New Delhi14 hours agoAuthor: Dinesh Mishra
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Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali. By getting ready in the morning, we are busy preparing to light up our homes. On this festival of happiness, we all welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and Kuber, the king of wealth and glory, with lights.
We all have heard that there is no better friend in this world than money. Those who say even say that money is not God, but not less than God.
About 2500 years ago, Chanakya, the guru of Maurya dynasty emperor Chandragupta I, had told about the importance of money in ‘Chanakyanitidarpan’ in this way, which is true even today.
Friends are those who have meaning and relatives are those who have meaning
He who has meaning is a man in the world and he who has meaning lives.
That is, the one who has wealth and splendor, he also has friends. One who is rich has relatives. He who has wealth, he is considered to be dignified, virtuous, hardworking. Only the rich get the pleasure of living.
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So, on this occasion of the festival, first of all let us know about the myths and interesting tales related to Kuber, the god of wealth and glory, who is worshipped. Along with this, Paras also gets to know the story of the stone, from which some people still dream of being wealthy. However, there is some truth in these stories and some are fiction.
Lord Vishnu had taken a loan to marry Lakshmi
Kubera is the half-brother of Ravana, who is said to be the treasurer of the gods. Kubera has so much wealth that once Lord Vishnu himself had taken a loan from him, that too to marry Goddess Lakshmi.
While taking the loan, Vishnu had said that by the end of Kali Yuga, he would repay all his debt with interest. With this debt, Venkatesh form of Lord Vishnu and Padmavati, a part of Goddess Lakshmi, married.
Due to this belief, devotees even today offer gold, silver, diamonds and pearls in large quantities to Tirupati Balaji, an incarnation of Vishnu, so that the Lord becomes debt free.
Kuber is the treasurer of the gods, Lokpal became due to Deepak
Very few people would know this, Kubera, the treasurer of the gods, was a thief before becoming a deity. According to Shiva Purana, Kubera was the son of Yagyadatta Dixit, then his name was Gunanidhi. However, contrary to its name, Gunanidhi was a mine of demerits. He would do many wrong things like stealing. Angered by this, his father threw him out of the house. One day Gunanidhi reached a temple suffering from hunger and thirst and started stealing the prasad. The priest sleeping in the temple should not be aware of this, he hung his towel in front of the burning lamp in the temple. But, doing so would extinguish the lamp. He would light the lamp again and again, and it would be extinguished. But, Gunanidhi had bad luck. As soon as he ran away after stealing the Prasad, some people caught sight of him and caught him. Gunanidhi died of starvation in the scuffle, but the story did not end here.
Kuber is considered the god of wealth and food. It is believed that Kuber has such a treasure from which no matter how much money is withdrawn, it never ends. This idol of Kubera found from Karnataka dates back to the 11th century.
Kubera was given by Brahmaji the Pushpak Vimana, which runs at the speed of the mind.
Seeing the burning of the lamp after being hungry, Lord Shankar blessed Gunanidhi to become a wealthy man in the next life. Also made him the lord of the north direction, that is, Lokpal. According to the Ramayana, Kubera was given a golden Lanka by his father, Muni Vishrava, to live in. Pleased with Kuberdev’s penance, Brahmaji also gave him the Pushpak Vimana, which runs at the speed of the mind. At the behest of his father, Kuber gave the gold Lanka to his brother Ravana and settled Alkapuri on Mount Kailash. The Alaknanda River is said to have originated from here.
This was about Kubera. Now let’s talk about another anecdote related to money, which has sometimes been in myths and is sometimes immersed in the deep darkness of history. However, many still have the desire to get it.
Used to collect old iron from the public in the form of tax, used to make gold
Parasmani means a stone that turns iron into gold. When the churning of the ocean took place between the gods and the demons, Parasmani was also among the 14 gems that came out in it. There are some places in the country where even today the story of being Parasmani or Paras stone is heard. It is said about a centuries-old Shahabad fort in Rajasthan that the soil here still spews gold. It is also said in the fort of Timangarh, another princely state of Rajasthan, that there is a Paras stone there.
