On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Nochur Ramanathan wrote: > Thanks, Sivadas. We connect like with this gem after a long gap of time. > This story has come around before from another source though not in this > exact format. We all know that Shri Rama was born on January 10 5114. I > remember this well because as the one thing I share with this great > personality and God is his birthday. I was also born on January 10. In > that piece of story told by Dr. Subramanianiam Swamy, there is tons of > research done on the bridge between India and Ceylon, called "Ram Sethu". > > > The story of Shri Ram's life was first narrated by Maharishi Valmiki in > the Ramayana, which was written after Shri Ram was crowned as the king of > Ayodhya. Maharishi Valmiki was a great astronomer as he has made sequential > astronomical references on important dates related to the life of Shri Ram > indicating the location of planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and the > other stars (nakshatras). Needless to add that similar position of planets > and nakshatras is not repeated in thousands of years. By entering the > precise details of the planetary configuration of the important events in > the life of Shri Ram as given in the Valmiki Ramayan in the software named > "Planetarium" corresponding exact dates of these events according to the > English calendar can be known. > > The facts about Ram... > > this well researched paper says Lord Shree Ram was born on January 10, > 5114 BC. (7,130 years ago) > > > > The author Saroj Bala was in Internal Revenue Service, Commissioner of > Income Tax posted at Delhi. > > > > > > Mr Pushkar Bhatnagar of the Indian Revenue Service had acquired this > software from the US.. It is used to predict the solar/lunar eclipses and > distance and location of other planets from earth. He entered the relevant > details about the planetary positions narrated by Maharishi Valmiki and > obtained very interesting and convincing results, which almost determine > the important dates starting from the birth of Shri Ram to the date of his > coming back to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile. > > > Maharishi Valmiki has recorded in Bal Kaand sarga 19 and shloka eight and > nine (1/18/8,9) that Shri Ram was born on ninth tithi of Chaitra month when > the position of different planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and > nakshatras (visible stars) were: i) Sun in Aries; ii) Saturn in Libra; iii) > Jupiter in Cancer; iv) Venus in Pisces; v) Mars in Capricorn; vi) Lunar > month of Chaitra; vii) Ninth day after no moon; viii) Lagna as Cancer > (cancer was rising in the east); ix) Moon on the Punarvasu (Gemini > constellation & Pllux star); x) Day time (around noon). > > This data was fed into the software. The results indicated that this was > exactly the location of planets/stars in the noon of January 10, 5114 BC. > Thus Shri Ram was born on January 10, 5114 BC (7121 years back). As per the > Indian calendar it was the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in Chaitra month and > the time was around 12 to 1 noontime. This is exactly the time and date > when Ram Navmi is celebrated all over India. > > Shri Ram was born in Ayodhya. This fact can be ascertained from several > books written by Indian and foreign authors before and after the birth of > Christ - Valmiki Ramayan, Tulsi Ramayan, Kalidasa's Raghuvansam, Baudh and > Jain literature, etc. These books have narrated in great detail the > location, rich architecture and beauty of Ayodhya which had many palaces > and temples built all over the kingdom. Ayodhya was located on the banks of > the Saryu river with Ganga and Panchal Pradesh on one side and Mithila on > the other side. Normally 7,000 years is a very long period during which > earthquakes, storms, floods and foreign invasions change the course of > rivers, destroy the towns/buildings and alter the territories. Therefore, > the task of unearthing the facts is monumental. The present Ayodhya has > shrunk in size and the rivers have changed their course about 40 km > north/south. > > Shri Ram went out of Ayodhya in his childhood (13th year as per Valmiki > Ramayan) with Rishi Vishwamitra who lived in Tapovan (Sidhhashram). From > there he went to Mithila, King Janaka's kingdom. Here he married Sita after > breaking Shiv Dhanusha. Researchers have gone along the route adopted by > Shri Ram as narrated in the Valmiki Ramayan and found 23 places which have > memorials that commemorate the events related to the life of Shri Ram. > These include Shringi Ashram, Ramghat, Tadka Van, Sidhhashram, > Gautamashram, Janakpur (now in Nepal), Sita Kund, etc. Memorials are built > for great men and not for fictitious characters. > > Date of exile of Shri Ram: It is mentioned in Valmiki Ramayan's Ayodhya > Kand (2/4/18) that Dashratha wanted to make Shri Ram the king because Sun, > Mars and Rahu had surrounded his nakshatra and normally under such > planetary configuration the king dies or becomes a victim of conspiracies. > Dashratha's zodiac sign was Pisces and his nakshatra was Rewati. This > planetary configuration was prevailing on the January 5, 5089 BC, and it > was on this day that Shri Ram left Ayodhya for 14 years of exile. Thus, he > was 25 years old at that time (5114-5089). There are several shlokas in > Valmiki Ramayan which indicate that Shri Ram was 25-years-old when he left > Ayodhya for exile. > > Valmiki Ramayan refers to the solar eclipse at the time of war with > Khardushan in later half of 13th year of Shri Ram's exile. It is also > mentioned it was amavasya day and Mars was in the middle. When this data > was entered, the software indicated that there was a solar eclipse on > October 7, 5077 BC, (amavasya day) which could be seen from Panchvati. The > planetary configuration was also the same - Mars was in the middle, on one > side were Venus and Mercury and on the other side were Sun and Saturn. On > the basis of planetary configurations described in various other chapters, > the