Tipu Sultan’s Persecution of Hindus,In His Words.

In Karnataka, Tipu Sultan is held in veneration for his religious tolerance ,his donations to Hindu Temples and honorable treatment of Hindus.

He is held in high esteem,hos Fort,Summer Palace in Bangalore ,the place where he was imprisoned are maintained by the Archaeological Department of India.

An 1868 photograph of the ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire at Hampi, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Tipu Sultan Facts.

Tipu Sultan.

In the first part of his reign in particular he was a religious bigot destroying many temples within his own kingdom-proper and many more in the invasion of Malabar. Mass forced conversions took place during the invasion of Malabar, outnumbered Nair warriors were given choice of Islam or death and Tippu is said to get great pleasure by converting Namboodhiri Brahmins. 20% of the population of Kerala are now Muslim mainly due to this. In battle After being defeated in the first Anglo-Mysore war he started dealing cordially with the Hindus in his kingdom so as to avoid insurrection and get support in the face of the British power.  There are some historians who claim that Tippu Sultan was a religious persecutor of Hindus.

C. K. Kareem also notes that Tippu Sultan issued an edict for the destruction of Hindu temples in Kerala.

Historian Hayavadana C. Rao wrote about Tippu in his encyclopaedic work on the History of Mysore. He asserted that Tippu’s “religious fanaticism and the excesses committed in the name of religion, both in Mysore and in the provinces, stand condemned for all time. His bigotry, indeed, was so great that it precluded all ideas of toleration”. He further asserts that the acts of Tippu that were constructive towards Hindus were largely political and ostentatious rather than an indication of genuine tolerance.”

In 1783-84, 1788 and 1789-90, Tipu personally led the attacks on Malayalam (Kerala), besides sending his army contingents to various resistance spots during the intervening period. Well-known Muslim historian, P.S. Syed Muhammed, author of Kerala Muslim Charitram (History of Kerala Muslims), has this to say about these invasions: “What happened to Kerala because of Tipu’s invasion, reminds one of the invasion of Chengez Khan and Timur in Indian history.”

Vadakunkur Raja Raja Varma writes in Kerala Samskrita Sahitya Charitram (History of Sanskrit Literature in Kerala): “The number of temples destroyed during Tipu’s invasion is countless. It was the hobby of Tipu and his army to put the temples on fire destroy the idols and indulge in cow-slaughter. The memory of destruction of the Talipparampu and Trichambaram temples aches the heart.”

According to the Malabar Gazetteer, the important temples in the towns of Tali, Srivaliyanatukavu, Tiruvannur, Varakkal, Puthur, Govindapuram, and Talikunnu were destroyed by Tipu’s ravaging armies. Even the Tirunavaya Temple known all over India as a centre of Rig Veda teaching was destroyed. Tipu personally ordered the destruction of Calicut which was the capital of the Zamorin Rajas.’

Sources:

In a letter (December 14, 1788), he said to his army commander in Calicut: “You should capture and kill all Hindus. Those below 20 years may be kept in prison and 5,000 from the rest should be killed hanging from treetops”. Writing on January 19, 1790, to Badroos Saman Khan, he said: “I have achieved a great victory recently in Malabar and over four lakh Hindus were converted to Islam. I am now determined to march against the cursed Raman Nair.” Tipu issued orders in different parts of Malabar: “All means, truth or falsehood, fraud or force, should be employed to effect their (Hindu) universal conversion to Islam” (Historical Sketches of the South of India in an attempt to trace the History of Mysore, Mark Wilks Vol II, page 120).

http://agniveer.com/tipu-sultan/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan

http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tipu/ch03.htm

 

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Wrong Practices Hinduism Temples Death

Some of the practices followed by the Hindus are erroneous.

1.Do not visit Temples for one year after Death in the family.

Almost all Hindus refrain from visiting the temples (at least th South Indian. especially from Tamil Nadu do) for one year from the date on which the death has occurred or from the date of performance of the Gruhayagna (Gregya)-கிரேக்கியம் ,the Thirteenth Day ceremony.

This is an erroneous interpretation of the Sastras, without an understanding the thirteenth day ceremony,Gruha Yagnya, also called as Subasweekaram.

The word ‘Gruhayagnam’ means the performance of Yagnas at Home.

