Dravidian Pandya king is the ancestor of Pururavas!!

        The legendary king Pururava was born in Treta yuga and he is the son of budha and ila. He is the first king of lunar dynasty / chandra vamsam and also popularly known as ancestor of pandavas in Mahabharatham. 

        Apart from these details, there is one important unknown / hidden fact about pururavas is - Early pandya king of ancient tamizhagam is the ancestor of Pururavas and Nahusas.

        If this information is surprising and feels like surreal, then please read the post till the end to know the truth about pururavas. This post will also prove things like  

a) early pandya kings lived in the age of satya yuga

b) the lineage of pururavas from the early pandya king 

c) Maravarma pandyan and pururavas connection.

        Pururavas lived in the age of Treta yuga. But, early pandya kings started to live from the age of Satya yuga - i.e from the first yuga in the yuga cycle.

A little background about early pandya king is needed to connect the dots with puraravas and satya yuga is the starting point of it.

Satya Yuga:

        Early Pandya kings lived from the age of satya yuga and submerged Kumari kandam is their mother land. Kumari kandam and Bharatha kandam were considered as heavens of humans such that even lord Indra and many demi gods frequently visit here and did stay there for some period of time. Kumari kandam landmass was connected to bharatha kandam's southern tip.

    Pandya king Satyavrata -  was the king of kumari kandam during satya yuga. Lord vishnu appeared before this pandya king satyavrata and forewarned him about a great deluge. 

[More details about kumari kandam is covered here, Kumari kandam - part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 ]

        It is mentioned in Matsya purana that Lord vishnu took the avatar of dolphin and forewarned the dravidian pandya king Satyavrata from the south of Bharat about major multiple deluge in his land and asked him to build to huge boat to migrate. Early Pandyas were the First and the only rulers in this world during Satya yuga. Kumari kandam - the first ancient land of tamizhs were then submerged into the ocean, which made the pandya king to shift the capital to Bharatha kandam.

        This Pandya King Satyavrata headed as Vaivasvata Manu, migrated with Sapta rishis to the Bharat Kandam with the help of Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu and Adisesha. 

To know more about Matsya avatar of Lord vishnu and Pandya king and more details about the same, reach out to the below post,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2020/05/pandya-king-satyavrata-and-matsya.html

Now, coming back to the topic - Pandya king is the ancestor of Pururavas, I will explain it in 2 ways with appropriate facts, i.e 

1) Through Vaivasvata Manu, and 

2) From the copper plate inscriptions founded in tamizhagam.

1) Through Vaivasvata Manu 

     

        It is mentioned in some of the texts that Pururavas were traced back to vaivasvata manu. See the below picture for reference.

    From the above mentioned facts about matsya avatar, it is clearly understood that the early pandya king satyavrata is also called as Vaivasvata manu. As Vaivastha manu itself is a dravidian pandya king, then the lineage is obviously continued as race of pandyas. 

There are 2 types of pandyan race, 

1. solar race pandya kings (Surya vamsam)  and 

2. moon race pandya kings (chandra vamsam) 

    Pururavas belongs to moon race pandya kings and Pururavas emblem is 'a pair of fish'.

Lunar race pandya king's emblem is also a pair of fish.

    The lunar dynasty pandya kings mostly ruled the coastal areas and were the seafarers. They explored the world through seas and worshiped moon god to guide them in the right direction in the sea. They precisely calculated the directions, wind, storms and day with the knowledge of moon and stars (nakshatras) in the sky. As they had good command  in astronomy, it helped them to explore further in seas in good weather and it also helped them to transport goods. These pandya kings had huge navy ships and navy base. 

        Their emblem is a pair of fish. They kept fish as an emblem, for their gratitude towards Matsya avatar of lord vishnu who saved them from a great deluge. 

As Pururavas and Nahusas were descendants of Pandya king, they continued to keep 'a pair of fish' as their emblem. [Note: This information about emblem of pururavas is also mentioned in the inscriptions]

2. Copper plate inscriptions:

        The lineage of pururavas from chandra vamsam pandya kings is also mentioned in the ancient copper plates of velvikudi inscriptions. There are 10 copper plates founded in Madakulam of Tamil nadu. 

