The Aryan Theory

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Vedic Aryans entered India between 1,500 and 1,200 B.C.They conquered the native Indians “Dravidian culture” by virtue of their superiority due to their horses & iron weapons. Vedas, upnishad and poetic Epics like Mahabharta and Ramayan were written during this period.

However, I Refuse to believe this history, which without any proof intentionally tries to make Indians ashamed of their own culture, which tries to deprive Indians of their vedic heritage and try to convince that entire wealth of culture and knowledge came from foreign soil. there have been lot of loopholes like…

The biggest Setback to this theory is that there is no trace for a foreign intrusion have been found from north-central asia to India either archiologically, linguistic, cultural nor genetic in nature.
On one side there is a vast vedic literature without any archiological findings and on the other hand there are more than 2500 sites across indus-saraswati Civilisation to gujrat without no literature associated with it.The proofs indicates that these are same cultures and to an unbiased researcher these things make sense.
How is it that illiterate, marauding, migrating Aryans overwhelmed an allegedly highly advanced Native Indian Civilization(Dravidians) that left no written records.
They defeated Dravidians with their superior weapons and horses but how dramatically they started using chariots instead of horses(the advantage alexander have over aryans again : “Horses”).
How Does Aryan Invasion happened 1500-2000 BC but Indus Valley civilization archeological proofs tells that Aryans were there from 4000 BC.There are no other homeland for Aryans recorded in Vedas outside India as well as Vedas tells about Saraswati River which dried up in 1500 BC due to major tectonic movements or plate shifts in the Earth’s crust.

and for Mahabharat and Ramayan, they can’t be just a poetic fiction as…..

The time and place of events have been accurately recorded. Based on the Computer generated sky maps for the specific dates of Epic, the planetary positions indicated therein and the quotes from the Epic and other scriptures about the events matches very precisely. The match would not occur if the dates were wrong.

Not much poetic description of the flora-and-fauna is given. Such description in ornate language is only used in fictional works and not while recording history.

The cities established by certain kings has been noted in detail.the cities even exists today. not required for a fictional work.

Archaeological excations has discovered the submerged city of Dwaraka. This is the same Dwaraka as mentioned in the Mahabharat. [ The city of Dwaraka has been reckoned to have drowned in between 2000-3000 B.C.]

A number of dynasties with their long lineage of kings have been presented in both. More than 50 kings from King Barhi to the Pandava King have been recorded. Additional information about the King, his wife, his scions, his relations, etc. have been accounted in great detail. If it were just fiction, only 4-5 kings would have sufficed to build the story on. Then why such mind-boggling details ?

The dynasties recorded in the Ramayan and the Mahabharat concur without a difference. Even the relations between different kings and their dynasties in both the great “epics” match with each other. If both were mere “epics” written by two entirely different person at two different times, why would everything match even upto minor details ?

Shared these details as I am proud of my rich Vedic Culture and its history. I am proud of the facts that we gave the world “zero”,vedic mathematics, Yoga, Vedas and endless things.

The Vedas of India

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The Vedas (Sanskrit वेद véda, “knowledge”) are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.

The class of “Vedic texts” is aggregated around the four canonical Samhitas or Vedas proper, of which three are related to the performance of sacrifice (yajna) in historical Vedic religion:

The RigVeda, containing hymns to be recited by the Vedic priesthood;
The YajurVeda, containing formulas to be recited by the adhvaryu or officiating priest;
The SamaVeda, containing formulas to be sung by the officiants of the yajna service.

The fourth is the AtharvaVeda, a collection of spells and incantations, apotropaic charms and speculative hymns.

According to Hindu tradition, the Vedas areapauruseya “not of human agency”, are supposed to have been directly revealed, and thus are calledshruti (“what is heard”). The four Samhitas are metrical (with the exception of prose commentary interspersed in the Black Yajurveda). The termsamhita literally means “composition, compilation”. The individual verses contained in these compilations are known as mantras. Some selected Vedic mantras are still recited at prayers, religious functions and other auspicious occasions in contemporary Hinduism.