Householders are not sanctioned to perform the Daily Karmas,Duties, for thirteen days from the date of death in the family.

Punhayhavachanam.

This sanction excludes Sandhyavandan/Sandhyavandana.

On the thirteenth day. a Purification ceremony is performed at Home( Punyahavachanam)and people are asked to visit temples.

If one is purified to perform Yagnas(Gruhayagnas), it is illogical to proscribe a visit tot the Temples.

( one also finds, as I see a comedy in this, many people visit temples refraining during this period except those on Hill Tops;if one can visit a temple, why on earth should one not visit a Temple on the Hill tops?)

The other term, Subhasweekara means ,literally,’inviting the Auspicious’.

Once when you invite auspiciousness to visit you, you can visit temples as well.

People must remember that the Vedas do not mention visiting temples at all, though

Time that we understand the Karmas and act accordingly with out following some one blindly.

Punyahavachanam.

Hinduism

Various traditions within Hinduism follow different standards of ritual purity and purification; in Smartism, for example, the attitude to ritual purity is similar to that of Karaite Judaism. Within each tradition the more orthodox groups follow stricter rules, but the strictest rules are generally prescribed for brahmins, especially those engaged in the temple worship.

An important part of ritual purification in Hinduism is the bathing of the entire body, particularly in rivers considered holy such as the Ganges; it is considered auspicious to perform this form of purification before any festival, and it is also practised after the death of someone, in order to maintain purity. Although water pollution means that in modern times there is a need for care during bathing in such rivers, the physical impurities within the river do not diminish the attributed power they have to bring ritual purity. Lesser aspects of Hindu purification ritual include achamana - the touching and sipping of pure water while reciting specific mantras - and the application of a tilaka on the forehead.

Punyahavachanam is a ritual performed before any ceremony such as Marriage,Homa etc. Mantras are chanted and then water is sprinkled over all the people participating and the items used.

In the ritual known as abhisheka (Sanskrit, “sprinkling; ablution”), the deity’s murti or image is ritually bathed with water, curd, milk, honey, ghee, cane sugar, rosewater, etc. Abhisheka is also a special form of puja prescribed by Agamic injunction. The act is also performed in the inauguration of religious and political monarchs and for other special blessings.

There are various kinds of purificatory rituals associated with death ceremonies. After visiting a house where a death has recently occurred, Hindus are expected to take bath.

Women take a head bath after completing their 4 day menstrual period.”

 

“Punyahavachanam is a karma to make ourselves pure as well as the surroundings before making anyvaidika karma. For making this karma we need the following:1) brass plate of 15inches diameter 2)brass chembu3)two brass tumblers 3) sufficient rice to fill the brass plate 4)a little tour dall5)two bunches of mango leaves 6)panch patra 7) uddarini 8) side plate brass/copper 9) sambrani stand 10) karpuram plate 11)kumuma, akshata, gandham bowls 12) betelleaves with round betal nuts 13) sufficient flowers 13) a small piece of jaggery 14) 6 bananas 15) twococonutsTHINGS TO DO FIRST: 1) Apply gandham and kumkum to brass chembu, two brass tumblers on allfour sides. 2) apply haldi/pasupu to one coconut to place on the chembu and kumkum on all four sides3) clean the mango leaves in water for placement of one bunch in chembu and other two bunches to place in the tumblers. 4) fill the plate with raw rice to 2/3 height of brass plate and add some tour dhalinto it. and keep the same on earth cleaned decorated with maakolam 5) keep chembu filled with water 2/3rd level, keep mango leaves inside and place the coconut applied with haldi and kumkum on it and place the same on eastern side centre of plate filled with rice and place the two brass tumblers belowthe chembu so as to make the three a equilateral triangle. 5) have two sets of tambulams with one banana and keep the same next to tumblers (right side tumbler right side and left side tumbler leftside). 6)pour clean water to half level in two tumblers and keep the mango leaves in it. 7) make haldivinayaka in cone shape and keep the same in two betel nut leaves. 8) place the haldi vinayaka in westside of chembu placed in plate i.e. in between the two tumblers slightly below (not exactly in betweentumblers). apply gandam and kumkum to haldi vinayaka and keep some flowers on it. 9) make 2handful of akshatas i.e. select rice in full form not having the half ones apply haldi and two to threedrops of ghee and apply to rice so as to become yellow instead of white rice. 10) take a brass plate keepcoconut, banana, flowers for puja, 11) keep separately sambrani vatti and karpuram with match box.12) have one kuttu vilakku filled with til oil and keep single vatti and lit the deepam and apply gandamkumkum and flowers to it and place the kuttu vilakku in a plate duly filled with kolam. keep the kuttuvilakku to the right side of the round plate kept with kalasam and two tumblers. Have one more smallvilakku lit duly decorated and keep near the big vilakku. Caution: When lighting agarbatti or karpuram do not lit from the kuttu vilakku but to light from the match box only. 13) make seat for uand your wife either in a wooden plank or have kambal spread on earth and have a towel spread on it.your feet or any part of your legs should not touch the earth because the earth have such power whichwill attract the power generated through mantra into it. 14) Always wear the dhoti panchakachhamstyle for all vaidika kriyas and see your wife also wear the sari in kachham.”

