Somedays are so normal that it will nearly bore you (drag you)to death..today was of that kind...nothing unusual ... nothing to laugh much nor to worry..a plain normal day...
Boredom dragged me to facebook and then naturally to the n number of updated posts by my friends...
One that caught my attention was a fuming discussion happening on my friend's wall over sabarimala issue...
From Hari's wall "Years ago,there was a tribal group that lived in ponnambalamedu forest.They celebrated some festival once in a year during 'makara'month (the same time when Sabarimala temple opened for pooja). Some how that turned to be "Makaravilakku" and part of Sabarimala pilgrimage.As the years passed that tribe vanished slowly and considering the havoc that may create, devaswom board(sabarimala temple authority) decided to do something as an alternative.And what ever that we see now is actually done by devaswom board along with Kerala electricity board by lighting camphor and covering it with wet sack. The person who submitted this research report had to do cancel it and was forced to do another one due to pressure from top officials. If this person comes up now with that old report and publish it, i guess atleast from next year onwards this kind of tragedies can be avoided"
I thought of writing a comment but simply clicked the Like button...
Nowadays I really don't believe in arguments over social issues...I don’t think it will reach anyone’s' heart nor brain...Those who know it as a fake will protest; people who blindly believe will simply stick to their beliefs...Others will continue to be in the safe "no comments" zone, neither arguing nor believing...
I am hearing this story from my childhood and I am sure that most of the keralites do know this version...But might be because of the rational thoughts ingrained in keralite's sub conscious with education and little bit communism, people identified the spiritual aspect in myths without confusing it much or believing magic to the core. But eventually when people from other states pored in, blindly believing the myths and magical stories, the whole spiritual system turned out as the most profit making sector for government...
102 people died and more than 50 injured...who should be held responsible? I don’t believe in blindly blaming government about insufficient security measures. Our police force is not that big to cover all the hills around Sabarimala....
Sabarimala is a shrine and people go there as pilgrims. Pilgrimage is a spiritual journey that renders the essence of values and virtues that a man should absorb in his character and life... like respecting others, discipline, patience and much more. But I don't think any of these pilgrims understood it, if so, this incident could have never occurred...
Instead of understanding the true purpose of Sabarimala pilgrimage, people go there believing the gimmicks and myths...
Why can't people believe that god existed everywhere...Is it that difficult to realize???
God is trust. its a pillar to lean ...its a shore that we trust with prayers, aspiration and much more...I am no one to question it nor i believe it as something to be questioned…BUT…Humans should be rational. We should try to understand and differentiate what is right and wrong, true n false...
All religions in this world are based on stories, myths, allegories and metaphors ...Its a mix, that’s how it is...We all know that. We should accept the myths ,religion and everything with a rational heart...All stories and myths that rotate around religions are like bed time fables which are written for us , to understand the morals, virtues and values...
But now all the stories are applied to market "divinity"...
Religion is for spreading hope not for selling hope for wholesale and retail prices!!!!!!!!!!
