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  • River Sarasvati Flowed Proof Literary,Geo Physical Satellite

    When Hindus visit Allahabad while on Pilgrimage to Varanasi, also known as Benares,one is ordained to take bath at the Triveni Sangam in Allahabad (Prayag), where the Rivers Ganges,Yamuna and Saraswati are in Confluence.

    One goes deep into the Ganges and takes bath, where the Sarasvati River is supposed have underneath-invisible now.

    The Vedic Civilization prospered on the banks of the River Saraswati.

    The ancient Rig Veda speaks of River Sarasvati thus.

    ”

    The sixth Mandala of the Rig Veda has 75 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra. Most hymns in this book are attributed to the bārhaspatya family of Angirasas, especially to Bharadvaja. It is one of the “family books” (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda.

    Deities addressed besides Indra and Agni include the Vishvadevas, Pusan, the Asvins, Ushas (Dawn), the Maruts, Dyaus and Prthivi (Heaven and Earth), Savitar, Brhaspati and Soma–Rudra.

    The rivers mentioned in the sixth Mandala are the Sarasvati, Yavyavati and Hariupiya. RV 6.61 is entirely dedicated to Sarasvati. In RV 6.45.31 the term Ganga occurs which may refer to the Ganges River.(wiki)”

    According to the Yajur Veda, the River Sind becomes Sarasvati.

    “In a supplementary chapter of the Vajasaneyi-Samhita of the Yajurveda (34.11), Sarasvati is mentioned in a context apparently meaning the Sindhu: “Five rivers flowing on their way speed onward to Sarasvati, but then become Sarasvati a fivefold river in the land.”[19] According to the medieval commentator Uvata, the five tributaries of the Sarasvati were the Punjab rivers Drishadvati, Satudri (Sutlej), Chandrabhaga (Chenab), Vipasa (Beas) and the Iravati (Ravi).”(wiki)

    Course of River Saravati.

    Course of River Sarasvati.
    Course of River Sarasvati

    ”

    There is an overwhelming evidence from remote earth sensing pictures taken by LANDSAT (USA), IRS-IC (India), SPOT (France), ERS-½ (Europe) that prior to 3000 BC a mighty river, described as Sarasvati in the Vedas, flowed from the Himalayas through the present Ghaggar Hakra bed in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Bahawalpur (in Pakistan) and then through the Nara bed in Sind (Pakistan); making delta in the Runn of Kuchchh before flowing into the Arabian Sea. More than 7000 years back it was the mightiest river, having Yamuna & Sutlej as its tributaries and was flowing along the Aravalli Hills. Due to northward movement of the plate of Indian subcontinent, tectonic upheaval of the Aravallis, basement structural high of Delhi-Hardwar ridge, Sarasvati river kept on migrating towards west and northwest. Its two tributaries, Yamuna and Sutlej, migrated in opposite directions – Yamuna moved eastward to join the Ganges later-on and Sutlej moved westward and was flowing as an independent river upto the sea for hundreds of years and thereafter joined Beas, a tributary of Sind River. Studies of LANDSAT imagery have revealed that there were seven main stages of this migration of river Sarasvati. Bakliwal and Grover have described these seven stages in their book “Signature and Migration of Sarasvati River in the Desert”. In the first stage it was flowing along the foothills of Aravalli, in the 3rd stage through Bikaner and Ramdevera meeting Luni near Tilwara. In the 5th stage Sarasvati passed through Jaisalmer Runns and Gad Road to reach the Rann of Kachchh and in the seventh stage it flowed through the present dry bed of Ghaggar, through Hakra and then flowed through Nara to meet Rann of Kachchh. The differences and discrepancies in study reports of archaeologists/geologists are because they have been studying the dry channels of Sarasvati river in different stages of its north-westerly migration.
    Yashpal et al studied the LANDSAT imagery of palaeochannels (Refer – “Remote sensing of the Lost Sarasvati River (1980)” and deciphered these as under :-
    [Present river system and the major palaeochannels as deciphered from LANDSAT imagery (after YashPal et at-1980)]– pg 123 of Memoir 42 of GSI, Bangalore.
    The study led to the description of present drainage system and palaeochannels of Sarasvati and its tributaries and it supported the following conclusions :-
    (i) The Sutlej once flowed into the present Ghaggar (Sarasvati) river bed and was probably joined by the Yamuna.
    (ii) The Sutlej has a sharp westward right-angled bend near Ropar suggestive of its diversion due to change in the river course.
    (iii) There is a sudden widening of narrow Ghaggar valley at Shatrana (25 Km south of Patiala) indicative of a major river joining Ghaggar bed here.
    (iv) Another channel which corresponds to the Drishadvati (present Chautang) joins Sarasvati (Ghaggar) near Suratgarh.
    (v) That the Yamuna probably flowed into the ancient Sarasvati before joining Ganga through Chambal.
    (vi) Physiographically, there is depression westward (elevation less than 230 m msl) and a corresponding uplift eastward (elevation more than 250 m msl) of the old Sutlej bed, which might have forced its westward migration.
    (vii) Near Anupgarh Sarasvati bifurcates and both channels come to an abrupt end at Marot and Beriwala (in Bahawalpur Distt of Pakistan) from where Sarasvati is likely to have extended through the Hakra/Nara bed to the present Runn of Kachchh.
    As per Ghosh, Kar & Husain, LANDSAT imagery has revealed hitherto unknown abandoned courses of the former Sarasvati River in Jaisalmer District of Rajasthan (“The lost courses of Sarasvati river in the great Indian Desert”). Based on study of remotely sensed data of IRS-IC Ramasamy & Verma have concluded that there are plenty of paleo-channels with well sprung-up tentacles throughout the Thar Desert which reveal the traces of mighty Sarasvati river which once ruled the desert (Remote Sensing & River Migrations in Western India). The river kept on shrinking in size due to change of course by the tributaries and finally due to some major tectonic upheavals in the Himalayas, the glacier connection of the river got severed converting Sarasvati into a non-perennial river dependant on monsoon rains. Sarasvati’s march to oblivion commenced around 3000 BC; bereft of water, the Sarasvati remained here and there as disconnected pools/lakes e.g. Didwara and Sambhar etc and ultimately got reduced to dry channel beds e.g. Ghaggar and Hakra. Thus, the satellite imagery corroborates the findings of ecological dynamic model.

