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Under shastras, Saddam will go to heaven

[ 31 Dec, 2006 0032hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]


CHENNAI: It is dangerous to hazard a guess as to what happens when a
person dies, but some dates are considered auspicious.

December 30 the day former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed
was one such date under the Hindu calendar, as it fell on Vaikunta Ekadasi.

In Saddam's case though, the date was a double whammy of sorts as the
day was equally special under the Islamic calendar. For millions of
Muslims across the world, December 30 was a day to mark God's omnipotence.

Every year, lakhs of Haj pilgrims assemble at Mina on this day, two days
after the Haj began, to drive away Jamrah symbol of Satan by casting
stones at him.




But what made Saddam's end really special was the significance of the
date under the Hindu calendar. For under Hindu death rites, he could not
have found though inadvertently a better day to meet his maker.

As Vaikunta Ekadasi, according to Hindu Shastras, is the most auspicious
occasion for a person's death, particularly for one seeking martyrdom
irrespective of religion.

"Dying on Ekadasi day itself is very auspicious. It more auspicious to
die on Vaikunta Ekadasi day. Very few souls get such an opportunity,"
said Padur Subramania Sasthrigal, a Vedic scholar and director
(Yagnopathi and Medical Astrology) Coimbatore Arya Vaidya.

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