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[h=1]It is in Rig Vedha where there is mention of Saraswathi River….[/h][h=1]Perhaps findings of ISRO may now vindicate that it is NOT a myth[/h][h=1]ISRO’s findings should put an end to the myth of the Saraswati river being a ‘myth’[/h]
There have been concerted efforts in mainstream media to deny the existence, or even a possibility of the existence of the Saraswati river. The zeal to label Saraswatiriver as a mythical river has been on top of the agenda of leftists and Marxist historians of India.
The river Saraswati is called naditama (most sacred river in Sanskrit) in the Rig Veda. The Saraswati river is mentioned some fifty times in the hymns of the Rig Veda. It is closely related to the ancient Rig Vedic society and Hinduism. Calling it
mythical, in their opinion, would considerably hit the credibility of Vedic texts which are still a part of Hindu faith.
On 5th January 2018, Scroll.in reported the formation of a permanent panel to study the mythical Saraswati river. The concluding paragraph of the article, as usual, casts aspersions on the existence of the river itself.
This has been the subject of a great deal of debate for decades. While some Hindu groups and historians believe the “lost river” once flowed through the region that is now Haryana, other historians say the Vedas themselves have not been validated, and therefore, the river only exists in myth.
Death of Rivers in Recent Past : An Example From Canada
Before going in to the answer given by ISRO to Parliament, we need to answer a simple question : can rivers be lost? Are there any recent examples of dead rivers? The answer is yes. In April 2017 a river named ‘Slims’ in
Canada, disappeared due to a receding glacier. The report by The Guardian on the same incident gave a map of the change in direction. The phenomenon observed in this case is called river piracy or stream capture .
If rivers can disappear in 2017, why can’t the same phenomenon have occurred in the Vedic age ?
Read more at: http://www.opindia.com/2018/01/isro...the-myth-of-the-saraswati-river-being-a-myth/
There have been concerted efforts in mainstream media to deny the existence, or even a possibility of the existence of the Saraswati river. The zeal to label Saraswatiriver as a mythical river has been on top of the agenda of leftists and Marxist historians of India.
The river Saraswati is called naditama (most sacred river in Sanskrit) in the Rig Veda. The Saraswati river is mentioned some fifty times in the hymns of the Rig Veda. It is closely related to the ancient Rig Vedic society and Hinduism. Calling it
mythical, in their opinion, would considerably hit the credibility of Vedic texts which are still a part of Hindu faith.
On 5th January 2018, Scroll.in reported the formation of a permanent panel to study the mythical Saraswati river. The concluding paragraph of the article, as usual, casts aspersions on the existence of the river itself.
This has been the subject of a great deal of debate for decades. While some Hindu groups and historians believe the “lost river” once flowed through the region that is now Haryana, other historians say the Vedas themselves have not been validated, and therefore, the river only exists in myth.
Death of Rivers in Recent Past : An Example From Canada
Before going in to the answer given by ISRO to Parliament, we need to answer a simple question : can rivers be lost? Are there any recent examples of dead rivers? The answer is yes. In April 2017 a river named ‘Slims’ in
Canada, disappeared due to a receding glacier. The report by The Guardian on the same incident gave a map of the change in direction. The phenomenon observed in this case is called river piracy or stream capture .
If rivers can disappear in 2017, why can’t the same phenomenon have occurred in the Vedic age ?
Read more at: http://www.opindia.com/2018/01/isro...the-myth-of-the-saraswati-river-being-a-myth/