    Literary Evidence :

    These different stages in the northwest migration of River Sarasvati do get broadly reflected in the hymns of Vedas and other ancient manuscripts – the early stages agree with the description in Rigveda, Middle stages with the hymns of Yayurveda/Atharvaveda whereas the last stages coincide with the description in Mahabharata.
    In Rig Veda, Sarasvati is described as the mightiest river – “Seven sistered, sprung from three-fold sources” [6:61:12]. Again it is described as “Saptathi Sindhumata” i.e., mother of seven rivers strongly flowing and swelling in volumes (7:36:6). Prayers are offered to ten rivers including Sarasvati, the names are mentioned sequentially– “O Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab, Marudvrudha, Jhelam, Sohana and Vyas and other rivers listen to our eulogy (10:75:5)”.
    In later part of Rig Veda, Sarasvati, Sarayu and Sindhu are worshipped as three mighty rivers [10:64:9].”
    Archaeological Finds :
    Archaeological excavations and research reports further corroborate the geological findings and satellite imagery. More than 1200 ancient settlements on Sarasvati river basin have been dug out giving clinching evidence of existence of a mighty river, which sustained maritime civilization and metal-based economy prior to 3000 BC (S.Kalyanaraman in journal of Geological Society of India No.42, 1`999 PP 25-33). It has been concluded that it was possible to travel on the Sarasvati river from the gulf of Khambat to Mathura via Lothal, Dholavira, Granweriwala, Kalibangan, Banawali, Paonta-Doon, Rakhigarhi and Indraprastha. Based on the evidence gathered through exacavations, the Arachaeologists have concluded that between 7000 BC to 2500 BC an advanced civilization, vedic in nature, was flourishing along Sarasvati and Indus rivers. When Sarasvati started drying up, Vedic Aryans moved towards west beyond Indus, east beyond Ganges & south beyond Godavari. It was the continuation of Sarasvati-Indus Civilization, which was given the name ‘Harappan’ probably because the first town excavated was Harappa. Archaeological Survey of India has dug out more than 2400 settlements at the ancient Indus-Sarasvati river basins but no ancient settlements have been found along the present day course of Yamuna or Sutlej.
    As per V.S.Wakankar, who is known as ‘Bhisham Pitamah’ of Archaeology, extensive excavations carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India have revealed that :
    (i) Harappan and Pre-Harappan Civilizations developed along ancient Sarasvati and therefore these may be more appropriately described as part of Sarasvati-Indus Civilizations.
    (ii) Most of the Rishi Ashrams described in Ramayana and Mahabharata were lined along Sarasvati river.
    (iii) Perforated pottery jars and fire altars (µÖ–֍ãÓ›) are found in most of the 1200 settlements excavated along Sarasvati river indicating that civilization which flourished was vedic.

