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Science behind Indian festivals

– Darshak Bhatt (Ex.Stu. of Gurukul Hyd.)

or ease of calculations, a

lunation is divided into 30

parts known as tithi’s. They

are of unequal duration. Assigning a civil

day to a festival calculated for a tithi is

based on a complicated prescription A

lunation is broken into two parts, called

Paksha’s The period from Amavasya to

Poornima is called Shukla ( bright)

Paksha, because the Moon becomes

brighter night after night. The period

from Poornima to Amavasya is called

Krishna ( dark) Paksha

A Vikrami new year starts with

Amavasya preceding the Spring Equinox

theoretically taken to occur on 14 April.

The first nine days of the first month (

str ict ly speaking the 9 tithi ’s) ,

collectively known as Navaratri ( nine

nights), are earmarked for piety, worship

and restrained behaviour. This is in

contrast to the Gregorian new year

which is often ushered in with revelry

and hang-over. Each of the nine tithi’s is

addressed to a different deity. In

particular the ninth tithi is celebrated as

Ramanavami. Easter is a Christian

festival still connected to the Moon.

Easter falls on the Sunday that comes

after the calculated Full Moon on or

after the Spring Equinox. Since both

Easter and Ramanavami are related to

the Spring Equinox, they occur close

together.

Six months after the Spring

Equinox comes the Autumn Equinox .

The lunar month containing the Autumn

Equinox again begins with Navaratri.

Before this, homage is paid to the

departed ancestors in a ceremony called

Shradha, pronounced Shraadh. The

eighth tithi of the new month is devoted

to Durga. After the Navaratri is over, the

next day Dussehra or Vijayadashmi is

celebrated with great enthusiasm and

fun. Note that if Dussehra were part of

Navaratri, it will have to be a very

solemn affair. About 20 days after

Dussehra comes Amavasya which is

celebrated as Deepavali or Divali. The

Poornima fol lowing Deepaval i is

celebrated as Guru Nanak Jayanti. Note

that Buddha Jayanti also falls on a

Poornima. Deepavali is probably the

only festival associated with New Moon.

We may now take note of two

festivals towards the close of the

Vikrami year. A night before Amavasya

the Moon appears to be very thin. This

day is devoted to Shivaratri. The last

Shivaratri of the year would of course be

the one just before Navaratri.The one

p r i o r t o t h i s i s c e l e b r a t e d a s

Mahashivaratri. The Poornima after this

is Holi; it is the last Poornima of the year.

With the Amavasya after this begins the

new year.The astronomical context of

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these festivals is obvious. It would be

interesting to learn about the fixation of

the tithi’s of other festivals like Gansh

Chaturthi, Krishnashtami,etc.

These festivals are all defined by

the Moon’s phases. Two important

festivals are related not to the Moon

but the Sun: Lohri ( 13-14 January) and

Baisakhi ( 13-14 April). Lohri nominally

commemorates Winter Solstice which

as already noted, now occurs more than

three weeks previously. Similarly as

mentioned above Baisakhi nominally

but belatedly marks Spring Equinox.

So far we have spoken about the

Sun and the Moon. In passing we may

note a festival associated with Jupiter.

Its entry into the Kumbha rashi (

Aquarius) is celebrated as Kumbha mela.

Since Jupiter’s orbital period is about 12

years, the main Kumbha celebration

returns after this period.

F i n a l l y we m ay m a ke t wo

observations. The seasonal festivals are

all associated with the astronomical

position of the Sun. The assumption is

that Earth’s climate plays no role. This

was true in the past when human beings

lived in harmony with nature.. Not any

more. Man made activities are now

profoundly influencing the environment.

World's first dam was constructed in

India. Even today, this dam is able to

store water and regulate water. This

dam remains today as a testimony for

our ancient engineering expertise.

The name of this ancient dam is

called "Kallanai Dam". It was built in 1st

century AD across the river Kaveri in

Tamilnadu of South India. This dam is

located 48 kms away from the temple

town Tanjavur.

The height of the dam is 320 meters

and width is 60metres. The important

feature of this dam is that no binding

materials like limestone or cement were

used. It was constructed by the method

of interlocking the granite stones.

Karikala Chola, who ruled the

province during the 1st centur AD, built

this dam. He seems to be a great

conqueror.

Even today, water stored and

collected at this dam is being used for

agriculture.

