2024-08-02

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आषाढः-04-28 ,मिथुनम्-आर्द्रा🌛🌌 , कर्कटः-पुष्यः-04-18🌞🌌 , नभः-05-12🌞🪐 , शुक्रः

  • Indian civil date: 1946-05-11, Islamic: 1446-01-26 Al-Muḥarram, 🌌🌞: सं- कर्कटः, तं- आडि, म- कर्क्कटकं, प- साओण, अ- शाओण
  • संवत्सरः - क्रोधी
  • वर्षसङ्ख्या 🌛- शकाब्दः 1946, विक्रमाब्दः 2081, कलियुगे 5125
  • 🪐🌞ऋतुमानम् — वर्षऋतुः दक्षिणायनम्
  • 🌌🌞सौरमानम् — ग्रीष्मऋतुः दक्षिणायनम्
  • 🌛चान्द्रमानम् — ग्रीष्मऋतुः आषाढः (≈शुचिः)

खचक्रस्थितिः

  • |🌞-🌛|तिथिः — कृष्ण-त्रयोदशी►15:27; कृष्ण-चतुर्दशी►
  • 🌌🌛नक्षत्रम् — आर्द्रा►10:56; पुनर्वसुः► (कर्कटः)
  • 🌌🌞सौर-नक्षत्रम् — पुष्यः►21:39; आश्रेषा►
    • राशि-मासः — आषाढः►
  • 🌛+🌞योगः — हर्षणः►11:41; वज्रम्►
  • २|🌛-🌞|करणम् — वणिजा►15:27; भद्रा►27:35!; शकुनिः►
  • 🌌🌛- चन्द्राष्टम-राशिः—धनुः
  • 🌞-🪐 अमूढग्रहाः - मङ्गलः (61.91° → 62.20°), शुक्रः (-15.99° → -16.27°), गुरुः (55.64° → 56.42°), शनिः (141.68° → 142.69°), बुधः (-23.45° → -22.72°)

राशयः
शनि — कुम्भः►. गुरु — वृषभः►. मङ्गल — वृषभः►. शुक्र — सिंहः►. बुध — सिंहः►. राहु — मीनः►. केतु — कन्या►.

दिनमान-कालविभागाः

  • 🌅—05:58-12:15🌞-18:32🌇
⬇ ⬆ ⬇
चन्द्रः ⬇17:00 ⬆04:42*
शनिः ⬇08:37 ⬆20:44
गुरुः ⬇14:38 ⬆01:52*
मङ्गलः ⬇14:11 ⬆01:28*
शुक्रः ⬆07:06 ⬇19:30
बुधः ⬆07:37 ⬇19:54
राहुः ⬇10:02 ⬆21:53
केतुः ⬆10:02 ⬇21:53
  • 🌞⚝भट्टभास्कर-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः—05:58-07:32; साङ्गवः—09:06-10:40; मध्याह्नः—12:15-13:49; अपराह्णः—15:23-16:57; सायाह्नः—18:32-19:57
  • 🌞⚝सायण-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः-मु॰1—05:58-06:48; प्रातः-मु॰2—06:48-07:38; साङ्गवः-मु॰2—09:19-10:09; पूर्वाह्णः-मु॰2—11:49-12:40; अपराह्णः-मु॰2—14:20-15:11; सायाह्नः-मु॰2—16:51-17:41; सायाह्नः-मु॰3—17:41-18:32
  • 🌞कालान्तरम्— ब्राह्मं मुहूर्तम्—04:26-05:12; मध्यरात्रिः—23:06-01:23
  • राहुकालः—10:40-12:15; यमघण्टः—15:23-16:57; गुलिककालः—07:32-09:06
  • शूलम्—प्रतीची (►10:59); परिहारः–गुडम्

उत्सवाः

  • अनध्यायः, आडि-वॆळ्ळिक्किऴमै, आडिप्-पॆरुक्कु, कूऱ्ऱुव नायऩ्मार् (३९) गुरुपूजै, केरल-रामसिंह-हत्या #७७, पञ्च-पर्व-पूजा (चतुर्दशी), मासशिवरात्रिः

आडिप्-पॆरुक्कु

Observed on day 18 of Karkaṭaḥ (sidereal solar) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/puurvaviddha).

Offer naivedyam of citrAnnam

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आडि-वॆळ्ळिक्किऴमै

Very widely celebrated in Tamil Nadu temples, Fridays in the month of āḍi are special for propitiating Shakti Devi.