    (iv) Land was fertile and barley etc were cultivated in the Sarasvati region even 7000 years back and same style of cultivating the fields continues till date in areas like Rajasthan & Haryana. [Atharvaved (6:30:1)]

    (v) It is unhistoric and unscientific to say that Vedic Aryans migrated from any other region to India. They belonged to India & compiled Vedas in settlements along Sarasvati River.
    Archaeological Finds :
    Archaeological excavations and research reports further corroborate the geological findings and satellite imagery. More than 1200 ancient settlements on Sarasvati river basin have been dug out giving clinching evidence of existence of a mighty river, which sustained maritime civilization and metal-based economy prior to 3000 BC (S.Kalyanaraman in journal of Geological Society of India No.42, 1`999 PP 25-33). It has been concluded that it was possible to travel on the Sarasvati river from the gulf of Khambat to Mathura via Lothal, Dholavira, Granweriwala, Kalibangan, Banawali, Paonta-Doon, Rakhigarhi and Indraprastha. Based on the evidence gathered through exacavations, the Arachaeologists have concluded that between 7000 BC to 2500 BC an advanced civilization, vedic in nature, was flourishing along Sarasvati and Indus rivers. When Sarasvati started drying up, Vedic Aryans moved towards west beyond Indus, east beyond Ganges & south beyond Godavari. It was the continuation of Sarasvati-Indus Civilization, which was given the name ‘Harappan’ probably because the first town excavated was Harappa. Archaeological Survey of India has dug out more than 2400 settlements at the ancient Indus-Sarasvati river basins but no ancient settlements have been found along the present day course of Yamuna or Sutlej.
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  • Rig Veda IsTamil Composed ByTamils

    I came across an interesting article  that seeks to prove that the Ancient Literature of Mankind,The Rig Veda was composed by Tamils.

    And the Rig Veda is Archaic Tamil.

    The author goes on quoting what seems to me as authentic sources.

    True to my belief, Enjoy,Inform and be Informed, I am posting excerpts.

    Let the scholars fight.

    To me it is an experience to learn more.

    ‘But truth is truth and it has to be stated no matter how unpalatable these ideas may be to the present day scholars. However as a preliminary remark  let me mention that the Dravidian-Aryan antagonism and along with it the Brahmin– Nonbrahmin disputes that was generalized to the  Sanskrit – Tamil language rivalries and political movements of various kinds that these elements of group dynamics gave rise to is rather new and began only  with the Western Indologists like Max Muller who claimed for example that Rig Veda is the FIRST VOICE of the Aryanman. This appropriation of Sanskrit as the language of  a race of people called Aryans  and hence also Hinduism  is behind all these painful political struggles which are still on-going. However a study of Tamil literature shows that right from the beginning of Tolkaappiyam such a dichotomy and rivalry did not exist. While there were Brahmins ( paarppaans) right from the beginnings but  they never thought of themselves as a different race of people but rather the same as the rest though given over to the recitations of the Vedas and so forth. The grouping of some of  these Brahmins as those fond of  Sanskrit, VadmoziyaaLar, those who were fond of Sanskrit,  is something we note only from the period of MaNimekalai and perhaps because  of Buddhism and Jainism.  However we find the practice of Veelvi and Yajna or Yakam  as integral parts of Tamil religious practices  and without any antagonism towards them.  They exist till today as integral part of temple activities as it was in Sumerian times. Furthermore almost all scholars were bilingual , mastered both Tamil and Sanskrit, and while some wrote in both languages some others only in Tamil or Sanskrit. They also saw BOTH as DIVINE languages and  perhaps understood that Sanskrit was some kind of ancient  heritage of Tamils as much as other so many things.