Velvikudi inscriptions:

        The Velvikudi inscription is actually a bi-lingual grant inscribed in a copper-plate from the Pandya kingdom of southern India. It is inscribed in Tamil and Sanskrit languages, it records the renewal of a grant of the Velvikudi village to a brahmana by the Pandya king Nedunjadaiyan Varaguna-varman alias Jatila Parantaka.

Sanskrit portions were written in Grantha script, while Tamil portions were written in Vattellutu script. Below are the pictures of the inscriptions...

The sanskrit portion begins with the invocation of Lord shiva and describes the lineage of Pandya king. It is also mentioned in the inscription that Sage Agastya / Siddhar Agathiyar is their family priest.

 To know more unknown facts about sage agastya, reach out to the link below,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2021/07/who-is-siddhar-agathiyar-sage-agastya.html

The other points mentioned in the inscription is that, 

 "4. There was (ruling) entrance into the sea, a king famed for his matchless power, named Pandya, who even after the three worlds had disappeared, at the end of kalpa, was requested again to rule the world by the creator and was born as splendid son of moon and named as 'Budha'.

5 &6. Pandya king was reborn as Budha, the son of moon. His son is Pururuvan (Pururavas), engraved their emblem pair of fish on the topmost rock of the mountains. He also shared half of his throne, necklace and taxes with Lord Indra.

Maravarman - son of Pururuvan was born. He was a glorious king and praised by the three worlds."

This inscription says about the lineage of pururavas as, 

King Pandya -> Pururuvan -> Maravarman.

Pururava was also popularly known as ancestor of Pandavas in Mahabharatham. Below picture is the translation of the inscription...

The Tamil part of the inscription contains the actual grant. It describes about, how the Pandya king Palyagamudukugumi Peruvarudi gave the village Velvikudi (i.e. the village of sacrifice) to Narkorran, a brahman and the headman of Korkai, in appreciation of a vedic sacrifice performed by the latter. Then follows a  historical narration, describing how the country was conquered by enemies and reconquered by the Pandyas.

The inscription also mentions about boundaries of velvikudi village, its landmarks, about the wars of Maravarman and about many other kings.

This copper plate inscription clearly proves that early Pandya king was the ancestor of Pururavas - the lunar race king. 

Early pandya / pandyan kings were the longest rulers of ancient India. They were the first rulers and ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. They have built numerous temples for Lord Shiva around the world, chanted lord shiva's name and always smear holy ash on their forehead as smeared by lord shiva. They have also built many temples for Lord Vishnu as well, as the clan of pandyas were saved by matsya avatar of lord vishnu. Many historic records of pandya kings, their emblems, signs were intentionally destroyed by the following invaders to destroy the glory of pandya kings. [Why did the following rulers destroyed it?, will be covered in separate post]

        Further, the foreign invaders tried to put forward the dates of early pandyan rulers, as they hate to believe that pandya kings widely ruled the world with a great power, wealth, science, culture, dedication, advanced knowledge in various fields, god worship and followed santana dharma before the arrival of many religions. So, they did not want indians (bharathiyans) to know about the glorious real history of early pandya kings, their bravery and about their knowledge, so they did project pandya kings as late rulers in our edited history. 

Early pandya kings were the starting point of the history of bharatha kandam. Each and everything in the history is connected in someways, the subsequent rulers like cholas, cheras, pallavas are connected to pandya kings. These truths are erased from the history of Bharath. 

Relationship between Pandya king and Pururavas is one of the erased truth from the history ancient bharath!!

Many more truths about cholas, cheras, pallavas will come into light through this divine diyaas blog!

- Aarthi Thiyagarajan

 Shiva Lingam - Sacred and Science!

         In most of the temples, Lord Shiva is represented in the form of 'Lingam', lingam means inference / mark / symbol. The importance, science and sacredness of shiva lingam will be uncovered in this post.