Sudarshan Jalasayam, the oldest

man-made reservoir built during 4th BC,

in the region of today's Gujarat, reminds

us of the ancient Indian expertise in civil

works.

World's First Constructed Dam

'Kallanai Dam' on River Kaveri in Tamilnadu

9uoEcj&2009

e identify ourselves and our

actions with the words ‘I’,

‘me’, ‘mine’ etc, the feeling

which we all know as ego. When this

feeling is centered on self importance it

is harmful to self and others and

unbearable to others. An egoist is

preoccupied with oneself and the

gratification of one's own desires.

In the 27th Vachanamrutam of

Gadhada’s last chapter Shreeji Maharaj

mentions, ego leads to jealousy and rage.

He also mentions that saints may not

show mercy on an egoist. Let us take a

look at the characteristics of egoism.

Characteristics:

• Respect of self and denial of others

• A constant urge or want of self praise

by others

Now let us take a look at the ill

effects of egoism.

• D i f fe re n c e s b e t we e n f r i e n d s

sometimes irreconcilable

• Disagreements/altercation among

family members, siblings etc

• In a business it might cause loss of

customer base and thus revenue and

thus the future gets in jeopardy

• In the work place it can cause

uneasiness among peers and thus

hurt one’s career, the company and

share holders

• In the spiritual path it causes fault

finding in saints and devotees and

even one’s Guru

• Finally it can cause fault finding in

God

When we are discussing egoism it is

important to equally understand the

need of praise wherever necessary. For

example, for a person who is devout and

does not have a desire to please God or

receive praise from God, Shreeji Maharaj

says his devotion knows no direction. Of

course such praise should be taken in the

form of inspiration.

We h ave to u n d e rsta n d t h e

di f ference between egoism and

inspiration. Let’s say if we do something

good for the community there is bound

to be praise from many quarters of the

society. And there will be things said

about us and our deeds. We have to

analyze what is said about us and our

actions against our actions and see if

those are in balance and there is

equilibrium. If what is said about us

exceeds what we have done then that

praise is not inspiration and if we like it

then we are feeding our egoistic

personality. But even humility may have

its own ego. So we have to identify even

the subtle egoism that we might be

harboring. Let us now look at ways of

identifying and resolving the issue of

egoism. (to be continued)

EGO

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– Keyurbhai Patel

ka Khachar was a devotee of

Bhagwan Swaminarayan who

like Dada Khachar lived in

Gadhda and who was very close to

Bhagwan Swaminarayan. Of the nine

types of bhakti he had an amazing

inclination towards and liking for

‘Seva’ bhakti.

One day a dog spoiled the sitting

place of Maharaj during monring hours.

All devotees/Saints who came to perform

Darshan of Maharaj just looked at it and

criticized the dog. But no one cared to

clean it. Everybody wanted to do

Darshan of Maharaj on time and if they

cleaned it, they have to go back to Ghela

river (also known as Unmat Ganga) take

bath again and then come back. This

could delay the Maharaj's darshan. So,

no one cleaned it. Everyone just

commented how bad dogs are? Later,

Uka Khachar came and without a word

he cleaned it thoroughly using fresh

water. All the time while he was cleaning

he chanted Swaminarayan and kept

remembering Maharaj's murti. He then

went back to Unmat ganga (Ghela river)

again took bath and came back for

Maharaj's darshan.

Upon his arrival, Maharaj asked him

"Ukakhachar, what happened? Why are

you late? Don't you know that I don't like

late comers? Maharaj was antaryami, he

knew everything but just to give a lesson

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Bhaktaraj Uka Khachar

Uto other devotees, Maharaj was

pretending as if he did not know.

Ukakhachar narrated the whole

incident. Maharaj got very happy and praise

Ukakhachar. Maharaj gave the prints of his

lotus feet on the chest of Ukakhachar.

Maharaj said he does not behave as a

guest. He takes care of me and items used

for me as if those are his own.

You all devotees just talked about

dog's spoil but no one cared to clean it.

Only devotees like Ukakhachar who are

so much dedicated and know my glory

can do such task. Everyone can do good

looking seva but hardly few one can do

seva of this nature. And my happiness is

also on those who do these kinds of seva.

Ukakhachar and his wife, everyday

cleaned the road from Dada's darbar to

Ghela River. They removed all the stones

and any garbage lying on the road. They

did it very early in the morning every day,

before santos and devotees woke up and

got ready to bathe in ghela river. He

revered all the sains and devotees who

worshipped Maharaj to please Maharaj.