    The Manuscript of Rig Veda.
    Rig Veda Manuscript

    These studies may explain all these and show that Vedas were  composed by some ancient  Dravidian priests who were very well patronized by the Kings and more as specialized  rituals for maintaining the king in good shape, sometimes  a magical  form of ritual for the selfish needs of Kings to maintain themselves in continued  Kingship. The supremacist feelings of the Vedic Brahmins and the  immense secrecy with which they guarded Vedic recitations may  be related to these magical elements whereby they believed that by the practice of such Velvies they can invoke the Grace of BEING to maintain themselves  the King and their country through that   in abundance and prosperity. Of course along with such laudable motivations there was also the craze for POWER especially the politically ambitious individuals  that they hoped to gain by the practice of  these rituals  as if by magic and which became something questioned very early and because of which arose Jainism and Buddhism as  reformist movements also by Kings…

    Rig Veda as Eri Ombal

    First  of all  a few words about the phrase  Rig Veda  itself. The ‘rig’ exist in Su. as “- rib ” and Ta.  eri: fire .  We have an instance of it in the following lines of Instructions of Suruppak  dated  towards  the close of the 4 th millennium (perhaps the oldest written text in the world)  but written copies dated around 2600 B.C.

    1. u-ri-a sud-ra ri-a ( In those days , in those far remote days)

    Here ‘u-ri’ is actually the archaic form of “uu -eri” , the light burning and hence the uuzi, the burst of the radiance, the Big Bang that set the cosmic movements  on the march. From the meaning of eri, the burst of light , it has also come to  mean ‘day’  as in Malay hari: day.

    Veetaa can be derived from ” sid” : to recite etc. , sid> vid> Ta. vittai, Sk vidhya, Veda etc.

    Thus we can see that “Rig Veda” means : the hymns recited in front of Fire  but metaphysically towards the Power that bursts forth as LIGHT and hence that which sets going the whole of the Cosmos,  and hence close to “eri oombal ” of  Sambantar or “erikku veetam”  the kind of ritual that would drive away  the disasters and miseries — kali vaaraamee. Here the contrast  between ‘eri” (fire, light)  and ‘kali= kari” (darkness , poverty miseries etc.) should be noted.   Thus we can see that Rig Veda is a specialized set of hymns that were composed for the special purpose  of Fire Worship  and which appears to have been something special for the Kings in the Sumerian times itself and also for the general purpose of letting there be the metaphysical LIGHT as opposed to the metaphysical darkness.

    I shall point out that there is an  abundance of  evidences for this kind of metaphysical sophistication in Rig Veda and which are CONTINUATION of the Sumerian and hence certainly NOT hymns composed by nomadic  tribes who set up camfires  in their nomadic wanderings to kill the cold but rather  by a priesthood long in the making, very sophisticated metaphysical thinkers  and who served the temples as much as the Royal palaces.

    Fire Worship in the Temple and the Paarppaans (Brahmanas)

    From the Sirbiyam of En Hudu Anna, we can get some interesting evidences not only for the Fire Worship but also its relation to the worship of Ati Paarppaan, or Piramma called also Veetan , Ayan and so forth in Tamil literature and is said to  emerge from the belly  of Tirumaal, the Se-ir maal or Enlil of the Sumerians.

    The following lines are to the point.

    84. as-im-babbar- (re) na-an (an-na) -kus-u-de-(en)  ( I cannot appease Ashimbabbar)

    *Ta. aatim paarppaaree  naa aavanna koocitteeen

    85. su-luh-an-ku-ga-ke ni-nam-ma-ni in-kur (  (Lugalanne) has altered the lustrations of holy An and all his (other rites)