The various Indian philosophies and sects have taken differing positions on the Vedas. Schools of Indian philosophy which cite the Vedas as their scriptural authority are classified as “orthodox”. Other traditions, notably Buddhism and Jainism, which did not regard the Vedas as authorities are referred to by traditional Hindu texts as “non-orthodox” schools.

There are four main practices in the Vedic tradition: Vaishnavism, Smartaism, Shaivism and Shaktism.

1. Vaishnavism

Mantra: Om Namo Narayanaya, Hare Krishna

Worship of Vishnu and His various avatars, especially Rama and Krishna, in a profoundly devotional form is the basis of Vaishnavism. Intense devotion to a personal Supreme God, Vishnu through bhakti yoga is the path to perfection. There are four main Vaisnava traditions – Visistadvaita, Dvaita (includes Acintya-bheda-abheda), Suddha-advaita, and Dvaitadvaita. Vaishnavism is followed by majority of people in India.

2. Smartaism

Mantra: Om Namah Sivaya

Smartaism is an ancient brahminical tradition reformed by Adi Shankara. The word smarta means one who follows the smriti or dharma sastras. Smartas follow the smriti literature, particularly dharma shastra, Puranas and the Itihasas. They worship five forms of God and also revere the Vedas and the Agamas. They worship Shiva, Vishnu, Ganapati, Surya and Shakti and this system is called pancayatana (pancopasana). Kumara was further added by Shankara’s reform. Today they are synonymous with Adi Shankara’s monistic, meditative and philosophical theories. The five group system of smartas is there because each deity can be chosen as one’s own personal and preferred deity (ishta devata). Smartas believe in attainment of salvation mainly through jnana yoga. However other yogas like bhakti yoga, karma yoga and raja yoga are recognized as leading to enlightenment. Jnana yoga involves the study of scriptures (shravana), reflection (manana) and sustained meditation (dhyana).

3. Shaiva

Mantra: Om Namah Shivaya

A system of temple mysticism and an enlightened view of man’s place in the universe as well as siddha yoga form the basis of Shaivism. The final goal of Shaivism is realizing one’s identity with Shiva in perfect union and non-differentiation (monism, kevaladvaita) based on advaita philosophy.
The path for Shaivites is divided into four progressive stages of belief and practice called Charya, Kriya, Yoga and Jnana. Union with Shiva comes through the grace of the satguru and culminates in the soul’s maturity in the state of jnana, or wisdom. Shaivism values both bhakti and yoga sadhana.
There are six main sub-groups of Shaivism:

Shaiva siddhanta
Pasupata
Kashmir Shaiva or Trika (tantric)
Vira Shaiva or Lingayata
Siddha Shaiva
Shiva Advaita

Sometimes Lakulisa Saivisms is included as well.

4. Shakta

Mantra: Om Chandikayai Namah

The worship of Mother Goddess in her fierce or gentle form is the basis of Shaktism. Shaktas use mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga and puja to invoke cosmic forces and awaken the kundalini power. They consider the Goddess a manifested form of the deity whose worship leads to the masculine unmanifested form or Shiva, thus attaining salvation.
There are four different expressions:

Devotional
Shamanic
Yogic
Universalist

The devotional Shaktas makes puja rites to invoke Sri Chakra Yantra to establish intimacy with the Goddess. The Shamanic Shaktas – usually with the help of a medium – use magic, tantra and trance as well as fire walking and animal sacrifice for healing, fertility and power. The Shakta yogis seek to awaken the sleeping Goddess Kundalini and unite her with Lord Shiva in the sahasrara chakra. The universalists follow the reformed Vedantic teachings and traditions.

