money, gain name and fame.

Pretending to be secular, believing in the ‘equality of all religions’ and preaching “oneness” while belittling Hinduism as a regressive religion and Hindus as fanatics.

Preferring to use the word Vedic or Sanatan Dharma instead of ‘Hindu’ and then going out of their way to divorce and disconnect Vedic literature, yoga, etc. as well as the terms ‘Vedic’ and ‘Sanatan Dharma’ from Hinduism.

These groups/individuals base their theories on Hindu/Vedic literature and concepts, mix it with other templates (sometimes Abrahamic or Eurocentric) and preach a new-world order that is to emerge. They place themselves on a heightened pedestal as special leaders who are on a special mission to help humanity.

Hijacking Hindu literature, creating their own theories and then aggressively promoting themselves while demeaning Hindu gurus, Indic sources of knowledge and disrespecting the Hindu society at large.

Verbal/physical/intellectual dominance over others resulting in either overt or covert fascism

Abuse/Slander/Disrespect of other sects, religions, cultures, gurus etc. who do not believe in their theories or oppose their cult.

Mental manipulation of others, threats or fear induction, to promote their agenda

Mental instability of members of the cult expressed through hyper-egomania, delusions of grandiosity, narcissism and attention-seeking.

Insistence that the cult and their theories/solutions is the “ONLY WAY”

Group-think, suppression of dissent and enforced conformity in thinking.

Feelings of being ‘more special’ and ‘aware’ than people outside the group and feelings of being chosen to fulfill a special, world-altering mission.

The tyrannical belief that their leader is always right (is extra-special), that they know better than others and that all others are always wrong.

The presentation of their worldview as a ‘sacred science’ with unquestionable dogma and infallible ideology.

Inability to tolerate criticism and personal and aggressive attacks on all their critics.

Irrational cloning- you become a clone of the cult leader or other cult members and imitate/parrot all their views.

The presentation of their ideology over experience, observation and logic.

Mystical manipulation or use of exotic words, ideas and views to mislead.

Cult leader is never held accountable for his/her actions.

False promises of greater powers or greater knowledge.

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Today, this disease has induced extreme characteristics where one may find people unable to tolerate criticism and personal and aggressive attacks on all their critics. Missionaries can be openly found manipulating children and abusing the Hindu Gods and the Hindus whereas the new-age cults and preachers on the other hand are found speaking highly and intellectually about Hindu wisdom but undercover their only aim is to further themselves and their agendas while eventually denigrating and intellectually destroying Hinduism. They have subtly permeated the Hindu society like a virus and it is often difficult to recognize the malicious brainwashing they perpetuate on others. It is important for the Hindu society as well as others who have been targeted by such groups and individuals to develop more awareness on such cults, pseudo scholars and individuals as it will help in the differentiation between authentic groups and scholars and the frauds and charlatans who only seek self-promotion at the expense of harming the Hindu society and its heritage.

In the past, the educationist named Lord Macaulay wanted to do away with the spiritual heritage of India. He stated, “We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indian in blood and color, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect.”

“I have no knowledge of either Sanskrit or Arabic. But I have done what I could to form a correct estimate of their value…. I have never found one among them (Sanskrit or Arabic scholars) who could deny that a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia.”

Lord Macaulay wanted Christianity to replace Hinduism. In a letter to his father, a Protestant minister, Macaulay declared: “Our English schools are flourishing wonderfully. The effect of this education on the Hindus is prodigious. …It is my belief that if our plans of education are followed up, there will not be a single idolator among the respectable classes in Bengal thirty years hence”.

Jones' zealots, Macaulay’s children and Max Muller’s successors now seem to be carrying forward this cancerous legacy with phenomenal zeal.

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The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines mythology as ‘ideas that are believed by many people but that are not true’. This misconception means that all the beliefs in Hinduism are false. This is completely incorrect. If Hinduism were based on mythology, then it would not have survived for thousands or lakhs of years. 1 billion followers would not be following it today. In fact, Hinduism is the oldest religion in this world. Some do trace it back to ‘Indus Valley Civilisation’, but very few are able to trace its true origins i.e. from the emergence of Kaliyuga after pralaya by way of Mahabharata War. This implies that Hinduism was in existence before any other religions came into being.

Can people’s superstitions and tales develop into the third largest religion in the world which has almost 1 billion followers? We also need to ask the meaning of a ‘proper beginning’. Is it having a founder or a prophet? Hinduism’s beginning is not known to the Western world because of their inability to go back billions of years. All the other religions in this world came into existence only around 2000 years ago; before the commencement of Christian era.

