Guest guest Posted January 15, 2001 Report Share Posted January 15, 2001 Dear BhagavathAs, On Sankaranthi day we keep pongal at a particular time. Since all these festivals (sankaranthi, diwali et al) are unique to India only, the keeping up of auspicious time also very important in all these occasions for performing spcecific rituals. Now going by our Earth's rotation, how do you perform these auspicious activities in time with Indian time. Asper Indian time it would be nearly 2 to 16 hours difference in other parts of the world. Obviously either it would be either too early or too late as compared to Indian time for such celebrations. For e.g. In Australia, though the sun enters to Makara (journey towards northern direction) earlier than Indian time, only the entry asper Indian time is celebrated as Utharayana punkakAlam (Makara SankarAnthi). For the US it is too late almost a day later). Same is the case for almost all festivals. So other than symbolic celebration, I don't think any real significance attached for celebration in places other than India. Adiyen K Balaji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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