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अनध्यायः

  • 18:32→05:58

When the next day is anadhyayana, for whatever reason, one must not perform adhyayana in the previous night.

हारीतः—
श्वोऽनध्यायेऽद्य शर्वर्यां नाधीयीत कदाचन॥
कालादर्शे—
यदा भवेदनध्यायतिथिरुत्तरभागिनी।
तदा पूर्वतिथौ रात्रौ नाधीयीतेति निश्चयः॥

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  • References
    • Smriti Muktaphalam SVR p. 148
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कूऱ्ऱुव नायऩ्मार् (३९) गुरुपूजै

Observed on Ārdrā nakshatra of Karkaṭaḥ (sidereal solar) month (Prātaḥ/paraviddha).

Between the 6th and 9th centuries, in South India, there existed 63 ardent devotees of Lord Shiva, collectively known as the Nayanmars. These devout individuals, hailing from various walks of life including potters, fishermen, farmers, merchants, priests, hunters, and washermen, created devotional songs still sung by followers around the globe. Among these Nayanmars, Appar, Sambandar, and Sundarar, known for their Thevaram hymns, along with Manikkavasagar, are distinguished as the Samayacharyas or the ‘The Four’ (nālvar) revered teachers of the faith. They were instrumental in promoting the Shaiva Siddhanta philosophy and culture, effectively challenging the spread of Jainism and Buddhism. Their teachings centered around the concept that Shiva embodies love, and that embracing love for all beings and existence is essential in connecting with Shiva, the Supreme Being.

This Nayanmar, a chieftain from Kalandai, was a fervent devotee of Lord Shiva. His daily spiritual practices included the repetition of the Panchakshara Mantra and the service of Shiva Bhaktas. Recognizing his devotion, Lord Shiva blessed him with increased power, wealth, and strength. The Nayanmar’s influence grew to such an extent that he conquered many regions within the Chola and Pandyan kingdoms. He expressed a desire to be crowned king by the three thousand Brahmanas of Tillai, but they declined, owing their allegiance to the Chola king. This led to the Brahmanas leaving Tillai to avoid the Nayanmar’s anger, leaving only one to perform Puja in the temple. Even this lone Brahmana refused to crown him. In response to his prayers, Lord Shiva personally appeared and crowned the Nayanmar, placing His divine Feet upon his head, symbolizing a spiritual coronation. The Nayanmar continued his devout worship of Lord Shiva and ultimately achieved union with Him, demonstrating that his request for coronation was not for political power, but for spiritual affirmation and blessings from the Lord.

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  • References
    • 63 Nayanmar Saints by Swami Sivananda, published by The Divine Life Society
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केरल-रामसिंह-हत्या #७७

Event occured on 1947-08-02 (gregorian).

Ramasimhan, his brother Dayasimhan, Dayasimhan’s wife Kamala (daughter of Mangalath Manaykal Narayanan Nambudiri), their cook Raju Iyer and other members of the family were butchered by Islamist Jihadists in Malaparamba, Malappuram district on this day for converting to Hinduism from Islam, just two weeks before the independence, on this day at 2AM. The jihadis completely demolished the Narasimha Temple, looted the house, threw the idol into the pond, fulled the temple well with debris of the compound wall.

The massacre of Ramasimham’s family was said to be sponsored by his Muslim father-in-law who couldn’t bear their conversion to Hinduism.

Events

The muslim clerics had held a secret meeting, declared Ramasimhan an apostate and decided to inflict the death sentence on him, according to the Sharia. The then IS, Izzatul Islam, which was formed to help the new converts, was assigned the killing job.Seven people from Pookottur,formed the death squad - Paramban Mammad, Kunyatkalathil Moideen Kutty, Puliyan Muhammad, Muttayilkaran Aymutty, Nanath Kunjalavi, Kalathinkal Kunhamu and Illikkappadi Ayamu. They met at the estate of Abubakar Haji, prayed and began their journey with a gun and 20 bullets.

