Sacred sengol will protect Indian democracy now (Thread)
Sacred sengol will protect Indian democracy now (Thread)
– Every civilizations, cultures of world have some sacred ritual for power transfer
– When power transfer was happening in India from Britain to India in 1947 then Mountbatten asked to Nehru what is power transfer
Ritual in India ?
- Nehru who was half Englishman n ignorant to Indian culture went to C Rajgopalachari n asked him
- He was a great scholar he told Nehru that there was a great Chola kingdom in India, they were descendants of Manu n great Shiva bhakts.
- In chola dynasty there was a ritual. At time of power transfer old king used to handover a sacred sengol to New king. Sengol is a Tamil word. It’s basically a decorated rod that kings used to carry
- Nehru liked the idea n asked to prepare one sengol
- Rajaji enlisted the support of a religious body in Tamil Nadu’s Tanjore district to craft the ‘Sengol’
- Chennai-based jewellers Vummidi Bangaru Chetty created the object.
- It was made of silver with golden coating. Top of it there was Lord Nandi.
- It was purified by Ganga jal n charged by Shiva mantra
- – Priest handed over the sengol to Mountbatten
- – In power transfer Mountbatten handed over this sengol to Nehru on 14th August 1947 n power transfer ritual happened
- – Nehru put this sengol in Prayagraj museum
But now Modi govt has decided to install this sacred Sengol in New Parliament of India that will be new temple of democracy.
Whole India will see first time this sacred sengol on 28th May 202
