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Yagna to control nature's fury Wednesday, February 21, 2001

AHMEDABAD: Brahmins in Saurashtra have started performing yagna to please Goddess Bhuvaneshvari who, according to ancient scriptures, could prevail over nature's fury like earthquake.

A group of vedic experts led by Appasaheb Kulkarni of Nasik, after Navchandi, performed yagna aimed at pleasing Bhuvaneshvari, who is a goddess of land and her puja could stop tremors shaking parts of Kutch and Saurashtra region. The ceremony has to be in accordance with chapters of "Shri Sukan Samhita" as mentioned in our vedas.

The ceremony was organised on February 14 at the residence of senior BJP leader Sooryakant Acharya which was attended by religious leaders including some from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Acharya told TOINs that lone temple of Bhuvaneshvari peeth in Gujarat is located at Gondal in Rajkot district. "Mata Bhuvaneshvari is the goddess of nature. The prayer-cum-yagna ceremony to please the goddess has yielded the desired result," he said.

Vedic experts, who had come all the way from Nasik to Junagadh, claimed that if puja is performed as mentioned in our vedas, tremors won't be reported in at least 25 km radius from venue of the yagna. Puja was performed in some villages and towns in Maharashtra after earthquake shook Latur in 1973.

Acharya said some seismologists had confirmed that aftershocks reduced significantly at places where pujas were performed in Nasik region of Maharashtra. Vedic experts had come from Swami Samrath Sewa and Adhaytmik Kendra of Dindoli, situated near Nasik.