About Vishu and Vishu greetings
Vishu-A Scientific festival
Vishu
is an astronomically important date developed from the word 'vishuvath'. This is the point of starting the Earth’s revolution in
elliptical orbit around the Sun ( watching from the earth, the Sun starts
its revolution)
This is known as the new year day because the circle of
revolution starts (for the sake of counting the revolution) from Mesha
sankrathi vishvath. Thus it is an astronomically important day as
mesha vishu, the beginning of a new year as it is the 5115th year
Kaliyuga calander.
Sankranthi means glorious revolution/
change.
When
Kaliyuga started in 3102 BC this 'vishuvath' was on February 17th Thursday
midnight at 11.55 pm. This was the starting date of Kaliyuga. Hope you will
remember, during then there was not January or February. This number
day and year we get when we calculate back.
During
Aryabhatta’s period when he completed the writing of Aryabhateeya, it was also
one Mesha sankarati day which was at 12.00 noon on Sunday March 21st, AD 499.
Remember during then the mesha sankranthi was on March 21st.
Now
due to the drifting of ayanaaachalana / precision equinox by 1 angular
minute every year, now mesha sanskrathi reached on April 15th/
14th.
Vishu
is the day of success and glory connected with many puraanic stories. It
is now connected with many aspects of agriculture as this day
is the starting day for the ground preparation for all types of
underground stem cultivation in South India.
It
is spiritually important because it is the new year day for giving and taking money, good clothing, visiting temples, special prayers, vishu kani
darsan and so on.
It
is socially important because it gives opportunity to visit elders and
take the blessings. It is the day for family get together.
It
is commercially important because this is the good day for
investment and also industrial product sales and
beginning day for starting construction of industrial ventures and
so on.
Let
all the Hindus, Christians, and Muslims celebrate this Indian scientific
festival together. This should be an opportunity to learn more
about Sanathana dharma and its scientific approach also. The day of
Vishu, this year is on April 15th (2014)
Put
as many type of vegetables as possible in a brass vessel and put a mirror
also. light the lamp and then open your eyes, on 15th morning,
April in front of this KANI. Remember !Go and see kani from the bed
without opening the eyes.
I,
once gain wishes you all a happy and prosperous vishu.
Wish you all success for life!
SABARISH
