The symbolisms in Mahakumbh - Page 4

Originally posted by: MaddyO

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wonderful posts both of you. 😊

Line in bold, the irony is also in that only those who are upholders of divinity like you say, would be even aware of the nuances of the Mahakumbha, the Amrut and that there is a way to attain immortality. A common man would not be.

I found the scene where Shivanand rushes to hide the tatto/mark on Rudra'a back very interesting. Is that a tatto or a mark that he is born with? If this was just a tatto when Rudra tried to get it off it would not have healed by itself, nor it would have caused small turmoil in the atmosphere
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Originally posted by: prav2

Garuda also signifies martial prowess,speed with it swoop down its enemy the serpents and interesting point is the bodyguards are also named as garudas and rudra also seems to posess all the martial prowess,the speed agility which was shown in the escape sequence .
There is also a tale from mahabharata of how garuda become the king of birds .It was said that the serpents had garudas family in capture and ask garuda to bring the amrit.Garuda went and fought with all and took the amrit and vishnu gave him immortality without even drinking amrit and asked him to be his vahan and serve him. Here too our rudra seems to be immortal without even having the elixir.He can survive under water and have supernatural powers.What interests me in garuda anecdote is garuda seems to be the true seeker of amrit and is powerful enough,but not for his own .He is ready to face death and has no fear of it and thus becomes a true master of death and garuda also known to have the knowledge of immortality.so garuda can also be seen as carriers of ancient secret ,the wisdom of how to be immortal and it could very well be the case of our rudra too.He may even embark on a journey to search the elixir to release his father.I still have doubt if his dad has truly eacaped capitivity.Could the guards have been really careless or are they seem so because they could learn anything from him by keeping him as a captive?

Originally posted by: Calliope

Before Christianity became popular, a larger part of Europe was practicing Paganism. It was also predominant culture in Rome before onset of Christianity. With its sudden popularity and rising political power, much of Pagans were lost and their culture destroyed. Paganism bears similarity to Vedic era with the way both cultures worshiped nature and primordial emotions. Gods were personification of something else; like Varuna or Agni for rain and fire respectively.

So its possible that Rudra is seen from that aspect - the protector of oldest cultures which have striking resemblance in the way they both thrived and had to move over for a larger than life religion.

Originally posted by: truptishree

Hey Arshiji,

This is Trupti.

So good to see your  posts again and  thanks for all the information about these things.

I loved all the replies also very interesting.

Most of the things I didn't knew.

Waiting for your posts and show is really intriguing.

That kid is really amazing.

see you again.

Thanks.

Originally posted by: Calliope

Before Christianity became popular, a larger part of Europe was practicing Paganism. It was also predominant culture in Rome before onset of Christianity. With its sudden popularity and rising political power, much of Pagans were lost and their culture destroyed. Paganism bears similarity to Vedic era with the way both cultures worshiped nature and primordial emotions. Gods were personification of something else; like Varuna or Agni for rain and fire respectively.

So its possible that Rudra is seen from that aspect - the protector of oldest cultures which have striking resemblance in the way they both thrived and had to move over for a larger than life religion.