Good times, and bad.
I have often suspected that all of our superstitions today, especially around "nalla neram" and "nalla naal" (Auspicious times and dates) are misplaced and irrelevant in today's life.
Take the example of the Tamil month of Aadi, which is considered extremely inauspicious for weddings and most other occasions. This never made sense to me, but I always figured that there must have been some good reason for it in the past, and now, we continued to consider Aadi inauspicious.
Today, my auditor explained why Aadi was/is considered inauspicious. Apparently, people did not want couples to get married in Aadi as there was a high probability that their first kid would be born, 10 months later, in the rainy season - An inconvenient time to give birth when all we had was mud houses.
However, in today's world of contraception and cool things like brick & cement homes, this is totally irrelevant. I am sure all of the customs that bog down Hinduism are similar to this. I would love to hear of any more that you guys know of.
Take the example of the Tamil month of Aadi, which is considered extremely inauspicious for weddings and most other occasions. This never made sense to me, but I always figured that there must have been some good reason for it in the past, and now, we continued to consider Aadi inauspicious.
Today, my auditor explained why Aadi was/is considered inauspicious. Apparently, people did not want couples to get married in Aadi as there was a high probability that their first kid would be born, 10 months later, in the rainy season - An inconvenient time to give birth when all we had was mud houses.
However, in today's world of contraception and cool things like brick & cement homes, this is totally irrelevant. I am sure all of the customs that bog down Hinduism are similar to this. I would love to hear of any more that you guys know of.
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2 two cents...
What I meant:
There are lots of Hindu/temple festivals in Aadi, so they don't want weddings to clash timing with temple festivals....
If the couple married in Aadi (Jul-Aug) and if the child born after 10 months, the season would be summer (May-June) .
Aadi (Jun-Jul) would lead to the kid being born in April, which is too hot for a new born, would'nt you say ?
And margazhi (nov-Dec) puts the kid bang in the middle of the monsoon.
Been long since i logged... Even i came 2 know few things abt adi.. Gud info..