Sources;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_purification.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/94274128/PUNYAHAVACHANAM

 

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First Tamils,Muslims Next,Now Hindus SriLanka

Sri Lanka seems to be in a self destruct mood post LTTE.

They first targeted Tamils,divided the Muslims of Indian origin from the Tamils,Then started attacking Muslims, including the burning od Mosques.

Now it seems that it is the turn of the Hindus .

Gunmen(Buddhists) attack Mosque in Sri Lanka

In a comedy called History a joker has been publishing articles that the Tamils were Buddhists and Jains first and later became Saivites/ Hindus!

“Tamil Saivites who believe that Tamil and Saivism are inextricably intertwined are troubled by suggestions that Tamils were once mainly Buddhist and Jain before Saivism took root after the seventh century AD as the Thevaram Period began. Many Saivites whose ancestors converted at the time think Tamil Saivites who converted to Christianity in European colonial times are traitors.”

This merits only laughter.

For I understand that this  as natural , if  coming from a man descended from a Lion!

But from a Tamil who is licking the boots of racists?

Is this guy Raj Narain or a Lalu Prasad Yadav to shower jokes?

At least they were/are harmless buffons.

And there is a vitriolic attack on Arumuganavalar, a great Saivaite.

I merely reproduce excerpts from the pulp for readers to enjoy.

“To digress a little, I actually believe that those Tamils who refused to convert became the Sinhalese and these include many ardent South Indian Jain and Buddhist believers who took shelter in Ceylon where Buddhists were comfortable as those refusing to convert in South India were being executed during the Thevaram period  –  even today a Madurai temple festival celebrates the impalement of 8000 Jains who refused to convert to the new state religion on the orders of Saint Sambandar and this is recorded by Nambi Andar Nambi (Aludaiya Pillaiyar Tiru-ula-malai, Stanzas 59 and 74). This incident dates to the beginning of Chola power at the close of the millennium before last. Nilkanta Shastri, who was not given to making heritage histories, states in his book (A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar, Oxford, 1958) that many Hindu temples today were once Buddhist and Jain”

Does he mean that there were no Hindus before this period in Sri Lanka!

And excellent interpretations of Caste too.

“ Dominating Jaffna’s cultural life, Vellalas, as people who labour, are Sudras, the lowest of the caste groups of Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra. (Dennis Hudson says Navalar’s caste is elite, something that Vellalas must have told him). Prof. Bryan Pfaffenberger calls Vellala control of Jaffna “Sudra Domination.” (Vellalas are a living contradiction, at once claiming to be high caste and also that the four-fold classification is North Indian and therefore not ours – a classic case of not wanting to be low Sudras and not wanting to give up their high status within Sudras. Caste is from North India and Vellalas need to take it or leave it.)”

http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/03/31/arumuka-navalar-fake-images-and-histories/

http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/heritage-histories-what-they-are-and-how-they-operate-through-jaffna/

Mr.Anil Gupta.Thanks for the Link.

I did not comment on the story at the site for it is beneath me to comment on these.

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‘God Sweats’ On A Specific Day, Time

I have posted a couple of blogs on odd unexplainable Phenomena in Temples of India.

Temples are places where Hindus worship, though it is not mentioned in the Vedas.

In fact the Vedas do not advocate collective worship at all.

