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River Sarasvati to Flow Again – Return of Holy Saraswati River

Hindus always believed that the River Sarasvati flowed on earth before disappearing and the river is mentioned in the Hindu Holy scriptures and is worshipped along with Ganga River . But the existence of River Sarasvati was always questioned by historians with hidden political agenda. Sadly, such historians were ruling the academies for more than 50 years in India after independence. Now, archeologists have discovered the bed of the Sarasvati River in Bhoresaidan Village , about 13 km from Kurukshetra in Haryana. The fact is also mentioned in numerous ancient literary texts. Haryana government is now planning to revive the course taken by Sarasvati River by building a 50 km-long channel in Kurukshetra. The discovery of the Sarasvati River Bed happened in 2004 when water started oozing out from the dried Saraswati River bed at the Kapil Muni Temple Sarovar at Kalayat. Atul Sethi writes in Times of India A boon that would not have been possible without the discov

Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal to replace South Indian Priests with Nepali Priests

The pujas and rituals in the world famous Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal used to be performed by South Indian Priests. But now they have been replaced by Nepali priests. Believed to have been built in the 3rd century BC, Pashupatinath Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is the biggest icon in Nepal and is visited by millions of people. Hindu priests from India performed the pujas and rituals in Pashupatinath Temple due to a custom started in 1747 during monarchy in Nepal . It was believed that the death of the king, the father of the nation, all Nepalis had to observe a period of mourning which made them unfit to perform pujas and rituals due to Shraddh. Now the king is no longer the ruler of Nepal and the country has become a secular country. So the old custom has no value. Times of India reports The new government that came to power after the pro-democracy movement ousted the king and queen from the temple management. Soon after that, the Satnamis, a s

Adi Shankaracharya Teachings – On Rituals

Rituals are like blankets that veil the truth. They are nets to trap our intellect, forcing us to confine our consciousness to the superficial values of the manifest world. The thinking of a person who believes exclusively in ritual practices becomes confined to this little world. Subtle thoughts of the mind and tender feelings of heart become outward oriented. Such a person begins to believe that everything can be accomplished with the help of rituals. Because rituals involve material objects and because there is a system as well as a defined goal, a person's expectations grow and become vivid. When someone performs a ritual and the expected results don't occur, as is usually the case, that person becomes disappointed. In order to cope with the disappointment, the person tries to discover the mistake in the ritual. Then the interpreter, who is usually the priest, takes advantage of the subtle tendencies of the mind of the person performing the ritual and puts th