Today is the special and auspicious day as we celebrate the birthdays of Lord Surya-The Sun God, Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj- The Maratha Emperor and Narmada- a river in India. The birthdays of Lord Surya & Narmada river fall on the same day according to Indian Lunar calendar- Shukla Saptami of Magha Maasa. Shivaji Jayanthi is celebrated every year on 19th February as per Julian Date.
Please go through the following to know the significance
of these-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratha_Saptami
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Jayanti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaji
https://mandla.nic.in/en/festival/narmada-jayanti/
As these three festivals are being celebrated locally confined to certain regions of the country, the coincidence of these falling on the same day reiterates the Unity in Diversity of India…
Moreover this depicts how much Indians are
concerned about the Nature (Considering Sun, Rivers etc as Gods and celebrating
the birthdays auspiciously) and rich culture & patriotism (Shivaji). Nature
and Culture have always been the integral part of rich religious tradition of
India.
Now let me discuss my perspectives about Lord
Surya- The Sun God
SUN
Energy- We all know Solar Energy is the Renewable, Inexhaustible and Freely available Energy
coming from the Sun. As the energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but
can be converted into other forms, Solar energy is also converted to chemical
energy, heat energy, light energy, electricity etc. and can be saved for its use in the night time also (Batteries).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy
Light- The Sun gives the natural light to the earth. Maximum
usage of the natural light is the key for designing green buildings now a days.
Environment & Ecology-
We know the importance of Sunlight for the
photosynthesis of the plants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis
The role of the Sun in Green House Effect-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect
Health
Source of D-Vitamin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D
Surya Namaskara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Namaskar
Sunbathing
Astronomy
The Sun is the Centre of the Solar System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System
Time Measurement
In good olden days, people used to depend on
the Sun for measuring the time. Even the calendar is also based on the Sun.
Such Sun dials can be seen in India in the form of Jantar Mantar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar
Religious/Spiritual
Most of the rituals in India are integrated
with the worship of the Sun God.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya
Inspirational
There are a lot of things we can learn from the
Sun.
The Sun makes the Moon shine. We should also
inspire others with our positivity to make them shine in their lives. Teachers
are the best examples.
https://researchsubbu.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-teacher-always-shines-like-sun.html
The Sun rides the 7 horses (7 colours VIBGYOR)
and brings white colour. The moment we say 7, it brings the famous book “7
Habits of Highly Effective People” to my mind. We should also master those 7
habits similar to the Sun riding the Seven horses in his journey.
Impartiality, generosity are some of the other
good qualities we can learn from the Sun.
The Sun does his job dawn to dusk without
worrying about the clouds and other weather conditions. From this, we should
learn the dedication, focus, stability, consistency, integrity and loyalty etc.
Make the Hay while the Sun Shines…
Similarly think of the inspirations that can be
drawn from Shivaji, Narmada…
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