Thinkings over the weekend

Buying vegetables and groceries, though a little irritating, make me feel confident. It lets me, who spends most of the week in front of my PC, get a little idea of the real world. Living in a rented house in the suburb of Chennai, you need to do such things to get a decent food. Well boy, you did something today.

 

I am looking forward to the Discovery channel’s feature this week, Rameses -> the wrath of god or man. I am recently fascinated with the similarities between the ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Indians. Many of the customs they followed seems to be the same. I am eager to know which one is the fountainhead of all these customs. I suppose its either India or Egypt. I found in the preview of the program, Rameses the great that in one of the temples of Egypt, the sun rays enters the sanctum sanctorum at particular days (Feb and Oct 21) to light up the deities. This is a feature that is more common or prevalent in South Indian temples. With the recent uncovering of the ancient silk route between India and Egypt, there is a sure possibility that cultural exchanges had taken place between Egypt and Southern India. I am not sure which one learned from which. Perhaps, Egypt might have been a part of the great ‘Sindhu-Saraswathi’ civilization.

 

Let me apply some plain logic to it. When we construct something, say a wonder, we build smaller model first and then develop the bigger thing. Most of the temples in India, which are wonderful engineering marvels, are small compared to those built by the Pharaohs. I hope these bigger temple complexes were built after learning the art from the smaller temples of India. This is just my opinion.

 

regards,

Ramesh

 

"There is no use in learning, if we do not worship the good feet of the one who is in the form of pure knowledge."

- Thiruvalluvar