The driving force behind the preservation of Athirathram.
Because of our ugly ego we are not ready to
Accept or follow our Vedic culture. There are plenty of
Proven truth behind the Vedic or Hindu culture.
Pretending as the followers of realism, from the
very beginning
Panjal Athirathram 2011 |
of last centaury, peoples started to deny Hinduism.They believed and declared all the rituals or method of Worship related to Hinduism is outdated or Barbarian.
Common peoples are still far away from
Our culture, sometimes it may be because of the confusion they are facing to derive the meanings of ‘Vedantha’ from present materialistic philosophies. Somebody tried to present themselves as “Sir Realist”;
.
Obviously, in every aspect everybody is in search of short-cuts.
This made such a large number of bloody "Yukthi Vaadi
in Present era.
Within a short span of time we have to apologize for this and
accept the entire Hindu philosophy, Vedantha
and Rituals are HUMAN and closely related to our Nature.
However, I am very glad to find the efforts made to preserve
our unique Vedic Culture and propagandas related
to the necessity of following a simple life.
See how others like Prof Frits Staal chose to spend
years of his life documenting Athirathram,
He wrote in the Preface of his t book ‘AGNI’-
The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar:-
The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar:-
A Book By Prof.Frits Staal |
“I have long stood in awe of this unique survival,
so archaic yet so sophisticated, so close to the
early history of man, and so lovingly preserved
through millennia that elsewhere saw the birth
and death of entire civilizations. While pyramids,
Temples, Cathedrals, and Skyscrapers were
built and fell into decay, Languages and Religions
came and went, and innumerable Wars were fought,
the Vedas and their Ritual continued to be transmitted
by Word of Mouth, from Teacher to Pupil, and from Father to Son.
What a triumph of human spirit
over the limitations of mater
and the Physical Body!”
Prof. Staal |
Prof. Staal is one of the driving forces
behind the preservation of Athirathram.
Prof Staal, currently Emeritus as
Professor of Philosophy
South & Southeast Asian Studies
at the University of California, specialized in the study of
Vedic ritual and Mantras,
The Scientific Exploration of Ritual and
Mysticism. He studied Greek,
Indian logic ,Philosophy and
Sanskrit Grammar.
Published the two-volume book
‘AGNI –The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar’
which is considered as an authentic record of Athirathram
held at Panjal in 1975.
“YADI HAASTHI THADANYATHRA
YENNE HAASTHI NA THAT KWA CHIT”
Veda Vyasa
(If something is existing, that is here, if any thing is not here,
that means-it is not existing. )