    *Ta. cuulai aaN kookakee nanammanee i(va)n kuuRu

    The ‘babbar” is also used to describe the metal silver , ku-babbar and hence it means brightness , brilliance etc.  The complex ‘as-im-babbar” then can be taken as Ta. aatimpaarppaar, the primordial brilliant deity, where the term ‘paarppaan” is also used for describing Sivam,, the Luminous Being.  Here we can see that aaN is considered the same as as-im-babbar and hence aatipaarppar also as an archetypal presence of BEING as aaN, the Supreme Being, the Ruler of All. The verbal complex “kus-u-de-en ” can be taken as “koocitteen ” where it means reciting loudly as Ta. koocam means loud noise. Thus we can see that Enhudu Anna was in the habit of reciting verses in praise of Ati Paarppaan, a ritual practice which she claims here she could not practice because the rules were changed by his opponent, Lugalanne who arrested  and put her in jail , perhaps as an expression of denying equal rights to women in temple rituals.

    https://sites.google.com/site/vedictamil/rig-veda–archaic-tamil

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  • The Fraud Called Aryan Invasion Proof

    The Myth was perpetrated by The British and the propagation was carried out it by the Christian Missionaries cloaked as scholars like Caldwell.

    The goal for the West very clear, to destroy the Hindu culture to such an extent that  they embrace the Western thoughts , this, in their opinion, would consolidate the British Empire in India) and make Indians hate Indian Thoughts.

    And they have succeeded in this attempt.

    Even to-day this is being taught in Indian schools.

    Facts.

    1.There is no mention of the Dravidians in the Vedas.

    The Rik Veda lists the things imported from ‘Dravida’ meaning ‘South’, Pearls,Elephant Tusks.

    There are mentions of Dasus, Dasyus and they have a differnt connotatio.

    Please read my Posts on this.

    2.The Vishnu Purana mentions that sage Viswamitra, the Rishi who gave the world the Gayathri mantra, exiled his 56 sons for disobeying him, to the south of Vindhyas,’Dravida’

    3. Earliest Tamil  Grammar, Tholkappiyam, Literature of the Sangam Period does not mention the word ‘Dravida’ at all.

    4. Adi Shankaracharya mentions the word ‘Dravida Sisu, to identify Tirugnanasambandar, (who lived around the 7th century,) in his ‘Soundaryalahari’9Sloka 75)

    “tava stanyaṃ manye dharaṇidharakanye hṛdayataḥ
    payaḥ pārāvāraḥ parivahati sārasvatamiva |
    dayāvatyā dattaṃ draviḍaśiśu-rāsvādya tava yat
    kavīnāṃ prauḍhānā majani kamanīyaḥ kavayitā || 75 ||

    5.The Kings of south India were ardent followers of Vedic Rites.

    During the megalithic period of about 1000 BCE – 400 BCE, people of South India including Tamilagam, shared many beliefs and practices of thenative Dravidian religion with the megalithic builders elsewhere in the Indian subcontinent and beyond.The famous 3.5 metre-high granite figure excavated at Mottur, in present-day Vellore district, is considered the oldest known anthropomorphic representation of God in stone in the Tamil country.

    Chera King Perunchotruudhiyan Neduncheralaathan, fed the Panadavas and Kauravas Armies during the Epic war of Mahabharata.

    He performed the ‘Tharpana, in his Chera Kingdom, now Kerala for those who died in the War.

    The Aryan Invasion of South India.
    Aryan Invasion

    6.Sage Agastya.

    ”

    It is believed that the great hermit 
Agastya, who had performed such wonderful deeds by 
the merits of his penance, is still doing penance in the 
Agastya Kuta hills. Agastya who had travelled through- 
out the length and breadth of Bharata had several 
hermitages. In the Valmiki Ramayana, Aranyakanda, 
Sarga 11, a description is given, of a beautiful hermit- 
age of Agastya, and the peaceful atmosphere that 
prevailed in and around it. Agastya had presented to 
Sri Rama a bow got from Visnu, when the brothers 
visited his hermitage. Agastya had accompanied Sri 
Rama and his followers on his return journey to 
Ayodhya from Lanka, with Slta after killing Ravana. 
There is a legend in the Tamilnad that Agastya was a 
member of the first two 'Saiighas' (groups) of the 
"three Sanghas", mentioned in Tamil literature. As 
Agastya was dwarfish he is mentioned as Kurumuni, 
(short hermit) in Tamil works. He has written a Tamil 
grammar on music, literature and drama. But this 
work is not available now. The Tamil Grammar 
'Tolkapyam', which is considered to be the oldest gram- 
mar, was written by Tolkapyar, one of the twelve 
disciples of Agastya< Even today in certain temples in 
the Tamilnad, Agastya-worship is carried on. Kambar, 
has mentioned about Agastya in his Ramayana. A great 
Tamil author Villiputturan says that the Tamil langu- 
age is the beautiful maiden presented by Agastya. 
It is believed that the following works have been com- 
posed by Agastya: 