Background

Ramasimhan’s father Moidu Saheb, was trained in rubber cultivation. Moidu Saheb occupied 600 acres of Narasimha Moorti Temple land in Malaparamba, Malappuram. He started cultivating rubber in the Temple land, managed to get the land on lease and even constructed a bungalow in front of the Temple. Moidu and his sons Unnyen and Alippu, took out granite slabs and other beautiful ornate structures from the Temple and used them for his bungalow. The local Hindus, though horrified at the loot of the Temple could not muster any protest as they had suffered more than 10,000 deaths, thousands of rapes and plunder at the hands of the Moplahs in the anti-Hindu riots under the garb of Khilafat Movement.

Unnyen soon fell very sick and all medical treatment proved very futile. The astrologer asked him to rebuild the Narasimha Moorti Temple, which was in ruins and desecrated by his own father. Unnyen rebuilt the Temple and started worshipping Narasimha Bhagwan. He miraculously recovered from his illness. Unnyen, his brother Alippu and the whole family became Bhaktas of Mahavishnu.

The whole family, Unnyen, his brother Alippu, Alippu’s wife and Unnyen’s sons Moidu and Moidootty underwent a Gharwapasi ceremony conducted by the Arya Samaj under Buddha Singh and embraced Hinduism in 1946. The incident was splashed in dailies and published in Fort St George Gazette. They also renamed themselves as Ramasimhan, Dayasimhan, Kamala, Fateh Singh and Swaravar Singh respectively (the names of Guru Gobind Singh’s two valiant sons).

They also became strict vegetarians, led a very pious religious life as Hindus. Ramasimhan became a peace loving person. He returned his guns and licensed revolvers to the government which he was using earlier for hunting.He told the government that he no more need the guns, since now he believed in non violence. Uneen dressed up like a brahmin and converted the mosque in front of his home,into his visitor’s room for hindu saints and priests who frequemntly visited his home and performed pujas. He stopped gifts to mosques and began contributing to temples.

Kunjahammed, Uneen’s younger brother decided to reconvert into Islam, in 1946. He held a meeting of prominent muslims and clerics, to persuade Uneen to revert back.About 30 attended. Ramasimhan,who had thorougly studied hinduism by then,debated successfully with the muslim clerics. The clerics announced that Ramasimhan was possessed by a Kafir Jin and he need to consume 14 oranges,which were ritually blessed. Ramasimhan refused. When a Maulavi criticised the re-conversion as a great mistakes on the part of Ramasimhan, he retorted: “I have not committed any mistake. It was my grandmother who, on being captured by Muslims, committed the fault of converting to Islam. I am re-converting to Hinduism to rectify for the fault and atone for the sin of my grandmother.”

Aftermath

Their dismembered bodies remained untouched for two days till the Police came. The local Hindus did not dare to claim the bodies to cremate them according to Hindu rituals. They were buried in some corner near old Travellers Bungalow in Malaparamba. Only one Hindu, the RSS pracharak from Nagpur, Sankara Sasthri, was present.

The weapons used for the murder were retrieved from the Kulathur Muthalakkot pond in which they were dumped. Four of the murderers were sentenced to death by the District and Sessions Court at Palghat. The Muslim fundamentalists rallied behind the marauders and raised a huge sum of money for their legal assistance on appeal in the High Court of Madras. The evidence was destroyed and prosecution witnesses were threatened and coerced into silence. Justice Lionel Clifford Horwill ( ICS) acquitted them saying - “if the police were unable to obtain more evidence it was because the Moplah community largely succeeded in maintaining secrecy”.

The young children Fateh Singh and Swaravar Singh escaped death as they were studying in Birla School, Delhi. But, confidants were compelled to hand over the guardianship of his sons to his father-in-law Unni Kammu who forcibly reconverted them to Islam later.

The demolished Narasimhan Temple was re-built in late 1990s due to valiant efforts of the trust, aided by late RSS Pracharaks CP Janardhanan and late RSS Pracharak and former BMS President, R Venugopalan. The temple and the 60 cents around it have been handed over to the hindus, after a prolonged legal battle.

In 2021, film director Ali Akbar drew inspiration (and name) from rAmasiMhan when he renounced Islam in protest to Islamist celebrations on social media following the news of the death of General Bipin Rawat.

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मासशिवरात्रिः

Observed on Kr̥ṣṇa-Caturdaśī tithi of every (lunar) month (Niśīthaḥ/paraviddha).

Monthly Shivaratri day.

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पञ्च-पर्व-पूजा (चतुर्दशी)

Observed on Kr̥ṣṇa-Caturdaśī tithi of every (lunar) month (Āśvinaḥ/paraviddha).

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