' Celestial Matter '

I. 'North'- as a Direction stands unique!:-

Geographical or Terrestrial North Pole is defined as a point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets the Earth's Surface. At North Pole all directions point South.


True North refers to the direction of North Pole relative to the Navigators' position. Let us not further discuss astronomy about the North but consider where 'North' as a direction plays a unique role in our day to day life !

1) We always begin with Ganapathy pooja to ward off any hurdles and after the pooja we move the symbolic Ganapathy formed out of turmeric in the direction of North and then proceed with the main function,reciting " Vakrathunda Mahakaya Koti Surya Samaprabha, Nirvignam Kuru Me Deva Sarvakaryeshu Sarvadha ".
2) The bride groom sits facing north during marriage.
3) We sit facing north while performing rituals to fore-fathers.
4) The sacred thread is worn on the left shoulder (North side) in general and for all auspicious occasions.
5) The articles used for the performance of 'homams ' are placed first in the north.
6) As and when the 'sankalpa' gets over, the 'Dharba(s)' and 'Akshadhai' are dropped in the direction of North. The preferred direction after the pooja is to go northwards.
7) The bridegroom sets forth for "Kasi (Benaras) Yatra " when he is stopped by the would be father-in-law who invites him to marry his daughter. Here the groom moves in the North where Varanasi is situated.
8) When Sradha karma is performed, we pray for their emancipation facing North as Gaya,the holy place,is situated in the North. We also walk a few steps in North.
9) When items are served in the leaf while eating, it is served in a rotation when serving ends in the North.
10) It will be ideal to sleep stretching the legs towards the North. It is hygienic also.
11) When seated in asana one leg over the other, the leg which occupies the top position should face North.
12) Holy places like Varanasi, Gaya, Mount Meru -all are situated in North direction.
13) 'Maha Meru' is in North with reference to the whole world.
14) 'The COMPASS'which is used to find the directions rotates always and points its direction towards 'North' only. Thus North becomes the reference to find other directions East, West and South.
'Sastras' propagate that all pro-active Actions initiated with a goal 'for progress' should get concluded in the direction of North.

II. Does God Exist?

This question was faced by no less aperson than Dr.Abdul Kalam from the students when once he went to South Africa.


He answered that Earth takes 24 hours to go around its axis for one rotation and takes 365 days to go around the Sun. Abdul Kalam further expounded that the SUN takes
21.5 cores of years to go around the milky galaxy. The magnitude of one Galaxy is unimaginable, let alone thousands of Galaxies that exist in the Universe.
The Satellites, Stars move around in orbits with reference to their respective Galaxies in a precise and pre-determined manner. Kalam asked the students who created all these? They were just struck by wonder.

Abdul Kalam answered we can see the SUN, without which Energy we can not survive. Like wise the Galaxies which we can not see with the naked eye are all created by God. The Universe is created by the omnipotent and omnipresent which can be no other than God!. The students applauded the Scientist for bringing the truth for realization.

III. Why 'Krishna'is blue?


Swami Vivekananda was the invited once, as guest of honor, by the Madras Law College. He had some interesting dialogue with the lawers of tomorrow. He raised a question to the audience ' Why Lord Krishana is 'Neela Megha Syamala Varna"?, in other words why HE is blue in color? In the midst of the students who were all blinking to answer, there stood one bright student Rajagopalan by name and replied 'Swamiji, are not all all-pervading Sky, the magnificent Sea, blue in colour ? Likewise Lord Krishna who is is omnipotent and WHOSE Grace protects every living beings all over is also considered to have blue complexion. Swami Vivekananda was very much pleased with Rajagopalan's convincing answer and applauded him.



This Rajagopalan is none other than the renowned and later popularly known as 'Rajaji' or "Chakravarthy Rajagopalachari".