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August: Kranti and Religious Fervour


August is the month of revolution/ Kranti. August is the month of religious festivals.

Owing to Independent day- 15th August, there is the euphoria of patriotism during this time of the year.

August is the month wherein Indians celebrate several important religious festivals. It also is the pious month of Shravan along with festivals like Janmashtmi, Rakshabandhan, Pateti- Parsi's new year, Bakri-Id, Molakat- Gauri vrat, Divaso, etc. So there is a lot of religious euphoria during this time of the year.

August: Kranti:-  Patriotism or national pride is the feeling of love, devotion and sense of attachment to a homeland and alliance with other inhabitants who share the same sentiment. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or historical aspects. It comprises a set of concepts closely related to nationalism.

Shitala Saatam: Religion vs Science

Shitala Saatam is a religious festival in Gujarat. This festival comes in 'Shrawan' month in every year. That moth is full of religious festival and events. We are living in a religious country India. All festival has a different story and myth. That is also connected with scientific reason. In the same way, Shitala Saatam is also behind the story. Goddess will prevent diseases of Smallpox.

 People celebrate Shatila Saatam as a religious festival that is generated in our mind. But “ Shitala”  is the name of one disease. How can we believe that she is Goddess? People blindly follow that.
      People say that it’s a time of the modern era. We are the modern generation. But still not able to think rationally. We know that religion and science are always conflicts between each other. It is the best example.
         In the ancient time, people are not educated so our  'sages' give the knowledge to make story connected with religion. The moral is connected with scientific reason. And the present time people are well educated but still that problem is remaining. They do not think rationally. They also believe in illogical things. So it’s very dangerous for society.
      If we see the ancient time so notice that any type of disease is people taken as a God punishment. And that arranged by some evil spirits. God is not happy for their work and God gives punishment. People believed in supernatural power, today also worshipping goddess Shitala by eating food on the previous day as called cold food.

There is a belief that if anyone makes a hot food on that day so Goddess is anger on and give punishment as smallpox. Even scientists are also finding a vaccine. This vaccine finding by Edward Jenner.  But still, we have a belief in supernatural power. Also, fear of Goddesses.  People knowing very well that smallpox is under control by the vaccine. Even they follow that ritual.

 Inoculation vs vaccination

     Inoculation generally known as nikah was practised in 17th century in India. This operation is performed by the selected Brahmin’s community. In this method when smallpox came to maturity at that time by taking pus and dipping these in the point of pretty large sharp needle. There were puncturing also invite bacteria.  Also, fall down into fever. That disease also an infection type, after the operation, they do not allow to eat fish, milk and ghee for the one month from the day of inoculation. People are dies for that smallpox.

   Nowadays we get the situation of this disease through the vaccine. But we have no solutions to rationalize people. Because still, people believed in religion rather than scientific reason.


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