Fwd: [haindavakeralam] “Is Ram Sethu a place of worship?” SC Judges forget history

[Guest guest]

Please Send this message to as many people as you can to save our national Heritage

Messenger blocked? Want to chat? Here is the solution.

 

 

 

"Is Ram Sethu a place of worship?"

The Bench comprising Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan and R. V. Raveendran who seemed to be sceptical of the claim about Sethu.

"How is Ram Sethu a place of worship? Do not argue that people go there and worship Ram Sethu. It is not Rameswaram, but far from it" were the questions from them, as per TOI (April 16, 2008).

This raises a reasonable doubt about the honourable and learned judges of Supreme Court as to whether they are biased against and pre-conceived about Ram Sethu. Politician can have doubts or create doubts; common people have doubts, but can learned Supreme Court Judges, who are to decide the case, have doubts?

The following facts are brought to the notice of the learned and honourable Judges:

È How is Ram Sethu a place of worship? Ram Sethu had been a place of worship. Even today, people go to Kodikkarai to offer Tarpana to their forefathers, as naturally, they cannot go to the submerged portion to offer and pray.

 

È Perhaps, the Judges are thinking just like Triveni Sangamam, there would be constructed wooden platform, where the pilgrims would be taken in a boat, priests would be sitting there, and the pilgrims reach and offer their prayers, perform rites and ceremonies and then come back.

 

È Till the Ram Sethu structure was submerged, the people were going there as could be seen from the Tamil poets recording in their poems. Pamban Swamigal has been perhaps the recent witness. When the structure submerged, the point of worship naturally shifts, if Triveni-Sangamam like arrangement was not made..

 

È Now people go up to Kothandaramar Temple by auto or private vehicles. Thereafter, they hesitate to go. The autowalas inform that it is not safe to go there to Danuskodi, as we have to pass through the fishermen's villages and Monram Chatiram. Thus, people with family hesitate to go there.

 

È Of course, the fishermen offer Jeep-service to reach Danuskodi, but they charge exorbitantly. Only overenthusiastic youth and some committed pilgrims go there.

 

È Therefore, the conduct of rites and rituals stop at seashore of Rameswaram instead of actually going to Danuskodi, the ultimate point.

 

È Therefore, that at present, people could not go to Rama Sethu, pray and offer does not mean that they were not doing some 200 years back or before its complete submergence.

 

È 12 kilometres from town, Kothandaramar temple was the only structure to survive as the 1964 cyclone which washed away the rest of the village. In fact, the entire Danuskodu Railway station was submerged. Some left out, twisted rails could be seen on the sandy roads leading to Danuskodi even today.

 

È Upto 1964, the people were going to Danuskodi by train and offering prayers.

 

È Now, we know for the last more than thirty years, there had been LTTE problem. Therefore, under such circumstances, in fact, the pilgrims had lost their right of worship to go there and perform.

 

È So if it were really concern of the Indian government to honour the rights of the pilgrims, they should have made congenial arrangement for their safety and comfort of going there and worship.

 

È The secular government has been spending crores of rupees every year for Haj pilgrims. They send luxury buses at concessional rates to Pakistan; run trains to Pakistan and Bangladesh. But here all close their eyes.

 

È So if "Triveni-Sangamam" like arrangements are made at the exact spot, as learned and honourable Judges point out as Ram Sethu, definitely, the pilgrim would be happy to go. But, the secular central government has never thought of helping pilgrims there.

 

È Now, it is evident that the secular Central government and atheist state government have been bent upon to destroy it instead of preserving. As otherwise, the learned and honourable Judges also would not have asked such questions forgetting the history and contemporary facts.

 

È Do not argue that people go there and worship Ram Sethu. Yes, now people cannot go there and worship Ramsethu, as has been rightly pointed out by the learned and honourable Judges, but for the facts submitted above.

 

È It is not Rameswaram for away from it? Yes, my Lords, as explained above.

 

È But unfortunately, the learned and honourable Judges appear to forget everything.

 

È So they decided to ask questions like Karunanidhi instead of being true to their holding position in respecting the sentiments of Hindus.

 

È Therefore, the learned and honourable Judges should have some home work or remember the past history, at least the 50 year history, 100 year history etc., before asking such questions.

 

VEDAPRAKASH

16-06-2008.