This practice came into being after the advent of the Agamas.

For details on this subject please read my posts on Agamas under Hinduism,Indian Philosophy.

Hinduism is intertwined with the lives of the Hindus to such an extent that even many who are Hindus do not know that they are practicing what Hinduism said without realizing it.

Islam and Christianity have adapted themselves to Hindu thought processes in some respects.

Christians call The Bible, in Tamil Nadu, Vedagamam; women apply stickers in their foreheads(Kungumam, Tilak);wear Mangal Sutra;

Churches like Shrine Velankanni celebrate their Christian festivals with Dwajarohanam and pulling of chariots.

Muslims in Tamil Nadu also follow the practice of Dwajarohanam and Chariot pulling (Nagore Dargah Chandana Kood(Sandal Canopy Festival)

Such is magnetism of Hinduism that Human beings apply all attributes of Man to God.

One becomes tense and sweats in anger and Righteous Indignation.

This one notices.

In God?

Yes.

There is a Temple near Tiruvarur/Nagapattinam , Tamil Nadu, where Lord Subramanya Sweats !

Legend has it that he was handed over A Spear by Mother Goddess Parvati, to  slay the Demon Soora Padma.

Amidst the Festivities of  Kanda Shasti, Parvati  hands over the Spear(Vel) to Lord SingaraVelar, when Sweat Beads break out on the forehead of the Idol that has been taken out in procession!

Incidentally, The Idol is the most beautiful of all the idols of Lord Muruga.

Sikkil Singaravealar

Sikkil Temple.

Sikkil Singaravelar.

‘Sikkal’ in Tamil means, literally ’knots’, here meaning inextricable problems.

It is believed that such serious problems will be resolved if one prays at theis temple.

Read On.

“Sikkal Singara Velan Temple is one of the most popular Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Muruga and a contender for the unofficial seventhPadaiveedu of Muruga, along with the popular Arupadaiveedu (six abodes of Lord Muruga). It is located in the village of Sikkal, near Nagapattinam inTamilnadu. It is believed in Hindu mythology that this place was once a jasmine forest and due to it pleasant smell, the semi-human goddess in Hindu mythology, Kamadenu lives here. It is one of the rare traditional Hindu temples that has both Shiva (Navaneeteswarar) and Vishnu(Venaipperuman) deities in the same complex.’

“History

Sikkil was also called Mallikaranyam in olden days as the area had jasmine flowers in abundance. A curse befell on Kamadhenu, the celestial cow, who descended to the earth to perform penance to get rid of the curse. She chose Sikkil, drained her milk which formed into a tank and she took the form of a tiger and roamed aimlessly in the fragrant forest.

One day, Sage Vasishta was passing through the forest and since it was time for his ablutions he searched for a pond where he could have his bath and perform the rituals. The sweet-scented fragrance of the flowers pervaded the atmosphere and the sage felt the presence of god there. He came to the holy pond of milk and took a dip and did his ablutions. Kamadhenu, in the form of a tiger, came in contact with the sage and was redeemed of her curse. She regained her original form.

Since Sage Vasishta wanted to worship lord Shiva, he made a Shiva Lingam, infused life into it and began his meditation. Pleased by his devotion, Shiva appeared in invisible form and an oracle was heard which declared ‘I have been caught’. The invisible voice transformed into a visible figure which was the lord himself. He came to be called Navaneeteswarar as he emerged from the cream. His consort is Vel Nedunganni Ambal. Later on, devotees constructed a temple which is the present shrine.

The holy spot is called Sikkil as the word in Tamil means catch. Since god was caught here, the place is called Sikkil.

Singaravelar

One of the foremost shrines dedicated to lord Subramanya, Sikkil attracts the devout multitude from far off places. Lord Subramanya waged a battle against demon Padmasura and in order to vanquish him, the lord came to Sikkil. Here he acquired a divine power to kill the demon. He sat in deep meditation propitiating goddess Sathyayatakshi – Parvathi. Happy with his devotion, she presented him a single-headed spear – Vel – to kill the demon.

Subramanya killed the demon after a fierce battle and since the demon was a Brahmin, the lord was cursed with brahmahathi dosha. He lost his colour and became dark. He got rid of the curse by taking a holy dip in the milky pond and regained his original colour.

