The enthusiasm for Chhath festival is seen across the country. Arghya was offered to the Sun on Thursday afternoon and Arghya will also be offered on Friday morning. But like every year, this time also the pollution of rivers has been a cause of concern and controversy. The dirtiness of the rivers during Chhath attracted everyone’s attention. Many questions also arose. But a question that arises is whether worshiping the Sun through these dirty rivers is not an insult to the Gods and Goddesses.
Yamuna water found “poisonous” in property check
Aaj Tak’s team had collected water samples of the Yamuna river from three different places in Delhi and sent them to a laboratory for analysis. Their report revealed that the water of the Yamuna river is not suitable for touching. If a person touches this water, he or she may suffer from serious skin-related diseases. People can also die by drinking water from the Yamuna river.
Do these images of Yamuna raise many questions?
See people celebrating Chhath in the areas around Delhi and then take a look at Yamuna. Think, how can nature be worshiped at the Chhath festival amidst these foams of pollution? Is this not an insult to our festivals and our gods and goddesses? The Yamuna River which is mentioned in Ramayana, the Yamuna River which Sitaji had apologized before touching it, the Yamuna River which Vasudev crossed to save the life of Lord Shri Krishna and which was given the status of Yamuna Maiya in India, Today many women celebrate. the Chhath Puja festival amid dangerous pollution in the Yamuna river.
Know how dirty the Yamuna river is.
Chhath is considered the biggest festival of Sun worship, in which people worship nature. But think, how can you worship the Sun and nature in polluted air, in polluted water and in a polluted place? Every day, 80 million liters of dirty water from different drains and 44 million liters of factory waste reach the Yamuna river. “Governments” also know these things very well. But despite this, these foams of the Yamuna river do not bother anyone and no one wonders whether celebrating the Chhath Puja festival in these poisonous foams of pollution is not playing with the sentiments of Hindus.
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Why aren’t questions asked?
In our country, people’s religious feelings get hurt over the smallest things and disputes arise over processions, but don’t anyone’s religious feelings get hurt after seeing these images? Nor is Sanatan Dharma in danger. Today in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh, the different rivers and water bodies in which the Chhath Puja festival was celebrated by offering Arghya to the Sun, all these rivers are polluted and these elements of pollution are mixed in them. . , which are as dangerous as poison.
How will you consider this as true worship?
When women stand on the water and offer Arghya to the Sun in the morning, if the Sun is not visible due to pollution and the river in which they offer Arghya to the Sun has become a drain, then they can consider this puja as a real bid. . How will you accept it? How can Lord Sun God be pleased to receive Arghya in this dirty water?
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Chhath mentioned in the Mahabharata
According to different beliefs, Chhath Puja began during the Mahabharata period, when the Pandavas lost their capital Indrapastha along with their kingdom and this was the same Indrapastha, which is called Delhi today. At that time, Draupadi had maintained a fast on Chhath Puja to recover the kingdom from the Pandavas, which later succeeded, but imagine today in the same Delhi, the Chhath Puja festival was celebrated in this manner amidst the froth of the pollution of the Yamuna. river. And when these women were standing on the river Yamuna and offering ‘Arghya’ to the Sun, at that time the air pollution was so high that the Sun was not visible through the black clouds of poisonous smoke. And all this happened at a festival dedicated to nature.
State of rivers in India.
In India, where rivers are considered mothers, around 300 out of 603 “rivers” are polluted and dirty, while in America, where rivers are considered simply rivers, almost all rivers are so clean that you can even see your face on them. Can. But in India, you will only see black water and white foam of pollution and drains in the rivers. In India, the Ganges River is Ganga Maiya, the Yamuna River is Yamuna Maiya, the Godavari River is Godavari Maiya and the Narmada River is Narmada Maiya, but these are. Is there no one who understands the pain of mothers?
Illegal occupation of Yamuna
Everyone calls the Yamuna River Yamuna Maiya, but did you know that today, out of the 9,700 hectares of flooded area of the Yamuna River in Delhi, people have illegally encroached on 7,362 hectares of the flooded area and constructed buildings of 5 to 7 floors? They have built. Most of these people are believers in Sanatan Dharma and the people who have built these illegal buildings are also believers in Sanatan Dharma.
