Scientific Meaning behind Sun Worship in Hinduism

In Hinduism, Sun is called the soul of our world. We cannot imagine even a single day without it. In a society replete with customs and beliefs, is this just faith-based or was there a more scientific meaning behind the sun worship rituals ?

Sun worship commenced with the rising of the sun when the ancestors would offer water in a 'Lota' (a round copper utensil with wide edge). The pouring of water would create a flowing film, creating the seven colors of the spectrum through refraction by which the sun would be gazed at indirectly. Hindus believe this is helpful to eyes, vitalizes the body & purifies the mind.

The body is made up of the five elements: Earth( Prithvi) , water (jal), Fire (energy), air (vaayu), ether (aakash). It is believed proper balance of these five elements helps keep the body healthy, the sun being one of them. The solar rays consists of seven colors of the visible spectrum which are equally vital to the seven chakras of the body.

Rigveda states the sun is an energy source for all living beings. The Gayatri Mantra is chanted to Surya deva to remove ignorance & strengthen the mind. The sun is symbol of self god. As the self god illuminates the mind, the intellect & the body, the sun illuminates the world.

Vedas also state that water offered to the sun in the evening converts the drops of water to the stones that cause death to the demons. For humans, demons are like typhoid TB, pneumonia etc. When a devotee takes a water in his hands while standing in front of or facing the sun & drops water on the ground, the Sun's rays fall from the head to the feet of the devotee in a uniform flow. This way water heated by sun's rays & it's color permeates every part of the body.

Modern science now has validated the importance of the solar rays on the human body. Many people living in the cold climatic countries suffer from SAD (Seasonal effective disorder) during winter. some even going for solar therapies to alleviate moodiness & depression. Solar therapy mainly from an alternative source, is also used to treat palliation of disease, usually from dermatological disorders. It also improves the blood circulation, balances metabolism & restores the function of many body systems.
Exposure to the sun also promotes the development of the pineal gland hormone - melatonin, the amount of which is influenced by the aging process.
Therefore it seems there is more to sun worship than meets the eyes.

(Source: Sanskriti)

Taj Mahal: The True Story (was a Rajput Palace)

Hello Readers,
Its been too long since I have written or revealed anything to you. But I want to tell you to stay connected because countless buried truths are going to be revealed on this blog which were suppressed by the various powers of the world who distorted the true history of India completely.

Prof. P.N Oaks Theories appear to have some foundation to say that Taj Mahal was never a Tomb. No one has ever challenged it except prof. P.N Oak who believes that the whole world has been duped. In his book of Taj Mahal: The true story Oak say's the Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an 'Ancient Hindu Temple Palace' of 'Lord Shiva'.

The palace was then known as Tejo Mahalaya. In the course of his research Oak discovered that the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, 'Jai Singh'. In his own court Chronicle, Badshahnama, Shah Jahan admits that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai Singh for Mumtaz's burial. The Ex Maharaja of Jaipur still retains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for surrendering the Taj building.

Using captured Temples and Mansions as a burial place for dead courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers. For Example Humayun, Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are all buried in such mansions. Oak's inquiries began with the name of Taj Mahal.



He Says the the Term 'Mahal' has never benn used for a building in any muslim countries from Afghanistan to Algeria. "The unusual explanation that the term Taj Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast two respects".
1. Her name was never 'Mumtaz Mahal' but 'Mumtaz-ul-Zamani', he writes.

2. One cannot omit the first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's name to derive the remainder as the name for the building, "Taj Mahal" he claims is a 'Corrupt Version' of 'Tejo Mahalaya' or 'Lord Shiva's Palace'.

Oak also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by court sycophants, blundering historian, and sloppy archaeologists. Not a single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story.

Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal predates Shah Jahan's era, and was a Temple dedicated to Shiva, worshiped by Rajputs of Agra city. for example, "Prof. Marvin Miller" of New York took a few samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj.

'Carbon dating' tests revealed that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan. 'European traveller Johan Albert Mandelslo, who visited Agra  in 1638 (only 7 years after Mumtaz's death), describes the life of the city in his memoirs. But he makes no reference to the Taj being built.

The writings of 'Peter Mundy', an english visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the Taj was a noteworthy building well before Shah Jahan's time.

Prof. Oak  points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies that support the belief of the Taj Mahal bein a typical 'Hindu Temple' rather than a mausoleum.

Many rooms in the Taj Mahal have remained Sealed since Shah Jahan's time are still in accessible to the public.Oak asserts they contain a headless statue of 'Lord Shiva' and other objects commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu Temples. 

FEARING POLITICAL BACKLASH, INDIRA GANDHI'S GOVT. TRIED TO HAVE PROF. OAK'S BOOK WITHDRAWN FROM THE BOOKSTORES AND THREATENED THE INDIAN PUBLISHER OF THE FIRST EDITION DIRE CONSEQUENCES.

    

Below it is the royal 'Hindu Insignia'. This proves the hollowness of the claim that Shah Jahan commissioned the Red fort.


Life-size elephants at its gate and elephants with riders atop its door knobs in the Khas Mahal pavilion. Had Shah Jahan built the red for, Such Hindu motifs should not have been there.




AT THIS LINK YOU WILL FIND THE DESCRIPTION OF EACH AND EVERY IMAGE
http://www.krishnapath.org/photographic-evidence-taj-mahal-a-vedic-temple/