Sunday reading task : Shitala satam

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        Welcome to my blog. Why we followed religious rules and rituals. If we don't know the  meaning of that rules and rituals, then that is problematic. In India we see that many rituals , that is somehow meaningless. If any reason we get then also we not identify and clarify the meaning of rituals. Many times we see that educated people also believe that type of religious rules.

     In many Political members  speech we find that "देश बदल रहा है". But that reformation we noticed in people's cloth, his/ her outlook and fashion style. But people's mentality not change for that foolish orthodox and rituals. I confess modern India is different but which way , weather people's mentality is modern or only clothand life style is modern.

      This blog is given by Dr Dilip barad sir as task for Sunday reading activity.

Shitala Saatam : 

     This festival come in the pavitra month of Shravan  . In every village we find that Temple of Shitalaa ma . Most of people believed strongly in this rituals, In the day of  Sataam all women going to Shitalaa temple for puja, pray for his child.

         They don't think about Shitalaa is not any kind of Devi but that is the one disease of that century. People don't think rationally but only imotionally. Women who fear about her child's health and future that's why who rigidly follow the rules.

1) Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination.

        
       " In ancient times in India smallpox was prevented through the tikah (inoculation). Kurt Pollak (1968) writes, "preventive inoculation against the smallpox, which was practiced in China from the 11th century, apparently came from India". This inoculation process was generally practiced in large part of Northern and Southern India, but around 1803-04 the British government banned this process. It's banning " - D.P. Agrawal and Lalit Tiwari.

     Edward Jenner, who has pioneer of Smallpox vaccine. Who had English physician. Click here to know more about Edward Jenner and Smallpox.

2) Read paper on the claim that India first started to cure smallpox before the West : 

https://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_dy/t_dy_Q14_frameset.htm

     In this paper we got the information , what is truth and what false about founder of smallpox. 

   "In science credit goes to the man who convince the world, not the man to whom the  idea first occurs". 
                                      - Francis Galton

In India also find that many way to fight with Smallpox but people believe in religious things rather than science. So Edward Jenner who found the vaccine and convince the whole world, that's why we called pioneer of the smallpox vaccine.


3) As the concept of worshiping goddess Shitalaa is failing and with thay questions are raised against the practice of eating cold food, the new breed of nationalists have emerged to justify it as practice to overcome deficiency of vitamin B12. See the letter in gujarati.

      In this occasion of Shitala saatam  one rules is there that is to eat 'Cold food'.  Let's see why people eat cold food, very few people know the disease and deficiency of vitamin B12. Because of this disease many people eat cold food But those who suffer in this disease they can't eat  this food  but get injections. And those who not eat cold food that all not suffer from this disease.

3) As the concept of worshiping goddess Shitalaa is failing and with they questions are raised against the practice of eating cold food, the new breed of nationalists have emerged to justify it as practice to overcome deficiency of vitamin B12. See the letter in gujarati.


      So we can say that People not think rationally. " શીતળા માતાના ભક્ત ક્યારેય rationally વિચાર કરતા જ નથી , કે શા માટે ટાઢો ખોરાક ખાવાનો, શીતળાનુ રસીકરણ પણ કરાવશે અને માતાના ડરથી પુજા પણ કરશે ,પણ કોઇ જાણવાની કોશિશ નહીં કરે કે શા માટે આપણે આવા નિયમોનું પાલન કરવું જોઈએ, તેનુ કારણ શું છે".

One of the Hindi devotional movie is based on Shitala saatam and all the things, that is "sheetala Mata" by Ramgopal gupta.If you want to watch movie then click here.


                  Sheetal Mata movie (1981)

This movie released in 1981 . If any diractor make movie this type of unbelievable truth then what we say comman people. In T. V. Screen shows Shitala Mata and also protagonist who has totally believe in religion. Why any diractor don't make movie about what exactly the disease  of Shitala, there is no any goddess of Shitala  and Edward Jenner.  May be This type of movie made  a strong belief in this misconception. Think about it...,

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