According to the most revered Arch Bishop James Ussher, the world came into existance in 4004 B.C. 

  Please read the following:Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity College in Dublin was highly regarded in his day as a churchman and as a scholar. Of his many works, his treatise on chronology has proved the most durable. 

Based on an intricate correlation of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean histories and Holy writ, it was incorporated into an authorized version of the Bible printed in 1701, and thus came to be regarded with almost as much unquestioning reverence as the Bible itself. Having established the first day of creation as Sunday 23 October 4004 BC, by the arguments set forth in the passage below, Ussher calculated the dates of other biblical events, concluding, for example, that Adam and Eve were driven from Paradise on Monday 10 November 4004 BC, and that the ark touched down on Mt Ararat on 5 May 2348 BC `on a Wednesday'.

Taken from: https://www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/ussher.htm

 however, Hinduism already existed before these religions came into existence. In fact Hinduism’s existence in the form of Sanatan Dharma goes back billions of years, that is, ever since the Creation of the Universe happened.

This misconception emerges purely from those who have no understanding of Hinduism and those who single-mindedly believe in the superiority of their own religion or beliefs. According to science of Spirituality, God has two forms – the Saviour and the Destroyer; which means God saves His devotees and destroys evil. Due to a lack of understanding of this Hindu concept, these people cannot comprehend why Hindu Gods wield weapons or why they have different forms. To give an analogy, a farmer sows seeds and after the crop is ready; he cuts it, or when we grow plants in the backyard or garden; we have to remove the harmful portions of the plant, or in our society, where, criminals are punished to protect law-abiding citizens. So also, God destroys demons to protect His devotees as Bhagavadgitha says:

paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam ।

dharma-samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge ॥

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्‌ । 

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥

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When there are such misconceptions and misunderstandings about Hinduism, naturally, they have an adverse impact on society. As a result, not only Hindus but the whole society has to bear the consequences. Following are some examples of the impact –

1.    Full-fledged denigration of Hindu Deities; most denigrations of God involve Hinduism’s concepts/principles/Deities

2.  When a denigration happens, a majority of Hindus turn a blind eye towards it due to their lack of understand

3.  Large-scale conversion of Hindus into other religions

4.  Other religions have flourished and grown their presence all over the world; whereas, Hinduism’s presence is gradually reducing.

5.   Ramayana and Mahabharata are referred to as epics; whereas other religions’ scriptures are considered the ultimate truth

6.  Incorrect and misleading information about Hinduism in educational textbooks and reference books

7.   When people from other religions ask questions about Hinduism, majority of Hindus do not know the correct answers.

8.  When people from other religions make a mockery of Hinduism, majority of Hindus join the laughter and do not make efforts to stop it

9.  Disrespect given to the followers of Hinduism

10.      No due recognition of Hinduism as a major World religion

11. The followers of all major religions in the world have their own official countries, for example, Christians of various denominations have Vatican City, UK, Greece, etc. Muslims have Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, etc. Buddhists have Thailand, Cambodia, etc. Whereas there is not a single official Hindu nation in the world, of course barring Nepal which declared recently itself as Hindu Nation.

These are only a few examples for your perusal, however the adverse impact of the misconceptions about Hinduism and its followers is complex and multi-dimensional. The gravity of these examples will help us understand why we have to address the root cause, which is a lack of knowledge about Hinduism. Hence the need for Hinduism education! His Holiness Dr. Jayant Athavale has said, “If all Hindus have knowledge about Hinduism and they follow Dharma, then they will feel proud of Hinduism and they will be able to protect it.”

GREATNESS OF HINDUISM

Granting Sagehood and Incarnation status to opponents: Charvak (an ancient great intellectual) did not believe in either God or rebirth. Yet, far from being tortured, he was proclaimed a Sage instead!

Flexibility: ‘Hindu Dharma is so flexible that such extreme flexibility will not be found in any other religion. Hence, all other sects are derivatives and sub-derivatives of our Dharma.’ – Swami Vivekananda

Other ideologies and Hindu ideology: Boundless love unto the feet of God, and that love being in a state of continuous offering, is a mark of the Hinduism of Hindus. When asked ‘what ideology (Socialism, Communism etc.) do you advocate?’ Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay would answer, ‘It is Yathārthavād’ (Yathārtha is ‘just’ and vād is ‘ideology’). Actually, even in times when no ideologies existed on the face of the Earth, Hinduism existed. Though different ideologies have come into existence from time to time, Hinduism still exists and will continue to exist even when all ideologies will cease to exist. Hence, it is not an ideology. If at all it has to be called something, I would rather call it a happiness endowing conversation. It is a studious conversation or one done with full knowledge. A conversation of this type ends in happiness. Rest are all ideologies and fall in the category of argument provoking conversations. Quibbling with words is their characteristic. Hence, they end up in unhappiness.