7. Archaeological Proof.

There are more than 2,500 Archaeological sites, two-thirds of which are along the recently discovered dried up Sarasvati River bed. These sites show a cultural continuity with the Vedic literature from the early Harrapan civilization up to the present day India.
8. Sarasvati River.
Several independent studies of the drying up of the Sarasvati River bed, all indicate the same time period of 1,900 B.C.E.
9.The late dating of the Vedic literatures by indologists is based on speculated dates of 1,500 B.C.E. for the Aryan Invasion and 1,200 B.C.E. for the Rig Veda, both now disproved by scientific evidence.

Sources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Tamil_country

http://www.archaeologyonline.net/artifacts/scientific-verif-vedas.htmlhttp://archive.org/stream/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft_djvu.txt
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  • Isa Upanishad Introduction

    Upanishads form a part of the Vedas, the Authority for Hinduism and Indian Thought.

    Quote from Brihadhanyaka Upanishad.
    Quote from Brihadhanyaka Upanishad.

    There are Four Vedas,

    Rik,

    Yajur,

    Sama and

    Atharva.

    Rik Veda is the most ancient literature known to Man.

    It contains Hymns .

    It is called Rik as it is composed in a particular and format. tune,.

    Yajur Veda deals with the Duties of Man mainly with Knowledge portion also provided.

    There are two kinds in Yajur Veda.

    Shukla Yajur and Krishna Yajur.

    Shukla Yajur was complied by Sage Yagnyavalkya.

    Krishna Yajur and the entire Vedas were complied by Veda Vyasa.

    Sama Veda is set to tune.

    It is Rik Veda, with minor differences.

    While these three Vedas deal with Superior Knowledge,(para), the Atharva handles day to day knowledge like science, technology and the like,warfare, magic.

    The Vedas are recommendatory in nature; they do not force any one to follow them.

    Some methods have been found, they are useful, if you ant to , you follow them,that’s all.

    Each Veda has four parts,

    Samhitas, which contain Hymns,

    Brahmanas, Rules for Living,

    Aranyakas,rules for the semi-detached and,

    Upanishads, the final portions that handle exclusively the Science of Self Realization.

    For more on The Vedas, please read my posts under Hinduism,Indian Philosophy.

    Upanishad, mean, ‘sitting  nearby’ meaning that it is taught by a Preceptor  personally.

    Vedas were not transmitted by written word.

    It is called Sruthi , to be heard and practiced.

    Despite being not in written form for the past 5000 years, you can see that The Vedas intoned in the same way all across India!

    Originally there were 108 Upanishads in number.

    Please refer Wiki for details.

    Eleven Upanishads have been commented upon By Shankaracharya which includes The Isa Upanishad or Isopanishad.

    A commentary is being attempted here on Isa, Isha Upanishad.

  • Opium,Marijuana Hinduism Aghoris

    Recently there was a question in Quora.com on
    Hinduism: Why do Aghoris consume marijuana in some holy shrines? How is it linked with Spirituality?

    My answer to the question was posted on the site.

    I am providing excerpts and Link at the end of the post.

    The instances of Religious sects using intoxicants and Narcotics to heighten the religious ecstasy is not new.

    Religious fanatics of all Religions indulge in this practice.

    They mistake the illusions and hallucinations created by these substances as Religious ecstasy .

    There are also people who subscribe to the view that offering  narcotics like Marijuana,Opium is sanctioned by Hinduism.

    When I had been to Ujjain to have a Darshan of Mahakaleswara, I was offered country Liquor as Prasad  which was offered earlier to the Deity.

    Of course I refused to partake that.

    There are also temples in North India that offer narcotics as offering to the Deities.

    This has no sanction of the Vedas.

    A corrupt form of Karma Kanda of the Sruthi was practiced by the Mimasakas .

    It took the Life’s efforts of Adi Sankaracharya to drive away these obnoxious practices.

    Here a word about the Devas or loosely Translated, Angels, being drunkards who drink Liquor.

