04-07-2006, 01:47 AM
<b>Worldwide Imprint of Bharateeya Culture - Australia </b>
by J.S.Betrabet-Pune
Captain Cook reached Australia in the 17th century.Very little information is being made available prior to Cook reaching Australia. A few years back, Dr.Padma Subramaniam, a scholar in classical dance went to Australia with her troupe for dance performance.Before leaving for Australia, she went to take the blessings of her Guru Paramacharya Chandrasekhara Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Kanchipeeth.Paramacharya told her that there is a Shaiva tribe in Australia who anoint on their forehead and body âTripundâ (three horizontal lines of holy ash, anointed on the body by the followers of Shiva.)
She was told to go and meet them. Padma Subramaniam was going to stay there with her dance troupe only for a few days. She was in a dilemma as to how she could meet the Shaiva tribe whose location was not known. Fortunately the Shaiva tribe also brought a dance troupe there for performance along wih other dance troupes. Padma Subramaniam could meet them easily and leisurely They had applied âTripundâ on their forehead and body just as told by Paramacharya. The home of this group is Gagujja and they live in Balgo mountain. Their language resembled the Tamil language While conversing with them, Padma Subramaniam could find 40 Tamil words in their language. These people sang in Hansa Nadi Raga which is known to Tamil singers. The first line of their prayer started with âRama Ramaâ. This experience of Dr. Padma Subramaniam is only 10 years old. When she told newsmen about the similarity between Tamilians and this tribal Australian group, the Australians were wonderstruck. It caused shock and commotion. Prof Berhnt - the Australian anthropologist disapproved the enire matter. According to him Australians be longed to white Europeans. He did not want a conviction to be created in the minds of aboriginals based on historical facts that they are the original residents and owners of Australia. (Kanchimaha Swamiâs vision of Asian Culture by Dr. Padma Subramaniam, page 11).
European colonisers may believe it or not, but it is a fact which cannot be denied that Tamilians of India from Ancient times had connection with Gagujja group of Australia. Thus it is clear thatIndians were in cultural contact with this continentseveral centuries before European expansion.New ZealandHare Buke, Chief Executive Offficer of Maoritribe in New Zealand presided over a function cel-ebrating 15th August 1998 by Indians there in theHamilton Museum Hall.He told that âthe revered riverGanga is also our mother. We and Indians are alloneâ.(Gathered from various sources by J.S.Betrabet-Pune) (To be continued)
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by J.S.Betrabet-Pune
Captain Cook reached Australia in the 17th century.Very little information is being made available prior to Cook reaching Australia. A few years back, Dr.Padma Subramaniam, a scholar in classical dance went to Australia with her troupe for dance performance.Before leaving for Australia, she went to take the blessings of her Guru Paramacharya Chandrasekhara Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Kanchipeeth.Paramacharya told her that there is a Shaiva tribe in Australia who anoint on their forehead and body âTripundâ (three horizontal lines of holy ash, anointed on the body by the followers of Shiva.)
She was told to go and meet them. Padma Subramaniam was going to stay there with her dance troupe only for a few days. She was in a dilemma as to how she could meet the Shaiva tribe whose location was not known. Fortunately the Shaiva tribe also brought a dance troupe there for performance along wih other dance troupes. Padma Subramaniam could meet them easily and leisurely They had applied âTripundâ on their forehead and body just as told by Paramacharya. The home of this group is Gagujja and they live in Balgo mountain. Their language resembled the Tamil language While conversing with them, Padma Subramaniam could find 40 Tamil words in their language. These people sang in Hansa Nadi Raga which is known to Tamil singers. The first line of their prayer started with âRama Ramaâ. This experience of Dr. Padma Subramaniam is only 10 years old. When she told newsmen about the similarity between Tamilians and this tribal Australian group, the Australians were wonderstruck. It caused shock and commotion. Prof Berhnt - the Australian anthropologist disapproved the enire matter. According to him Australians be longed to white Europeans. He did not want a conviction to be created in the minds of aboriginals based on historical facts that they are the original residents and owners of Australia. (Kanchimaha Swamiâs vision of Asian Culture by Dr. Padma Subramaniam, page 11).
European colonisers may believe it or not, but it is a fact which cannot be denied that Tamilians of India from Ancient times had connection with Gagujja group of Australia. Thus it is clear thatIndians were in cultural contact with this continentseveral centuries before European expansion.New ZealandHare Buke, Chief Executive Offficer of Maoritribe in New Zealand presided over a function cel-ebrating 15th August 1998 by Indians there in theHamilton Museum Hall.He told that âthe revered riverGanga is also our mother. We and Indians are alloneâ.(Gathered from various sources by J.S.Betrabet-Pune) (To be continued)
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