the other day my dad was describing to my bro-in-law's brother the legend of kanakana kindi atSri Krishna Temple, Udupi as to how the poet/saint kanakadasa who was a kuruba by birth(tribalcaste )was not allowed to have darshan of his most beloved diety. He was not even allowed toenter the shrine leave alone having a darshan.The legend has it that Kanakadasa then started singing praises of Shri Krishna for hours and was lost to outsideworld in a outside corner of the temple. Suddenly there was a breach in the wall and the idol oflord krishna turned towards him from eastern direction to west to give him a full darshan,A smallwindow was constructed at the breach and it stands as a tribute to this unique saint of Karnataka.As my dad was explaining this animatedly my mind began to wander(AS ALWAYS!)
Apparently kanakadasa was a pupil of Vyasaraya who was a haridasa guru.The famous poet/saint purandaradasa was also his pet pupil.
I began to wonder that this Vyasaraya must have been one progressive man far ahead of his times!! or else how can u explain a brahmin in that day n age to accept a person belonging to a lower birth as his favourite pupil. I also began to think,could it have been him who masterminded that supposed miracle during kanakadasa's visit to thetemple? The treatment meted out to his beloved pupil must have certainly hurt him. Was it at hisbehest that the idol got moved from its original position so as to enable kanakadasa to have a full view/darshan of his revereddeity. Come to think of it, the popularity of the temple sky rocketed after this particular incident didnt it? Till then the place only attracted brahmins that too mostly madhwas.It would not have been all that difficult a task for vyasaraya to get the idol turned in kanakadasa's direction so that he couldget a sneak peek at the idol!!
Ok, lets assume that there was no conspiracy involved and that it was a miracle by god almighty himself/herself , Atleast am not too impressed(haha who cares!!)!! What purpose did it really serve??!! If god REALLY wanted to make his/her presence felt one would have rather preferred a "krishna coming to rescue of draupadi during the famous draupadi vastraharana incident in mahabharata" kind of miracle. Isnt it??
The recent nithari killings where several small helpless and innocent children weremercilessly molested,raped, killed and eaten DID warrant a draupadi vastraharanaesque rescue act from god, didnt it??
but NO!! our god thought a mere 180 degrees rotation of his idol from its initial position was good enough!!!!
PS: I have got no evidence whatsoever to support my argument and its a mere speculation. Sorry for the offences caused. I sincerely hope for GOD's and more importantly for my mom's sake that whatever i have speculated is baseless and utter rubbish!!
PPS: me aint an athiest, got a split personality thats all!! :)))))
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The 180 degree turn was a mere stunt? or reassurance of god's presence..? different strokes for different people.. only if god appears in front of us or talks to us, is when we assume him to be there is it??... i dont think so. Of all the senses, the sense of FEEL is the strongest in human...i guess it varies from individual..the feeling of god's presence is what a believer has when compared to an atheist..thats the only difference... as far as the nithari killings are concerend, horrifying as it was, it cannot be and should not be used to defend or question god's intention or his existence..if god appeared like a superman to defend each and every innocent person or animal in every difficult situation,what will common people like u n me do?..it is also our duty to to see that such things donot happen in our world... how many of us thank god when the flight we are travelling reaches its destination safely? so when it crashes,dont blame god! birth n death are part of life...
Everybody is entitled to have his/her opinion.
Let me also add, like a mother bein over-protective abt her kid, man also will continue to remain over-protective abt HIS creation , the GOD! Or is this the chicken and egg problem! I hope u r right!!This again is my opinion :))
*blink... blink*
KB... you an atheist????
yeah on fridays...!!!
Hope Kumble sings Lord Krishna praises
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