Samadhyayi's Blog

For the last few decades.
The following bad things are happening in Indian society.
1. Immersion of plaster of paris idols of Ganesh and Durga ma into water bodies.
2. Loudspeakers are running at Ganesh platforms in unhealthy numbers.
That too not with devotional songs but sometimes with vulgar songs.
3. The Diwali festival has become a festival of bombs rather than the festival of lights. Each Diwali Indian cities make us feel as if we are in war areas rather than in peace time. This tremendous bomb culture is killing infants and old people in hundreds.
4. Holi festival has become a festival of sexual advances rather than a festival of good culture.

we should care to correct these bad things because.
1. Due to pollution all our water bodies are becoming unfit for consumption.
2. This is giving serious bad name to Hinduism and providing opportunity for foreign religions to criticise, condemn hinduism and convert hindus to their religion.
3. Most importantly because these festivals were formulated by God conscious enlightened individuals who were pure people who wanted good things for all. They went to great lengths of imagination and understanding to formulate these wonderful festivals and we are going fundamentally against their spirit by celebrating these festivals the wrong way.

Now people are continuing to celebrate these festivals the wrong way because no body is pointing them to the wrongs of their ways.
There are so many good Hindu gurus today. None of these gurus has come forward during the last so many years to give a call to the public to stop celebrating the festivals in a hooligan way and start celebrating them the right way.
Only this year we have had some coverage in the main stream media encouraging people to celebrate eco friendly Ganesh festival. It has had a very good response from the common people and a great percent has purchased a mud Ganapati this year.
But is that good enough. Do we have the luxury of waiting for a few more years for the immersion of plaster of paris idols to stop.
No. It is too late. We are already very late in realising the damage that this is doing to the environment and reputation of Hinduism.
We cannot wait even for a single year. This has to stop this year and that is possible only if the Gurus step in and collectively give a call to the public to not immerse the Ganesh idols this year. They alone could assure the people that it would be not blasphemy to not immerse the idol in water. They can even suggest the necessary prayaschitta and method of disposal of the idols.
Now we need to contact the gurus and convince them that this is the most urgent thing to do.
Please join the facebook group and spread the message all over to alert people to determine to stop immersion this very year rather than over several years time.