A Brahmin should eat on the fifth quarter of the day,
Never rich food,
Live near the banks of Rivers,
Eat vegetables,fruits and Roots grown in a property which is not owned by anyone.
He should know all subjects but practice only spirituality.
Latest Tsunami after Mahabharata War resulted in Sage Agastya bringing 71 Families from there and settling them in the present Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
These settlers in Tamil Nadu ruled the border areas of Karnataka, Coimbatore, Dharma puri, Salem and Erode areas as Velirs, small kingdoms under the three great kingdoms of Chera, Chola and Pandya.I have written on this.
Another migration seems to have been there before Ramayana period and this seems to have been led by Bhargava Rama, popularly known as Parashurama.
And Brahmins created(?) the Vedas to control the social groups.
Even among Brahmins there are many who think that the Vedas are not to be shared with the other communities.
Wrong.
Veda comes from the word ‘Vid’ meaning to Know or Knowledge..
It is not the preserve of one community.
That the Vedas were made by Brahmins is equally wrong..
Many of the great Rishis and those who contributed Veda Sukthas were not Brahmins.
Some of them are.
And over a period of years Brahmins have started using their professions as their surnames ,as against the Hindu practice of using Sharma as their surname and for indentification their Pravara/Abhivadan Mantra.
So when one has a surname like Upadhyaya it merely denotes the profession and not a caste.
To find it one has to check the Pravara.
Yet people vilify Brahmins of practicing Untouchability.
Despite my vigorous checking, I am yet to find a Brahmin being accused of practicing Untouchability and charged under the Law!
Other Communities have been named.
Then the stock answer, is that Brahmins consider as Theettu, and wash themselves or the place where they( SC /ST) sat.
This is a matter of.personal habit, though some smritis suggest this and they are not being followed by every one,
Donations Welcome
I have not accepted advertisements because I am a little conservative in accepting ads as my personal views on the type of ads to appear in my site, which I know ,will not be acceptable to the advertisers. And I would be constrained in my writing. Though I am not a very influential Blogger,I was approached by political parties to write favorably of them and slander the others. Even before bringing this to my notice, my son-in-law, as he informed me the same night the offer was made, had informed them that Father(me) does not plan his writing, he writes on the spur of the moment; I am not sure what he will write about you to-day,further, he is not interested in money. True to my form I had blogged about the same party the day they offered a hefty sum for writing about them! Then why ads now? I am interested in helping children who have no financial resources, who come from a very poor background and are in need of financial support. I want to help them by , not paying them in cash, providing them the support in kind and this will be done personally be me, and not through by any Organization/any body. The students will be selected personally by me and the help will be provided in kind to the student concerned. Out of the Donations I receive, I will be spending 50% on this Cause. The balance , I would have for myself for I am tired of replying people, mostly my children who feel that I should be compensated-that I write for the pleasure of it. You may also send to my Bank Account or remit through Western Union. Or Pay Through PayPal Kindly mail me at ramanan50@gmail.com. I shall provide the details. I appeal ,especially to those who request for Muhurtha Dates to Donate.
$30.00
