Instant Goddesses? ( reply by Baburoy )

[Guest guest]

I think we need to define what we mean when we say GODDESS. We are

praying to someone who has strength, who is powerful and at the same

time can be regarded as a mother. Every nation is regarded as a

mother. It was during the Freedom struggle that Bharat Mata as a

Goddess was born. It was a mother - the motherland of countless

Indians. Praying to the motherland gave the people strength to fight

the oppressors.

 

I would just want to point, that India is a country where not only is

Shakti being worshipped, but even film acctresses are. In South

India,

temples have been erected for poular film acctresses where regular

Pooja is done.

[Guest guest]

Nora, It gets to a question I had. U wrote -

 

"Personally i think the emergence of instant goddess is a natural

phenomenon. An evidence of an evolutionary process in our belief

system. This come abt as the result of our need to adjust ourselves to

the changes that is happening around us. As we undergo the

environmental, emotional, psycholigical and physical changes, so does

our spiritual needs. "

 

Well are the Naghmas and the Khusboos of the world Shaktis? Isn't this

absolutely misleading?

 

"Ultimately it dosent matter as to who you worship. "

 

It does - doesn't it - I think it really matters who is put on the

pedestal.

 

Then........who is a Shakti? Shakta?

[Guest guest]

"So, when worshipping the actress who played, say, Sri Durga in one of

these films, they are not really worshipping the actress, but rather

Durga. After all, the actress's face is as legitimate a representation

of Durga's visage as that shown in any lithograph or calendar image or

idol."

I agree with this. When the Ramayana serial had aired on TV in India,

Arun Govil who played Rama and Deepika who played Sita became instant

Goddesses. Nitish Bhardwaj who played Krishna in the serial

Mahabharata became a God too. People came to see them and literally

fell down on their feet - they were praying not to the actor, but the

character played/portrayed by the actor; as Shri Ramakrishna had done

with Binodini.

 

Now, temples have been built for actresses like Naghma and Khushboo

who have done nothing but sleazy roles - far far removed from

Godliness. A temple was erected for Amitabh Bachhan who has never

played any holy character on screen.

 

So the question is - why is this happening? This is not the religion

that we were taught.