Essence of the Vedas

While contemporary traditions continued to maintain Vedic ritualism (Srauta, Mimamsa), Vedanta renounced all ritualism and radically re-interpreted the notion of “Veda” in purely philosophical terms. The association of the three Vedas with the bhur bhuvah svahmantra is found in the Aitareya Aranyaka: “Bhuh is the Rigveda, bhuvah is the Yajurveda, svah is the Samaveda” (1.3.2). The Upanishads reduce the “essence of the Vedas” further, to the syllable Aum (ॐ). Thus, the Katha Upanishad has:

MANA VILLAGE – THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN

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MANA is the last village on the Indian side on the Indo–Tibet border in Uttaranchal Pradesh (India). It is situated at a distance of 3 miles from the famous religious place in Hindu Mythology – Badrinath Dham.

Mana village attained its name from the Manas Putra (Sons) the biological son of Lord Brahma. The village also attains importance as Pandavas after the Mahabharata decided to renounce the world and to attain salvation. It is said that they reached Mana village for their onward journey towards Heaven (Swarag Rohini). The onward journey towards the heavens steps could not be completed by all the pandava brothers except Yudhistara – who climbed the steps to swarag rohini in his wordly body. These swarag rohini steps start from this village of MANA..

The village is also famous as it is the place from where Saraswati River originates, where Sage Vyas meditated and dictated the Hindu Vede Puranas to Lord Ganesha who compiled it for the humanity. The village is known for its scenic beauty, religions and mythological places.

Vyasa Gufa :- As the name suggests is the place Sage Veda Vyasa meditated in the Himalayas for ages. On the instructions of Lord Brahma the saint dictated the Vede Puranas, Upnishad and the epic Mahabaratha to Lord Ganesh – who was sitting in Ganesh Gufa situated at a distance of 50 yards. The Vyasa Gufa is covered with a rocky stone resembling the pile of sheet of paper – popularly known as Vayas Pothi. It is said that the entire epics have been engraved on these sheets of stone.

Ganesha Gufa :- Lord Ganesh in his Gufa splitted the single Veda into four Vedas to for the better understanding of the humanity. He also scripted the Epic Mahabharta, all the Upnishad and 18 Puranas for the universe.
Saraswati River :- Saraswati river also known as the goddess of Knowledge originates at village Mana. The legend goes that Lord Brahma undertakes the creation of the world through creative speech and goddess Saraswati is born in his mouth or tongue. The river is in full spate at this place before it vanishes after afew miles in Brahm Kund to re-originate at Prayag at the confluence of river Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. Sage Narad, Lord Garuda,Sage Bhrigu,Sage Vashishta,Sage Vishvamitra, Sage Angira, Sage Bhrigu, King Sagar, Lord Krishna ,Pandava,and several other meditated on the banks of this river.
Bhimpul : – Bhim ka pul is the farthest tourist spot from Mana village. It is believed that the Pandvas on their way to the heaven found it difficult for their wife Draupati to cross the river Saraswati, which was in fill spate at the place it originates. Bhim fetched a single rock and placed it across the river, thus creating a natural ford to enable Draupati to cross it.

Vasudhara Falls :- Vasudhara falls is situated at a distance of 4 miles. from village Mana. Vasudhara falls is a beautiful tourist spot, where water falls have always captivated the human imagination, toward the west is the Vasudhara fall with a drop of 150 m, set in a background of snowy peaks, glaciers and rocky heights. Violent wind sometimes sprays out the entire volume of the water falling and it appears that the water fall ceases for a minute or two, giving rise to a lot of superstitious ideas to the locals.

Ramayana

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A Brief Outline of the Plot of Ramayana

Ramayana is the immortal tale of Shri Rama that teaches us the values of ideology, devotion, duty, relationships, dharma and karma.Rama & Sita: The ideal Royal Couple

Rama, the prince of Ayodhya and his wife Sita are the ideal royal couple. Rama is brave, wise and dutiful, and Sita is beautiful, generous and saintly. Sita gets introduced to Rama at a ceremony called ‘Swayamvara’, organized by her father Janaka, the king of Mithila to identify a suitable bridegroom for her lovely daughter. Princes from various kingdoms are invited and challenge to string a giant bow. Only the mighty Rama could lift the bow, string it and even break it into two halves. This leads Sita to garland Rama as her husband.