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International identity of Hindu Dharma: Hinduttva (seeker qualities) is a permanent character of a human mind and hence, unless one imbibes those qualities, God-realisation, which is the ultimate aim of human birth, can never be achieved. It is through education on Dharma, the desired state of the human mind can be attained.

From amongst the foreigners who realised God, some were British, some Americans, while some were Germans. Irrespective of the sect (religion) they belonged to, they had primarily acquired Bhāratiyatva (Seekership quality), meaning they had rediscovered the original character of the human mind and hence, got themselves blessed. Max Muller (a German), Thoreau (an American) etc. did not convert to Hindu Dharma, but just by becoming Sanathana Guna mentally, they were blessed. Thoreau, in fact, fell madly in love with Shrīkrushṇa just by reading the Holy text Shrīmadbhagwadgītā. He considered Shrīmad bhagwadgītā as his mother. Dr. Annie Besant and Sister Nivedita were British women. Dr. Annie Besant had declared that, ‘there was no literature superior to the Upanishads that teach the human beings about their own welfare’.

Thus, in order that not only the Hindus by birth, but also the entire Human race to be happy, formation of a Hindu (seeker) Nation is of utmost importance. Only a Hindu Nation can protect human rights.

‘Everyone is striving for world peace, but without establishing a Hindu Nation, world peace is impossible’. –H.H. Kane Maharaj, Narayangaon, District Pune, Maharashtra

Summary

The current state of Hinduism and its potential is evident from the above examples. The rampant misconceptions and misunderstandings about Hinduism insists on a call for an intense campaign to promote education about Hinduism, or I can say our Vedanta Saram. If correct education is not given at this stage, then the misconceptions and misunderstandings about Hinduism will grow to such an extent that it will become impossible to sustain Hinduism.

One stone each, by each follower of this Sanathana dharma can make a huge mountain making our Dharma vehemently indomitable to the recent born religions. I conclude the article with the following Santi Mantra.

As the mantras are in Sanskrit and as Telugu is highly preferred language due to its richness in Alphabets, I preferred writing these Mantras in Telugu for exact pronunciation.

ఓం భద్రం కర్ణేభిః శృణుయామ దేవాః

భద్రం పశ్యే మాక్ష భిర్యజత్రాః

స్థిరై రంగై స్తుష్ఠువాగ్‍ం సస్తనూభిః

వ్యశే మదేవ హితం యదాయుః

స్వస్తి న ఇంద్రో వృద్ధశ్రవాః

స్వస్తి నః పూషా విశ్వవేదాః

స్వస్తి నస్తార్క్ష్యో అరిష్టనేమిః

స్వస్తి నో బృహస్పతిర్దధాతు

ఈ శాంతి మంత్రం యొక్క భావము సమున్నతమైనది, ఇది భారత దేశము యొక్క సనాతన ధర్మం యొక్క ఔన్నత్యాన్ని చాటి చెబుతూవున్నది. భావమును గమనించండి:

ఓ దేవతలారా! మా చెవులు ఎల్లవేళలా శుభంకర వాక్యములనే వినుగాక! మా నేత్రములచే సర్వ కాల సర్వావస్థల యందు శుభప్రదమగు దృశ్యములే చూదబడు గాక ! మేము ఎల్లప్పుడూ మాకు ప్రసాదించిన ఆయుస్సు, దేహము, అవయవములతో మిమ్ము సదా స్తుతించుటకు మాకు తగినంత  ఆయుస్సు,  ధారుడ్యము,  అవయవ సౌష్టవము ను ప్రసాదించగలరు. ఆది కాలము నుంచి మహర్షులచే నుతింపబడిన ఇంద్రుడు మాకు శుభములు జేకూర్చుగాక! సర్వజ్ఞుడు మరియు  ప్రత్యక్ష దైవమగు సూర్యుడు మాకు శుభమును కలుగ జేయుగాక! ఆపదలనుండి మమ్ములను గరుత్మంతుడు రక్షించి మాకు శుభమును అనుగ్రహించుగాక! బృహస్పతి మాకు ఆధ్యాత్మిక ఐశ్వర్యమును కల్పించి సదా శుభాప్రదాతయగుగాక!

