1.Gist of Presentation by Saroj Bala in Mysore on 22-25 February,2017
Venue – Auditorium of Department of Archaeology
People all over the world, particularly in the Indian Subcontinent,
remember, admire and worship Shri Ram. Most of the festivals in India revolve
around the events related to the life of Shri Ram. MaryadaPurushottamRam
remains unparalleled as an ideal son, an ideal brother, an ideal warrior, an
ideal king and an ideal social reformer!
Shri
Ram moved from place to place to spread the message of unity by showing very
high level of respect for the people from backward tribes and those considered
untouchable. He was a nationalist par
excellence who left his kingdom to protect the tribals,
hermits and sages living in the forests,
from the atrocities of wicked Brahman King
Ravana of Sri Lanka and his relatives like Khar and Dushan, who after having
turned into Rakshasas, were committing barbarities on innocent and noble people of India.
There
is only one ‘Ramayan’, which was composed by Maharishi Valmiki
Ji as a contemporary admirer of Shri
Ram; admirers of great men get
replaced with followers after a few
hundred years. Then after a long long time, followers yield place to the devotees. This Paper is based on the story of the life of Shri Ram narrated
by Valmiki Ji in ‘Ramayan’ along with the astronomical dates of important
events determined on purely scientific basis, along with other scientific
evidences supporting such date sequence.
Maharishi
Valmiki was a great astronomer and he made sequential astronomical references
on important dates
related to the life of Shri Ram indicating the location of
planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and the other
visible stars (nakshatras).
Needless to add that similar position of planets and nakshatras,vis-a-vis
zodiac constellations, is notrepeated in 25920 years. By entering the precise details of the planetary
configurations of the important events in the life of Shri Ram,
as given in the Valmiki
Ramyan, using the
software named ‘Planetarium Gold’
corresponding exact dates of these events according to English calendar could
be known. When converted in to Luni-solar
calendar followed in ancient India; these perfectly match the sequential lunar
dates given by Valmiki Ji. The paper presents some of these sky views, observed
from the given locations.
These
astronomical dates of planetary references in Ramayan,are corroborated
byseveral scientific evidences; including those from archaeological,
geological, oceanographic, geographic and genetic research reports. An attempt
has been made to highlight such scientific evidences, which will persuade the
viewer to believe that Ramayan was not a mythological story / fictional novel,
but represents true ancient historical heritage of India.
The most distinguished scientist of 20th century, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, had said,“the important aspect about the Ramayana is that when Maharshi Valmiki wrote the epic, he made it with many proofs. He packed so much information about the various planetary positions of those days, the geography of the areas mentioned in the epic, the seasonal events, about the genealogy of various kings, that it is virtually a no-brainer to establish the dates on which those events occurred. Genealogical links and archaeological findings also provide clues to the dating of the Ramayana era………...” Through this paper an attempt has been made to explain the evidences which prove that these assertions made by this great son of India were all correct.
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2. Subsequently on 27th March 2017, a "Seminar on Ram Kathas" was organised by Amity University in Delhi. Presentation was made by Mrs Saroj Bala on the subject ‘Ramayan Retold with Scientific Evidence. The exhibits displayed above were presented during that Seminar also.
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