Intrigues in the Royal Family

Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya, had three wives and four sons. Rama was the eldest and his mother was Kaushalya. Bharata was the son of his second and favorite wife, Kaikeyi. The other two were twins, Lakshmana and Shatrughna from his third wife Sumitra. While Rama is all set for coronation, his step-mother, Dasharatha’s second wife, Kaikeyi, wants her son, Bharata, to become king. Before the aged king could hand over his crown to his eldest son Rama, Dasaratha is destined to die. And instead of being crowned king of Ayodhya, Rama is sent into exile in the forest for fourteen year by an intrigue in the palace and a quirk of fate.Rama is Banished for Fourteen Years

Rama goes to the forest, accompanied by wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, and they live as recluses among the hermits that lead a life of meditative retreat in the deep woods. Bharata, whose mother’s evil plot won him the throne, goes to meet Rama in the forest and pleads him to return to the capital. As Rama declines to break his vow given to his deceased father, Bharata is compelled to go back to Ayodhya with his sandals, which he places on the throne as the symbol of Rama’s continuing monarchy.Rama Fights Ravana, Rescues Sita

While Rama, his wife and brother are living a simple yet happy life in the forest, tragedy strikes! Henceforth, the plot revolves around the abduction of Sita by the demon king Ravana, the ten-headed ruler of Lanka, and Rama’s pursuit to rescue her, aided by Lakshmana and the mighty monkey-general Hanuman. Sita is held captive in the island as Ravana tries to persuade her to marry him. Rama assembles an army of allies comprising mainly of monkeys under the brave Hanuman. They attack Ravana’s army, and after a fierce battle, succeed in killing the demon king and freeing Sita, reuniting her with Rama.Rama Regains His Kingdom, Sita Returns to Mother Earth

After fourteen years, Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya and are warmly welcomed back by the citizens of the kingdom, where they rule for many years, and have two sons – Luv and Kush. Unfortunately, Sita’s chastity during her period of capture by Ravana comes under scrutiny, and she has to go through trial by fire to prove her purity. But queen, who emerged from the earth at her birth, invokes Mother Earth to take her back into the earth, and the saintly Sita returns to her Mother, never to reappear again.

The Four Vedas

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The earliest written document is the Rig Veda, a collection of 1,017 Sanskrit poems addressed to various gods, as well as three other collections (Samhitas) — the Sama, Yajur, and Atharva Vedas — a collection of hymns used in the ritual services, all written in archaic poetic texts.

The Rig Veda, also known as The Veda of Verses, is the first portion of the Vedas and consists of 1,028 hymns covering 10,600 stanzas of praise to the nature gods, particularly Agni — the fire god — and Indra — the warrior god.

The purpose of the Vedas was to teach people their dharma — their conduct and duty in the present life. The Vedas also serve a special purpose: They are used for sacrifices. These hymns are to be intoned with special tunes, and the pronunciations of the words must be accurate, since they are addressed to special gods thanking the deities and asking for material favors.

In the Vedic cosmology, the universe is divided into three parts — Earth, atmosphere, and heaven — and the gods are assigned to these parts. The gods mentioned in the Rig Veda are related to forces of nature: Varuna is related to the heavens; Usha is the goddess of dawn; and Surya is related to the sun. Indra is the most important of all atmospheric gods.

In later years, commentaries on these hymns, called Brahmanas, were written. Still later, in the sixth century B.C.E., mystical philosophical works were developed that differed from previous Brahmanas and Samhitas. These works are called Vedanta Upanishads. The Bhagavad Gita (a later addition to the Upanishads) and the Upanishads themselves form the basis for the sacred scriptures of Hinduism. The Vedas and Upanishads are the foremost scriptures in antiquity, both in authority and importance. Other major scriptures include the Tantras, the sectarian Agamas, the Puranas (legends), and the epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. The Bhagavad Gita, which comes later, is a treatise from the Mahabharata and is sometimes called a summary of the spiritual teachings of the Vedas.