ఓం సర్వేషాం స్వస్తిర్భవతు. ఓం సర్వేషాం శాంతి ర్భవతు|

ఓం సర్వేషాం పూర్ణం భవతు. ఓం సర్వేషాం మంగళం భవతు||

 సర్వులకు సుఖము , సంతోషము కలుగుగాక. సర్వులకు శాంతి కలుగు గాక. సర్వులకు పూర్ణ స్థితి (completeness) కలుగుగాక. సర్వులకు శుభము కలుగుగాక.

ఓంద్యౌ శాంతిః అంతరిక్షగ్ం శాంతిః ఫృథ్వీ శాంతిః ఆపః శాంతిః ఓషధయః శాంతిః వనస్పదయః శాంతిః విశ్వదేవా శాంతిః బ్రహ్మ శాంతిః శాంతి రేవ శాంతిః సామా శాంతి రేధీ ఓం శాంతిః శాంతిః శాంతిః ll

ఇది అధర్వణ వేదము మానవ మనుగడకు మూలాధారంగా చెప్పిన సూక్తి. ప్రకృతితో మానవులకు గల సంబంధాన్ని తెలియజేయడమేకాక, సుఖమయ జీవనానికిగల పునాదులేవో నిర్వచించినారు మన పూర్వ ఋషులు.

స్వస్తి.

Swasti. 

Comments on my Article ‘Spare a little time’.

Ramachandra Rao Bhandaru: Thank you Ramamohana Rao Garu for taking lot of pains in studying the subject and making out a strong case for renaming our great ancient country as Bharata, after the great BHARATA

(Jada Bharata in later incarnation).

You have explained the genesis of so many words like Hindu, Hindustan,

Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) and how the word India came into usage.

Your articles in three parts are thought provoking. I hope your case for renaming our great country will be examined by Government and law makers. You did a great service by studying the subject in greater depth .

Ramachandra Rao Bhandaru: Earlier, I have gone through 3 parts and today, I have seen the other 3 parts. You have given a very lucid narration about

SADHANA to attain MOKSHA, need for narrating Itihasas like Ramayanam , Bharatam, Bhagavatam etc., which our grandmothers used to narrate when we were young kids. I fully agree with you that we are simply importing western fashions like father’s day, mother’s day etc.

You have also properly explained the genesis of idol worship, concept of Varna as against Caste etc.

Please continue your good work.

Ramachandra Rao Bhandaru: Ramamohana Rao Garu

You are doing a great service by your painstaking study and presentation of the subject, so important and relevant to all our Hindus.

Particularly, I like and appreciate your findings on the impact of missionary activities and also 11 points on adverse impact of misconceptions on Hinduism explained in chapter 10. Please continue your good work and service.

GSV Subbarao: Rama Mohan you have ventured into a subject of depth of an ocean and was able to touch the bottom successfully. I am always one of the active supporters of the renaming of our country. If at all it is done it should be by Modi govt. only, as they are the ones who can take daring decisions. I was wondering at the beautiful presentation you made as I know you well as Telugu literary genius. Keep going on.

Ghorakavi Sreenivasa Venkata Subbarao what you have said is true if people understand in the right perspective. Chathurvarna is nothing new and no need understand as a discrimination. It is only told how important they are in the society in the eyes of the omnipotent and ubiquitous God. If somebody offers respect or devotion he will first fall on the feet irrespective of what and who he is. so that is the most sacred place where Lord keeps.in one way by falling on the feet the offering is going to the one who was given a place. In short the whole universe is purveyed by the Almighty with all the humankind. Let us understand how to invoke Him and seek his blessings. All the best Rama Mohan. Gsv Subbarao.

Ghorakavi Sreenivasa Venkata Subbarao:

IT is really a very great effort on your part to touch so many facets of Indian culture from different angles and at the same expressing your concern for the present generation not taking up seriously how to take care and nurture the intrinsic values embedded in our ancient teachings of Vedas or Upanishads. The edifice for any of the systems to be followed from the beginning i.e. childhood which is lacking due to the materialistic pursuits which have a higher priority than others. How to overcome this lacuna and match it with our culture is the present question people have to think. Let us hope for the best. Gsv Subbarao.

Srinatha Babu: Excellent narration. 👌👌🙏🙏🙏

Krishna Murthy: "Parents Now a days have little time to introduce the children to Itihasas like Ramayana and Mahabharatha or to Bhagavata which inculcates bhakti in the tender minds of the children."-----Now-a-days people adopted western culture. Really it is time to spare a little time to know our culture and heredity. Thank you very much. Namaskaram._/|\_

Srikrishnasampathkumar Ghorakavi Very happy to know about important information through your research in rare subjects. With regards sir.

Rama Krishna Jupudy Sir You have gathered a lot information which the present generation does not know about our country.