Celebrate Gudhipadwa and not 31st December as New Year's day!
The celebrations of 31st December are a part of the Western culture. However, now even Hindus consider it as one of the different festivals of India. Thus, they have begun celebrating this day in large numbers. There are well-planned preparations for this day with respect to what should be done, what should be purchased, which restaurant to visit and which place to party. This day is celebrated everywhere from big cities to remote villages; which do not even have regular water and power supply. Hindus do not realise that by following the western culture blindly, not only are they ruining their own culture but also leading their future generations into hedonism by making them imbibe western cultural values. This article focuses on these very points.
Conversion of faith for a day
When a person converts his faith, he celebrates the customs and festivals of that faith and follows it. Likewise, if we do not follow our faith and celebrate 31st December and Christmas, which are rituals of another faith, it is similar to getting converted to that faith for a day! However, Hindus are not aware that by setting aside their own religion and celebrating days such as 31st December, etc. they are committing a sin of betraying their religion. Today, there is an urge to impart religious education to Hindus to awaken their religious pride.
Hindus give more importance to 31st December night than to Gudhipadwa!
Nowadays, on the night of 31st December; right from kids to old, every person is seen exchanging New Year greetings and wishes. In the real sense, Gudhipadwa is the New Year of Hindus. However, they seek greatness in celebrating the night of 31st December. The sight of Hindus exchanging New Year wishes on the Hindu New Year Day of Gudhipadwa has become rare.
Passive parents of the hedonist youth
According to Hindu Dharma, any auspicious occasion is celebrated by arising at 'Brahmamuhurta' i.e., the period between dawn and sunrise, having a bath, wearing clean clothes, ornaments and performing a holy ritual. This results in creation of good impressions on the mind due to the pious frequencies present in the atmosphere at that time. On the contrary, acts such as consuming liquor on the night of 31st December, creating nuisance and spending the night in a hedonic manner; results in creation of negative impressions on the mind. Also, at night, the atmosphere is charged with negative frequencies, which exert a negative influence on the person. The youth who are ignorant of these facts due to lack of religious education fall prey to such practices and develop a hedonist attitude, a fact about which even their parents are unaware.
Let us combat aggression of the Ravan-like western culture and hoist New Year's Gudhi on Gudhipadwa day!
Today Hindu Dharma is being attacked from all directions and the greatest threat is from the western culture. Counter-attacking this aggression is the duty of every Hindu. On the day of Gudhipadwa, Lord Ramachandra celebrated victory after slaying Ravana, by hoisting Gudhis at Ayodhya. Similarly, Hindus should combat the Ravan-like aggression of the western culture and fulfill their religious duty by hoisting the New Year Gudhi on Gudhipadwa day.
Oh Hindus! Live as Hindus with pride at least for a day!
On this day you can do the following acts -
1. On the night of 31st December or on 1st of January do not exchange New Year greetings with any Hindu.
2. If any Hindu gives you New Year greetings on that day then make him realise this mistake and emphatically tell him that Gudhipadva is the beginning of our Hindu New Year.
3. Send New Year greeting cards to relatives and friends on Gudhipadva day.
4. Pass on this information to maximum people in your contact and prevent them from committing a probable sin.
5. Remember! Celebrating New Year on Gudhipadva instead of 31st December is akin to creating pride for our own religion, nation and language.
Importance of Gudhipadva
Gudhipadva is the first day of the Hindu Calendar Year. The Hindu New Year begins on the first day of the month of Chaitra from the Hindu lunar calendar. The natural, historical and spiritual reasons to mark the commencement of the year on the first day of the month of Chaitra are discussed in the following sections.
Natural: The spring season commences, the trees bear new foliage and appear fresh. In the Shrimadbhagvadgita the Lord says, 'Among the seasons, the exhilarating Vasant season (spring) is My manifestation', thus signifying the importance of this season. In this season the weather is pleasant and exhilarating.
Historical: Lord Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, returned to Ayodhya after slaying the demons and Ravan, an evil king of the demons who had kidnapped Lord Rama's queen, Sita on this day. Also, he slayed Vali, a powerful and evil king of Kishkindha on the same day.
Spiritual:
1. Since on this day Lord Brahma created the universe and the Satyayug began, it marks the commencement of the New Year.
2. It is one of the three-and-a-half auspicious days (sade teen muhurtas). There is a special feature of the three and a half auspicious days. Unlike other days when one has to choose an auspicious moment to perform a ritual, on these days one does not need to do the same; as every moment of these days is auspicious.
3. The higher incidence of prajapati sanyukta (conjoint) frequencies on the earth: The Hindu Holy text Ganeshyamal tantra states that in total 108 subtle frequencies reach the earth. These stem from the four parts (charans) of each of the twenty-seven lunar asterisms from the Nakshtralok. They disintegrate further into four type of frequencies : yama, surya, prajapati and sanyukta (conjoint), and strike the earth in varying proportions throughout the year. On the first day of the month of Chaitra, the prajapati sanyukta and surya sanyukta frequencies, which have the potential to increase the spiritual/subtle purity (sattva) component, descend in larger quantities. Also on this day, the maximum number of the purity-predominant prajapati sanyukta frequencies descends upon the earth.
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