date on which Ravana was killed works out to be December 4, 5076 BC, > and Shri Ram completed 14 years of exile on January 2, 5075 BC, and that > day was also Navami of Shukla Paksha in Chaitra month. Thus Shri Ram had > come back to Ayodhya at the age of 39 (5114-5075). > > A colleague, Dr Ram Avtar, researched on places visited by Shri Ram > during his exile, and sequentially moved to the places stated as visited by > Shri Ram in the Valmiki Ramayan, starting from Ayodhya he went right upto > Rameshwaram. He found 195 places which still have the memorials connected > to the events narrated in the Ramayana relating to the life of Shri Ram and > Sita. These include Tamsa Tal (Mandah), Shringverpur (Singraur), Bhardwaj > Ashram (situated near Allahabad), Atri Ashram, Markandaya Ashram > (Markundi), Chitrakoot, Pamakuti (on banks of Godavari), Panchvati, Sita > Sarovar, Ram Kund in Triambakeshwar near Nasik, Shabari Ashram, Kishkindha > (village Annagorai), Dhanushkoti and Rameshwar temple. > > In Valmiki Ramayan it is mentioned that Shri Ram's army constructed a > bridge over the sea between Rameshwaram and Lanka. After crossing this > bridge, Shri Ram's army had defeated Ravana. Recently, NASA put pictures on > the Internet of a man-made bridge, the ruins of which are lying submerged > in Palk Strait between Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka. Recently the Sri Lankan > Government had expressed the desire to develop Sita Vatika as a tourist > spot. Sri Lankans believe this was Ashok Vatika where Ravana had kept Sita > as a prisoner (in 5076 BC). > > Indian history has recorded that Shri Ram belonged to the Suryavansh and > he was the 64th ruler of this dynasty. The names and other relevant > particulars of previous 63 kings are listed in Ayodhya Ka Itihas written > about 80 years ago by Rai Bahadur Sita Ram. Professor Subhash Kak > of Lousiana University, in his book, The Astronomical Code of the Rig Veda, > has also listed 63 ancestors of Shri Ram who ruled over Ayodhya. Sri Ram's > ancestors have been traced out as: Shri Ram, King Dashratha, King Aja, King > Raghu, King Dilip and so on.. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Bengal > to Gujarat, everywhere people believe in the reality of Shri Ram's > existence, particularly in the tribal areas of Himachal, Rajasthan, Madhya > Pradesh and the North-East. Most of the festivals celebrated in these areas > revolve around the events in the life of Shri Ram and Shri Krishna. > > The events and places related to the life of Shri Ram and Sita are true > cultural and social heritage of every Indian irrespective of caste and > creed. Therefore, it is common heritage. After all, Shri Ram belonged to > the period when Prophet Mohammed or Jesus Christ were not born and Muslim > or Christian faiths were unknown to the world. The words Hindu (resident of > Hindustan) and Indian (resident of India) were synonymous.. India was also > known as Bharat (land of knowledge) and Aryavarta (where Aryans live) and > Hindustan (land of "Hindus" - derived from word Indus). > > During Ram Rajya, the evils of caste system based on birth were > non-existent. In fact, Maharishi Valmiki is stated to be of shudra class > (scheduled caste), still Sita lived with him as his adopted daughter after > she was banished from Ayodhya. Luv and Kush grew in his ashram as his > disciples. We need to be proud of the fact that Valmiki was perhaps the > first great astronomer and that his study of planetary configurations has > stood the test of times. Even the latest computer softwares have > corroborated his astronomical calculations, which proves that he did not > commit any error. > > Shabari is stated to be belonging to the Bheel tribe. Shri Ram's army, > which succeeded in defeating Ravana, was formed by various tribals from > Central and South India. The facts, events and all other details relating > to the life of Shri Ram are the common heritage of all the Indians > including scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, Muslims, Christians, etc. > > Prophet Mohammad was born 1,400 years ago. Jesus Christ was born 2,000 > years back. Gautam Buddha was born 2,600 years back, whereas Ram was born > 7,000 years back. Hence, discovering the details relating to Shri Ram's > life would be lot more difficult as destruction caused by floods, > earthquakes and invasions etc., would be far greater. But, should that stop > our quest for learning more about our cultural heritage? > > As Indians, let us all take pride in the fact that the Indian > civilisation is the most ancient civilisation today. It is certainly more > than 10,000 years old. Therefore, let us reject the story of Aryan invasion > in India in 1,500 BC as motivated implantation. In fact Max Mueller, who > was the creator of this theory had himself rejected it. Let us admit that > during the British Rule, we were educated in the schools based on Macaulay > school of thinking which believed that everything Indian was inferior and > that entire "Indian literature was not worth even one book rack in > England". If there were similarities in certain features of Indian people > and people from Central Europe, then automatic inference drawn was that the > Aryans coming from Europe invaded India and settled here. No one dared of > thinking in any other way. Therefore, there is urgency for the historians > and all other intellectuals to stop reducing Indian history to myth. There > is need to gather, dig out, search, unearth and analyse all the evidences, > which would throw more light on ancient Indian civilisation and culture. > > There is need for the print and the electronic media to take note of > these facts and create atmosphere which would motivate our young and > educated youth to carry out research and unearth true facts about the > ancient Indian civilisation and wisdom and would also encourage them to put > across the results of their research before the people fearlessly and with > a sense of pride! > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