The 11th century king Timanapal was said to have a magic stone that turned iron into gold. No one knows how much truth is there in these stories, but history tells that the kings here used to collect old iron from the public, not money in the form of tax, so that Paras could convert iron from stone into gold. Historians even go as far as to say that Mohammad Ghori also attacked the fort of Timangarh so that the gold-making Paras stone could be obtained.
Kubera’s sadhana is done on Dhanteras, Diwali and Govardhan Puja
Human beings want to get all kinds of happiness. Pandit Ramswaroop Chaturvedi says that these pleasures are directly related to the attainment of wealth. That is why Kuber is worshiped on Diwali and Dhanteras. Some people worship Kubera on Kartik Krishna Paksha Trayodashi i.e. Dhanteras, while some people also worship Kubera with Amavasya i.e. Diwali or Govardhan. While Kuber is said to be the lord of permanent wealth, Lakshmi is considered to be in motion. That’s why it is said that money does not stop in anyone’s hands.
Worshiping 1 coin in this only temple of Kubera showers blessings of Mother Lakshmi
It would be surprising to know that the only temple of Lord Shiva’s supreme devotee Kuber is in Jageshwar Mahadev (Almora) of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand. It is believed that whoever takes a coin from this temple home with him and regularly worships it, then Lakshmi resides in his house.
Through the lanes of Puranas, legends, we talked about ancient times, so now let’s take a peek at the medieval period, when Diwali was celebrated with pomp and on this pretext it was wished to rule the immense wealth of India.
Abul Fazal has written in his famous book ‘Aina-e-Akbari’ that on the occasion of Diwali, Mughal princesses used to fire fireworks fiercely.
Akbar started the practice of celebrating Deepawali as Jashn-e-Chirag
Historian Malik Muhammad has told in his book ‘The Foundations of the Composite Culture in India’ that Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Emperor Akbar started the practice of celebrating Diwali-Holi in the royal court.
The Mughal emperor Akbar started celebrating Diwali as Jashn-e-Chirag. The Mughal emperors loved lights and fireworks.
Famous cooks and confectioners would have accumulated in the fort months in advance.
Akbar’s son Jahangir and then Shah Jahan promoted different types of food on Diwali. In the royal kitchen, dishes like coconut barfi, laddu, batase, sandesh, payasam, imarti and halwa were specially prepared by Jahangir. At the behest of Noor Jahan, sweets made of roses and kewda were also made.
Big business deal in India and UK to be done on Diwali
This time on the day of Diwali, there is to be a free trade deal in India and Britain, due to which it is believed that the business of leather, textiles, jewelery exported from India will get a big boom. With this, the money sitting outside the Reserve Bank will become more powerful.
Talking about Bollywood, the release of big films also happens on Diwali. There are two big occasions for Diwali film makers, because tickets for films released on these occasions are sold out immediately. You must remember that popular films like Jo Jeeta Woh Sikandar, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham had created a record of earning. This time too many films including Akshay Kumar-Jacqueline Fernandez’s ‘Ram Setu’, Ajay Devgan-Rakulpreet Singh starrer ‘Thank God’, South’s film ‘Sardar’ are being released on the next day of Diwali.
Here are the stories related to Diwali, now let’s know about some special schemes to double the money which can be useful for you too. After all, who doesn’t love money?
There is hardly anyone who does not want to double their money. But, its formula is not known. We are telling you such a rule, by which you can estimate in how much time your money will double and for this the rate of return i.e. interest rate should be at least. This is called Rule-72. Now we understand this through graphic.
You have learned the rule of accounting, but it is also important to know where to use it and how to increase your money. Now let’s know further what are the ways in which you can double your money.
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Once again we return to the past and tell you an interesting anecdote related to Deepawali’s lamp.
During the time of Shah Jahan, on the day of Diwali, a huge 40 yard high lamp ‘Akash Diya’ was lit on the Red Fort with the help of 16 ropes, whose light went from Red Fort to Chandni Chowk. It is said that more than 100 kg of cotton, cottonseed oil was used in this lamp. A large ladder was used to pour cotton wool and oil into it.
At present, we need such a ladder that reaches the hearts and on this festival, the lamp of happiness is lit in every house.
Good Luck
Inputs: Manish Tewari
Graphics: Prerna Jha
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