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on Ayanamsha
K.B. Ravi
I
am brining to your attention a very interesting phenomenon which occurs in
GAVI GANGADESHARAWARA TEMPLE (Cave Temple) one of the oldest temple in
BANGALORE CITY about 400 years ago.
On
every Makara Sankranthi day (14th Jan every year), the Sun’s
rays fall on the SHIVA LINGAM (Deity
of the temple) which is inside a cave. This is observed around 17.15 hrs
every year.
The
Sun’s position on 14th Jan at 5.30 hrs I.S.T. for various
years is given below : ( Lahiri’s Ephemeris)
| Year |
Longitude |
Declination |
Time
of Sun Enetering Makara (Capricorn) |
Date |
| 1996 |
269016’59” |
21028’ |
22
Hrs 23 Mts |
14th
Jan |
| 1997 |
270002’39” |
21020’ |
28
Hrs 28 Mts |
13th
Jan |
| 1998 |
269046’34” |
21022’ |
10
Hrs 47 Mts |
14th
Jan |
| 1999 |
269030’40” |
21025’ |
17
Hrs 01 Mts |
14th
Jan |
| 2000 |
269015’28” |
21028’ |
22
Hrs 59 Mts |
14th
Jan |
In
the temple, the Sun, rays is observed to be advancing from the left of the
deity 2 to 3 days earlier and falls on the deity on MAKARASANKRANTHI Day
around 17.15 Hrs. Then recedes backwards, never moves forward, and stops
falling inside the temple 2 to 3 days later.
Every
year as per the ephemeris, Sun enters Makara at different times, but the
temple it is always around 17.15 Hrs. The observation of the Sun’s rays
moving forward and then backward shows that the declination of the Sun is
maximum on that day. But as per the above data it is not so.
This
diagram would explain the phenomenon clearly as observed in the temple at
Bangalore :
(The above diagram is not to scale)
The
calculated declination of the Sun according to the Ephemeris on 14th
Jan is marked as dotted lines, which is less than the maximum declination
of the Sun. This shows that the sunlight should fall into the temple TWICE
A YEAR towards the end of November and 14th of Jan. OR around
21st Dec when the Sun’s declination is maximum. But this
phenomenon occurs only on the 14th of Jan. ( I was informed
that once in 15 years, this phenomenon occurs on 15th of Jan).
Apart
from this event taking place in Bangalore, there is another temple at
Sringeri, Karnataka registering the same event. The sun light falls on
different pillars on every Sankaramana.
THIS
PHENOMENON DOES NOT OCCUR ON THEORY OF THE PRECESSION OF EQUINOXES.
The
ancient Hindu Astronomical Treatise “SURYA SIDDHANTHA” states in
chapter III V-11, 12 about Liberation (Rev EBENEZER BURGESS TRANSLATION).
V
11: The circle, as thus
corrected, accords with its observed placed at the solstice (ayana) and at
either equinox; It has moved eastwards, when the longitude of the Sun, as
obtained by calculation, is less than that derived from the shadow.
V
12: By the number of degrees
of difference, then, turning back, it has moved westwards by the amount of
difference, when the calculated longitude is greater ….
Rev
Burgess States : “But our interpretation is shown to be correct one by
the direction given in Verse 11 & 12, which teach that when the
Sun’s calculated longitude – which is its distance from the initial
point of the fixed sphere – is less than that derived from the shadow
– which is his distance from the equinox – the circle has moved
eastwards, and the contrary; it is evident, then that the initial point of
sphere is regarded as the movable point, and the equinox as the fixed
one”.
Keeping
in view the observations at the temple and the above interpretation,
IF MAY NOT BE WRONG TO CONSIDER THAT THE EQUINOX AS A FIXED POINT AND THE
SOLSTICE (AYANA) AS MOVABLE.
Hence Liberation should be of the Earth’s orbit and as suggested by the
Surya Siddhantha, at a uniform rate per year.
The
general theory of precession of equinoxes could possibly be THEORY OF
RELATIVITY???????
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