Subramanya is called Singaravelar because Singara in Tamil means beautiful and since he is adorned with a spear – Vel – in his hand, he is called Singaravelar.

Kanda Sashti

Kanda Sashti is carnival time in Sikkil. Soorasamharam is celebrated with gusto at Sikkil. During Soorasamharam, Singaravelar receives his vel (spear) from his mother Shakti, during the Kanda Sashti utsavam. The temple authorities and devotees swear that the image breaks out in sweat till the vel is handed over to the lord. People in the surrounding villages and towns throng the temple to witness Soorasamharam.

http://www.chennailivenews.com/Kanda%20Sashti/Features/20102208062206/Sikkil-Singaravelar.aspx

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Chariots Of Gods,Temple Cars Of India

Hinduism identifies Gods with   Human Life so much that Gods have Parents,Brothers, Sisters,Children and Family Life.

 

The Vedas declare that the Reality is Nameless Formless.

 

However Hinduism encourages worship Gods in Idol for, and attribution of Human properties are allowed as they are a tool to Realize God or Self.

 

For details please read my post ‘Gods have name and Form, Yes and No’

 

Birthdays of God , like Janmastami for Lord Krishna, Arudra Darisanam of Lord Siva, Pooram Nakshatra For Andal, Marriages Uthiram  Nakshatra for Lord Siva and Parvati are all celebrated with grandeur.

 

On such special occasions the Deity is bedecked with jewellery,  Flowers,  and taken around in a Chariot around the city on a fixed Route.

 

They are fixed with lighting arrangements, Music troupe leads with veda Mantras recital.

 

 

“Temple cars are chariots used to carry representations of Hindu gods. The car is usually used on festival days called Ther Thiruvizha (தேர் திருவிழா) usually happens once in a year, where many people gathered around the temple and pull the cart.

Thiruvarur, Srivilliputhur, Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and Puri, in Odisha, host some of the largest annual temple car festivals.

One of the very old and ancient festivals that often mentioned in the devotional hymns of saints like ( Tirugnanasambandar and Sundarar) and many Tamil literature, usually held during the summer between March and April months of every year, lasts more than 25 days. The main attraction of the festival is the procession of the great temple car of Thiruvarur (in Tamil: ஆழித் தேர்). This great chariot is said to the biggest one of its type in size and height. It is 96 feet (29 m) tall and weights more than 300 tons.^[1] The size of the largest temple cars inspired the Anglo-Indian term Juggernaut (fromJagganath), signifying a tremendous, virtually unstoppable force or phenomenon.

As of 2004, Tamil Nadu had 515 wooden carts of which 79 need repairs. Annamalaiyar Temple, Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram Natarajar Temple are some of the temples that possess huge wooden chariots for procession each. In particular, Natarajar temple celebrates the chariot festival twice in a year one at summer (Aani Thirumanjanam (June- July)) and another at winter (Marghazhi Thiruvaadhirai (in December – January )). Lord Krishna of Udupi has five temple cars, namely Brahma ratha (biggest), Madya ratha (medium), kinyo (small), and silver and gold rathas.(wiki)

 

Some famous Temple Cars.

 

Srivilliputtur Temple Car

Temple Car Festival ,Srivilliputtur

Temple Car Festival ,Tiruvarur.

Temple Car,Thiruvannamalai

 

Temple Car Festival,Puri

Some information on Temple Cars.

 

‘Among the various types floats may be set as the god bearing or the area where it is built. Usually all consist of a very strong base, arranged on four huge wheels, between 1 and 2 m in diameter, solid wood with axes large section through them. This base has a height ranging from the smallest 2m (counting the wheel height) to the highest 5m, consists of several bands in which various figures are carved religious. Based on a large structure standing whose height will vary according to the type of the float, the largest reach 29m. The structure, also of wood to save weight, a network is usually heavily braced to prevent lateral bumps or break the piece swings. On it is placed around the casing, which is incredibly varied in color and shape, the decor is very dense: the structure is painted in many colors, it will hang cloth banners, pompoms straw, ties, etc. Also depending on the procession can be seen figures or decorations of gold and silver. The image of the god who is carried in procession included within the carriage and is adorned with flowers, and more items. In total the weight of a float often reach 300 tons.”

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