        In India, a naturally formed black meteorite stone is called as swayambu lingam. Also, stone fallen from the space is considered as Lord Shiva in the form lingam and people started to construct temple around it. Why do Indians worship a black stone ??? Why is it considered as sacred ?

Indians aren't stupid to worship some stones. Shiva lingam is not just a stone, it is THE SEED OF HUMAN RACE. I know, people won't believe normal person like me, but they do believe foreign researchers. 

The proofs are here...

       Check NASA, National geographic and Space articles like 'Building blocks of DNA found in meteorite from the space'. 

https://www.space.com/12569-meteorites-dna-building-blocks-discovery.html

https://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/dna-meteorites.html

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080618-meteor-earth.html

https://www.geek.com/geek-cetera/nasa-discovers-building-blocks-of-dna-in-meteorites-from-deep-space-1410943/

Black stone Shiva Lingam

Seed of humans came to Earth from the black meteorite stone 'lingam', not a stupid theory of humans evolved from apes. 

          Shiva lingam is elliptical in shape like an egg. Yes, Cosmic egg, Brahmanda, no beginning and no end.

Holy Narmada River - The oldest river of Bharat, the origin of all evolutions, the place where the meteorites showered from space. 

        

        This river is also called as 'Shankari River', as the place was showered by shiva lingams - black meteorite stones from the space (binary star). The first DNA seed on this planet - all the pebbles rolling on the banks of this river were turned to lingams. Narmada river is older than Ganges river, the one who dips and baths in this river washes away their sins.       

   

            'Omkareshwara' temple on the banks of this river, is one of the twelve Jyothirlingas of Lord Shiva. It is located at the Shivpuri island in the Narmada river, the shape of the island is like OM symbol of Hinduism. The sand of Narmada river is very sacred, holding the sand will get your body boosted with positive energy, due to the presence of Shiva Linga. The lingam stones found on the banks of this river is very auspicious and called as 'Bana Linga' (Quartz Lingam),  Tanjavur Brihadhesswara Temple has one of the biggest Bana linga.

One of the Biggest Lingam at Brihadheeswara temple.

           Many archaeological sites and historical evidences have been discovered, by the development of Narmada river. 

Parad Lingam / Rasa lingam (Mercury Lingam)

               Parad Lingam is considered as rarest and sacred lingam. Once Lord Shiva said to his consort Parvati that the one who worships lingam made out of mercury will face no diseases or death. It is also called as 'Rasa lingam'. 

     As the lingam is made using solidification of mercury it is called as 'Rasa lingam', in tamil mercury is called as 'Pada Rasam'. 

        Siddhar Agathiyar, the first Siddhar, founder of Siddha medicine has used mercury widely in medicines. How can be the poisonous mercury used in medicine?

 Siddhars do purification process for mercury and during the purification process, the poisonous mercury will be converted into a healing nectar.    

      

        Similarly, while rasa lingams were made from mercury after purification process, then gemstones were added and at the end of this process mercury takes the shape of lingam.   

           Mercury (Hg - 80) - this chemical element is considered as Shiva's metal in semi liquid form and the chemical element Sulfur (S -14) is considered as his consort Goddess Parvati. 

        The color of the mercury and his holy ashes / limestone are same, likewise color of turmeric and sulfur are the same, mercury and sulfur combined together to form Mercury sulfide, which is called as vermilion and that is the reason why married women put vermilion in their forehead and Mangalsutra.  The source of vermilion preparation is cinnabar and its chemical formula is HgS (Mercuric sulfide).

 Note: As the vapour pressure of mercury is high, sulfur is poured to absorb mercury vapor. 

         There are many variation of lingams at different places across the globe.

Naturally formed Ice Shiva lingam at Amarnath Caves 

Ancient Shiva Lingam found at Tara Hill, Ireland

Crop lines of Shiva's Trident at Nazca

Excavated Shiva Linga from the Vatican City are kept at Etruscan Museum, Vatican City.

Ekamukhalinga found in Afghanistan

 Worshiping Lord Shiva and Lord Shiva's representation were found at Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Rome, Africa, China etc.