Ukakhachar was referred by Maharaj

in Gadhada Madhya 25th Vachanamrut.

One who has become an addict of

serving Me and My devotees like Uka

Khakhar, will be redeemed of even the

most vitiated desires that may erupt

from within his heart.” Addiction means

one can’t live without it.

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lexz Hkkjr ,oa fons’k esa f’k{k.k vkSj laLdkj ds iznku esa lsokjr Jh Lokfeukjk;.k xq:dqy uslHkh ds eu esa vfoLej.kh; LFkku izkIr fd;k gS A le; vkSj ;qx ds lkFk pyrs gq, os ns’kdks laLdkj lwjfHkr ewY;oku ukxfjd ns jgs gS A lekt lsok dk ;g dk;Z vksj foLr`r gks blgsrq ls d.kkZVd dh Hkwfe ij xq:dqy dh ,d vksj uwru ‘kk[kk dk ‘kqHkkjaHk gqvk A 29 vDrqcj]2009 ,dkn’kh ds ifo= fnu ij xqycxkZ esa ^Lokfeukjk;.k xq:dqy xqycxkZ* dk f’kykU;klfof/k laiUu gqvk A

ln~- Jh nsoizlknnklth Lokeh] ln~- Jh /keZoYyHknklth Lokeh

29 vDrqcj dks izkr% 6 cts egkiwtk ds lkFk ln~- Jh nsoizlknnklth Lokeh ds djdeyksa}kjk Hkwfeiwtu ds i’pkr~ nksigj 2%30 cts xqtjkr ls nf{k.k Hkkjr dh ;k=k esa fudyh^Lis’;y Vsªu ;k=k* ls bl ikou izlax ij vk jgs 100 larx.k ,oa 1200 gfjHkDrx.k dhxqycxkZ jsYosLVs’ku ls Lokxr ;k=k vkjaHk gqbZ A /kuat; xqi }kjk xq:o;Z Jh nsod`”.knklthLokeh ds Lokxr ds i’pkr~ d.kkZVd ‘kSyh esa ‘kgukb vkSj ?kV ds lkFk HkfDre; okrkoj.k esa,d fdyksehVj yach ‘kksHkk;k=k izkjaHk gqb A dqN {k.kksa ds ckn ‘kksHkk;k=k xq:dqy xqycxkZ dsizos’k}kj ij igqprs gh ekuks dh Qwy dh o”kkZ gqbZ A Nk=ksa ,oa Hkkfodksa }kjk HkxokuLokfeukjk;.k ds t;ukn ds lkFk Lokxr gqvk A Lokxr ds HkfDre; okrkoj.k us lHkh dsân; thr fy, A 4%00 cts eap ij Hkxor~ iwtu ds lkFk xq:o;Z Jh nsod`”.knklth Lokeh]

,oa eq[; vfrfFkvkSj

}kjk fni izkxV~; gqvk A xq:dqy csaxyksj ds Nk=ksa }kjk izLrqr Lokxr u`R; ds i’pkr~ Nk=vuh’k us xq:dqy ds larx.k dh thou jhfr dh laf{kIr tkudkjh nh A rRi’pkr~ xq:dqycsaxyksj ds Nk=ksa }kjk lkaLd`fr dk;Zdze izLrqr gqvk A

100 larx.k ,oa eq[; vfrfFk Jh vkSj gSnjkckn] csaxyksj rFkk xqycxkZ ls i/kkjs djhc 400Hkfodksa dh mifLFkfr esa xq:o;Z Jh nsod`”.knklth Lokeh ,oa ln~- Jh nsoizlknnklth Lokehds djdeyksa }kjk osnksDr f’kykU;kl fof/k gqvk A Lokfeukjk;.k laiznk; esa ‘kk;n ;g igykvolj gksxk ftlesa 100 larx.k }kjk f’kykU;klfof/k esa 100 bZV j[kh xb gks A

xq:dqy lqjr ls i/kkjs ln~- Jh /keZoYyHknklth Lokehus bl volj ij izklafxd mn~cks/kufn;k A eq[; vfrfFk Jh jsoq uk;dus ‘kqHkdkeuk nsrs gq, dgk fd] ^lekt ds fy, ;g xq:dqyvkf’kokZn :Ik gS A lqf’kf{kr vkSj lqlaLdkfjr Hkkfo lekt dk ;gk fuekZ.k gksxk tks gekjs ns’kds fy, vfr t:jh gS A* rRi’pkr~ Hkwfe ds eq[; nkrk

dks

Shri Revu

Nayak Belamagi (Minister of Animal & Husbandry) Shri Basava Raj Patil (Ex. Minister)

