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Date: 17 AUGUST 2019
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Post No. 6893
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In Hindu Puranas Seven is the most sacred number. All the sacred objects and saints and gods are grouped in Sevens; We find Seven Sacred Rivers, Seven Sacred Forests, Seven Sacred Towns, Seven Sacred Hills , Seven Sacred Immortals etc. In Indus valley Number 7 and Number 3 are seen more than other numbers. First let us look at the significance Number Seven in other cultures and compare it with Hindu culture:-
Seven Days of the Week Sunday To Saturday
Even the Tamil saint Thirugnana Sambandar sang the seven days in the same order 1400 years ago. (see Kolaaru Tiruppathikam in Thevaram). In Sanskrit
Sunday – Bhaanuvaar or Ravivaar
Monday – Soma vaar or Induvaar
Tuesday – Mangalvaar or Paumavaar
Wednesday- Budhavaar or Saumyavaar
Thursday- Guruvaar
Friday – Sukravaar or Bruguvaar
Saturday – Sanivaar or or Sthira vaar
Apart from sun, moon and Saturn all other days were named after Norse Gods in Western countries. But Hindus used the planets names.
In the Puranic geography earth was divided into Seven Dvipas or Islands
Jambudvipa, Plakshadvipa, Kusadvipa, Kraunchadvipa, Sagaradvipa,
Salmalidvipa, Pushkaradvipa.
Seven Sacred Rivers
Ganga, Sindhu, Kaveri, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Godavari, Narmada
Seven Sacred Cities
Ayodhya, Mathura, Maya/Haridvar, Kasi, Varanasi, Kanchi, Avantik/Ujjaini, Dwaraka
To be continued……………………
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