The civilization in Petra came to end, after this shiva lingam was vandalised.

Shiva Lingam at Petra. 

  The ancient shiva lingam found at Omsk City, Russia. It is called as Omphalos and worshiped by Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and followed by Romans.

Shiva Linga at Amsk city, Russia

     Omphalos is the powerful symbolic stone worshiped by ancient Europeans, considered as 'navel of the world'. Its indeed our shiva lingam - the sacred black stone - the seed of Human DNA fallen from space. There are many greek mythological stories about Omphalos. This stone has been found in several places like Thebes, Karnak in Egypt, ancient Levant, Cuzco in modern Peru, Sumerian city of Eridu (Modern day Iraq). But, the one which is found at Delphi, Greece is a famous one and it has been kept in the museum. 

Shiva lingam - is the seed of our humans. Lord Shiva was worshiped across this planet, before the invasion of new religions. There are much more scientific information about Lord shiva, his dance posture - Nataraja, Panchaboothastalas and The Greatest Open Secret of this World! No wonder why the west is researching about Lord Nataraja idol in CERN and learning about our ancient texts, manuscripts etc.....

HARA HARA MAHADEV !!!

-Aarthi Thiyagarajan

 Why Jallikattu ? - Ancient Tamil sport marked in Indus Valley!!

        Jallikattu - meaning - Embracing the bull in Tamil. This game is played for ages to save the native breeds of bulls from extinction. In India, we have only humped bulls and all the humpless ones are from foreign countries. Out of these humped bulls, Kangeyam and Pullikulam breeds are the most famous ones for the game jallikattu. 

        There are many variants of Jallikattu. Out of which, 'Vadi  Manjuvirattu' is renowned one during the day of mattu pongal (second day of pongal). Usually in this Jallikattu game, bulls will come out of 'Vaadi Vaasal' (a gate through which bull enters into the competition area) with a high speed. At a time, more than one person should not touch the bull, if anyone tries to harm / provoke the bull, they will be disqualified from the game. Before the game begins, each bull and every contestant of this game should go through a proper medical checkup. Once, the doctor declares a fitness certificate for both the bull and the contestant, then they will be allowed to participate in the game. 

        There are many rules for this game, the person who participates in the competition should be physically fit, at a time only one person should hold the hump, those who touch the tail, horns, neck of the bull are disqualified from the game etc. As a tradition, first kovil kaalai (temple bull) will come out of the gate and the players will allow it for a free run, they will not touch the bull.

Now, why this Jallikattu game is needed now? 

        This game is not needed for humans, this game is practiced for ages, in order to preserve our country breeds from extinction. How??  Only with the genes of stud bulls, stronger calves will be given birth, thus in order to preserve the genes of our vedic bull breeds, this practise is being followed for many generations. 

        How do we have stud bulls ?? only by feeding food and maintaining them? Can we humans, be stronger only by eating and taking rest? Stud bulls should be agile, alert and virile. In the peak of the reproductive period, the necessary male hormones needs to be secreted, pumping hearts and adrenaline rushes. 

            When the stud bulls enters into the vadi vaasal with much force and speed, their testosterone level increases,  when the humans tries to control the bull, in a agile it will give back the force and due to which their hear pumps faster and there will be an increase in hormone levels.  It is the game for bravery of a man and the bull. The one who holds bull's hump for 20 - 30 seconds, without harming it will be declared as a winner.  A bull will be there in the game arena  for max 40 seconds.

        When the bull wins in the competition (meaning - no one couldn't control the bull), then it will be taken directly to the cows of the temple for mating. As per our science, it is believed that after this competition, bulls will have complete power and the calves will have the best genes with more power and strength. Only our vedic humped cow gives A2 milk. The A2 milk produced by our Indian cows are good for health, where as the A1 milk from the cross breeds or humpless cows are toxic for health. A2 milk is having more micro nutrients and minerals which enhances our immunity system.