Dr. Chandrashekhar Patil, Prasanna

Babu, Ambaresh Patil, Baswa Raj Mali and Ishwar E Raivare (Dhananjaya Developer)

fn- 29 vDrqcj] 2009

uoEcj&2009

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xq:o;Z Jh nsod`”.knklth Lokeh }kjk ^Jhd`”.k&vtqZu jFk* dk Le`frfpUg viZ.k dj‘kqHkkf’kokZn fn;s x;s A /kuat; x`Ik vkSj xq:dqy ds chp lsrq :Ik dks iw-Lokehth }kjk Le`frfpUg ,oa ‘kqHkkf”k’k fn;s x;s A

bl uwru vk;ke ds ‘kqHkkjaHk dh bl eaxy ?kMh ij ln~- Jh nsoizlknnklth Lokehus blxq:dqy laLFkk ds gsrq vkSj mís’k crk, A

var esa xq:o;Z Jh nsod`”.knklth Lokeh ds vk’khokZn ds i’pkr~ lHkh nrkvksa vkSj lsokHkkfoHkkfodksa us iw- Lokehth ds vkf’kokZn ik, A lk;a 8%30 dks lHkh Hkkfodksa us Hkkstu izlknfy;k ,oa bl volj dh lekfIr dh xb A

Shri Vijay Rathod

vka/kzizns”k ds eq[;ea=h dh eqykdkr

dSfj;j lsfeukj

vka/kzizns’k esa gqb vfro`f”V ls vljxzLr xk¡o eas lgk;rk ds fy, eq[;ea=h Jh ds jks’kS;k dksln~- Jh nsoizlknnklth Lokeh ds lkFk gSnjkckn ds Jh panzHkkuth vxzoky us nkujk’kh dkpsd viZ.k fd;k A

vkt d{kk nloha ls ckjgoha ds Nk= dSfj;j dkmUlfyax ds fy, esa x,A

Nk=ksa ds thou esa ‘kS{kf.kd mRd”kZ ds lkFk lkFk dSfj;j dk ekxZn’kZu Hkh cgksr vko’;d gS AgSnjkckn xq:dqy ds Nk=ksa dks le; le; ij lsfeukj }kjk bl fo”k; esa ekxZn’kZufn;k tkrk gS A

}kjk vk;ksftr lsfeukj esa Nk=ksaus viusdsfj;j ds ckjs esa iz’u fd;s vkSj vkSjvkfn ns’kksa dh fofo/k ;qfuolhZVh;k¡ ,oa fofo/k dkslZ ds ckjs esa foLr`r tkudkjh izkIr dh A

Hotel Taj Krishna

“The Chopras” Consultants “Overseas Education”

UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Singapore

fn- 21 vDrqcj] 2009

fn- 10 uoEcj] 2009

Lis”;y ;k=k Vªsu

Lokfeukjk;.k laiznk; esa loZizFke ‘kkL=hth egkjkt Jh /keZthounklth Lokeh us ^Lis’;y;k=k Vªsu* dh ‘kq:vkr dh Fkh A ,SLkh 7 ;k=k, iw- Lokehth us vk;ksftr dh Fkh A bl o”kZ^Lis’;y ;k=k Vªsu* ds 50 o”kZ laiw.kZ gksus fufeŸk xq:dqy jktdksV }kjk fn- 16 vDrqcj ls 3uoEcj rd nf{k.k Hkkjr dh ^Lis’;y ;k=k Vªsu* dk vk;kstu gqvk A ftlesa 100 larx.k ,oa1200 gfjHkDrx.k lkfey gq, A bl ;k=k ds varxZr cqjkuiqj] ukxiqj] jk;iqj] iqjh]fo’kk[kkiVue~] rh:ifr] jkesÜoje~] xq:ok;qj] ia<jiqj vkSj ukfld vkfn rhFkZLFky ds n’kZufd, A

fn- 16 vDrqcj ls 3 uoEcj] 2009

xq:dqy jktdksV