One Aryan religious practice was to drink the juice of the soma, a deified plant. After Indra and Agni, this is the most important god in the Rig Veda. One verse about the soma reads: “I, of good understanding, have partaken of the sweet potion, the well-minded, the best finder of bliss, which all the gods and mortals, calling it ‘honey,’ seek.”

The Four Vedas: Rig, Sama, Yajur & Atharva

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The Rig Veda: The Book of Mantra

The Rig Veda is a collection of inspired songs or hymns and is a main source of information on the Rig Vedic civilization. It is the oldest book in any Indo-European language and contains the earliest form of all Sanskrit mantras that date back to 1500 B.C. – 1000 B.C. Some scholars date the Rig Veda as early as 12000 BC – 4000 B.C. The Rig-Vedic ‘samhita’ or collection of mantras consists of 1,017 hymns or ‘suktas’, covering about 10,600 stanzas, divided into eight ‘astakas’ each having eight ‘adhayayas’ or chapters, which are sub-divided into various groups. The hymns are the work of many authors or seers called ‘rishis’. There are seven primary seers identified: Atri, Kanwa,Vashistha, Vishwamitra, Jamadagni, Gotama and Bharadwaja. The rig Veda accounts in detail the social, religious, political and economic background of the Rig-Vedic civilization. Even though monotheism characterizes some of the hymns of Rig Veda, naturalistic polytheism and monism can be discerned in the religion of the hymns of Rig Veda.The Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda were compiled after the age of the Rig Veda and are ascribed to the Vedic period.

The Sama Veda: The Book of Song

The Sama Veda is purely a liturgical collection of melodies (‘saman’). The hymns in the Sama Veda, used as musical notes, were almost completely drawn from the Rig Veda and have no distinctive lessons of their own. Hence, its text is a reduced version of the Rig Veda. As Vedic Scholar David Frawley puts it, if the Rig Veda is the word, Sama Veda is the song or the meaning, if Rig Veda is the knowledge, Sama Veda is its realization, if Rig Veda is the wife, the Sama Veda is her husband.

The Yajur Veda: The Book of Ritual

The Yajur Veda is also a liturgical collection and was made to meet the demands of a ceremonial religion. The Yajur Veda practically served as a guidebook for the priests who execute sacrificial acts muttering simultaneously the prose prayers and the sacrificial formulae (‘yajus’). It is similar to ancient Egypt’s “Book of the Dead”. There are no less than six complete recessions of Yajur Veda – Madyandina, Kanva, Taittiriya, Kathaka, Maitrayani and Kapishthala.The Atharva Veda: The Book of Spell

The last of the Vedas, this is completely different from the other three Vedas and is next in importance to Rig-Veda with regard to history and sociology. A different spirit pervades this Veda. Its hymns are of a more diverse character than the Rig Veda and are also simpler in language. In fact, many scholars do not consider it part of the Vedas at all. The Atharva Veda consists of spells and charms prevalent at its time, and portrays a clearer picture of the Vedic society.

The Vedas

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The Vedas developed from a group of sages and rishis(in the Vedic sense, a seer or inspired poet), who discovered the truths and realities that lie behind human existence and formulated a set of rules for good living. These rules, known as dharma and anti-dharma (adharma), are components of Hinduism. They are eternal truths and applicable to all times. The Vedas are highly developed mythology. These sacred texts are divided into two groups: sruti(“revealed “) and smriti(“remembered”), and were kept by people through oral tradition, from one generation to the next.

People disagree over what is included in the Vedas. Some believe the Vedas comprise only the ancient collection of hymns to the Aryan gods. Others believe they comprise the entire literature, including the hymns as well as the later additions of the Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and the Upanishads.

Estimates about the time the Vedas were written vary widely, with some scholars maintaining they were recorded prior to 2000 B.C.E., before the arrival of the Aryans, and were still being developed as late as the sixth century B.C.E.Other estimates contend that the Vedas were composed anywhere from 1500 to 400 B.C.E.They were composed and transmitted orally before they were committed to writing, and centuries lapsed between their origin and completion. The four basic collections of Vedas include the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda.

VEDAS OF INDIA