    The Avatars of Rama and Krishna were also reported to be indulging in this.

    There were two types of Drinks.

    One is Soma Bana and the other is Sura Bana.

    The Soma Bana or the Nectar of the Plant Soma was used for Homas and  drinking Soma Bana was sanctioned as it is not an Intoxicant.

    The other is Sura Bana which induces intoxication and it was classified as a Sin to drink it.

    (Ref Our Texts-Rik Veda, were Soma Bana is praised: ‘CHO’ Ramaswamy’s ‘Indu Maha Samudram(இந்து  மஹா  சமுத்திரம்).

    The Tantric Sastra is also misunderstood and misquoted quite often.

    Right from the Kaapalika  Sect to Nithyananda of the present day misinterpreted this for their licentiousness.

    Tantric Sastra is too vast a subject to be accommodated in a blog.

    Those interested may read  the Book Sakthi and Saaktha by Sir.John Woodroffe.

    Those who perform Aabhichara Pooja( the performance of worship where corpses are used often quote this mantra from the Lalita Sahasra Nama.

    “947   Pancha pretha manchadhi sayini – She who sleeps on the cot made of five corpses”.

    This is literal translation.

    Lalita Sahasra Nama is a Mystic Text, that’s why it delivers results.

    The meaning is,

    The One who sleeps (Yoga Nidra-a wakefulness while appearing to sleep in Yoga,Lord Narayana also has this Attribute of Yoga Nidra),

    On a cot whose support are Brahma,Vishnu,Rudra, Eesana ( Isnana) and Sadasiva.

    Brahma represents the Potential Energy,

    Vishnu,Kinetic Energy,

    Rudra, Dissolution ,

    Eesana,  the invisible power that governs the universe, and

    Sadasiva, “Pancha Brahma Upanishad Verses 1 to 6:

    The Para Brahma took shape in stages of Sathyojatha, Aghora, Vamadeva, Thathpurusha and Ishana. 1

    Sathyojatha is the aspect of earth and is the Sun, Goddess Lakshmi, Brahma, the letter Om, Rig Veda, Garhapathyagni (Household fire), mantras, Saptha Swaras (seven notes) and yellow colour. It gives all that is wished for. 2″

    http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111031225302AAdV9tz

    Khmer Gilt Bronze idol of Lord Sadasiva.
    Khmer Gilt Bronze idol of Lord Sadasiva.
    Sadasiva
    Sadasiva

    Goddess Lalitha Presides over all.

    Following practices not sanctioned by the Sruthi by misquoting is an insult to Hindusim.

    “Aghori sect is the corrupted form of Tantric System of Indian Philosophy.
    The ‘ cessation of the modification of Chitta( modification of the Mind)’ is defined as Yoga-Patanjali’s YogaSutra-1
    In plain English, it may be loosely translated as the cessation of thought processes.
    This needs  knowledge and Right determination(Vairagya),Bhagavad Gita.
    To achieve concentration is most mportant.
    More the number of senses-,Eyes.Ears,Nose Body,Mouth- are involved in the act easier the process of Concentration.
    Sex is an act where all the senses are concentrated or focused on a single act.
    A system was developed to use this aspect help in achieving Concentration and attain Yoga Siddhi.
    This is Tantric Shastra..
    Certain sexual practices are devised to use Sex  in this process..
    The primary rule is that it only the wife/Husband this has to be engaged with..
    While ,before, and after the act certain procedures are laid down.
    This is from the individual level.
    From the Macro level,
    All the senses one has and the Five Elements(Earth,Water,Fire,Air and Ether) are the embodiment and instruments to achieve understanding.
    For example Ether is for Communication,Fire for Heat and Cold,Earth for Smell,Water for Cold and Air for Smell,
    Activity that brings in all these elements in its full force together is Sex.
    This is also another reason for the development of Tantra Shastras.
    The concentration, it is suggested, at the Ultimate level, one has to concentrate on.Nothing”.
    This is easily possible in the Act of Sex , especially when when one achieves Orgasm.”

    http://www.quora.com/Hinduism/Why-do-Aghoris-consume-marijuana-in-some-holy-shrines-How-is-it-linked-with-Spirituality/answer/Venkat-Ramanan-1