Significance of Humped Cows

    Our native cows and bulls have hump. This hump is unique and holds the secret of goodness. Only humped cows gives A2 milk, all the humpless ones gives A1 milk. This purity and goodness can be seen in all product of humped cows, such as milk, cow urine (gomutra), cow dung etc.  

 

        In hinduism, a cow and calf should be entered first into the newly constructed home, which symbolically means that gods and divinity entered into their home. Also, during the construction of the home, many living beings such as insects, plants, grass would have been killed. So in order to purify oneself from this sin, homam / yagna will be performed by pandits at home and to purify the home, gomutra will be sprinkled everywhere in the house. Native cow breed is used for this occasion, only humped cows represents goodness and auspiciousness. So its a procedure that cow and calf should enter into the home first. Cow's gomutra is used to purify the home, this gomutra of humped cows doesn't smell bad unlike humpless ones. In India, native cows and bulls have special place in our traditions. 

        In olden days, cow dung is used to sanitise the floors. It is also used to cover the outer walls of the houses, to keep the house cool and also to absorb the harmful radiations from entering into their home. That's the power of humped cows. 

Why only the humped cows are pure and auspicious ?

        Humped cows has a unique and divine channel (Nadi) from the hump till the backbone of the cow. This nadi is the reason for secretion of purity in cows. For this reason that our native breeds are special, unique and pure.

     This Nadi will be there only in Indian native bulls. This channel is the secret for A2 milk and it is the powerhouse of purity. We Indians, worship cows and bulls. We believe that there are many gods and goddess in the form of cows and bulls.

     On a year, our vedic humped cows gives 3 times more milk than the humpless cows. One should not calculate the number of litres of milk in a day, one should calculate the number of litres of milk produced in a YEAR. Today Brazil is minting money by selling humped desi bull's semen, which they have taken from India. 

        If this Jallikattu sport is stopped, the agile and stud genes of our native bulls will become extinct and as a result, we would not be having A2 milk, medicinal Gomutra and cow dungs of our cows. When the native cows and bulls becomes extinct, we have to depend on foreign countries for their cow breeds to get useless toxic A1 milk. This is the main reason for banning Jallikattu. For more information about Jallikattu and importance of bulls in world's history, reach out to,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2018/01/jallikattu-importance-of-native-indian.html

From the history of Indus valley civilisation....

        There are some seals unearthed from Banawali, an Indus Valley site. They are - Bull leaping form of non violent bull fighting seals and images were identified. Refer the below picture,

        

        Jallikattu is a traditional and oldest sport of Tamizh people followed for many millennium years in all the places where the Tamizh people had settled. 

For more information about bulls in Indus valley civilisation, reach out to,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2020/12/kumari-kandam-part-5-pre-indus-valley.html

Jallikattu around the World

       Bali's harvest festival in Indonesia is very similar to Pongal festival in India. Both these festivals does not occur at the same time, due to its climatic conditions. But, the rituals followed in these harvest festivals, its traditions and celebrations are very similar.  

    

        A famous part of this festival is the Negara Bull Races. This bull race is similar to Jallikattu. Negara bull races are held at Perancak, where the water buffaloes are decorated and raced along the streets. Refer the below picture..

        These bull races are held in different names in various regions of India, such as Jallikattu and Rekla race in Tamil Nadu, Bail Gadi Shariat in Maharastra, Maramadi in Kerala and Kambala in Karnataka.

For more information about harvest festival around the world and the significance of Pongal, reach out the below post,

https://divinediyaas.blogspot.com/2021/01/pongal-oldest-harvest-festival-in-world.html

        Jallikattu was started by our ancestors thousand and thousands of years ago for a specific reason. It is not just a game, it is more about saving the human lives through the native cows and bulls. For a better human lives, we need to save the native breeds of bulls from extinction. It is a chain reaction, we humans and bulls coevolved at the same time. Bulls played significant role in domestication and agricultural aspects for many millenniums. It is the responsibility of our humans to save our native bulls, to understand the science behind our culture, traditions and to pass on this knowledge to the next generation for the betterment of the society!!

- Aarthi Thiyagarajan