Challenge to modern science and technology

When I stood before the tall and wide Raja Gopuram of Thiruvannamalai I wondered if the modern science and technology can ever build this kind of temples and gopuram without the help of the Indians. When I mean Indians I meant the Indians who still preserve the caste system which preserves these skills of temple architecture or sculpture making or any work where skills are passed from father to son generations upon generations and not the Indians who might have mastered the modern science and technology of their colonial masters.

Even the people whose forefathers have built these wonderful temples will want to talk proud of the education which has stripped them of the glories that belong to them by the de-Indianizing and hypnotic education for more than 200 years.

There may be countries around the world, including Angur wat in Cambodia which boasts of the largest temple complex in world or any countries of the Middle East from Syria to Jordan could talk of their old temples standing tall, but in ruins.
Its again these ruins tells us that these temples built for sun or of the Gods when these countries ruled by their kings ruled the land. But even though their sizes take away our breath for a moment, can these countries ever rebuild such temples again? They have almost all have converted to new religions for even if they wish to build, they may not be able to build for the skill of temple building is broken as they don’t have the caste system which preserved these skills in society, just as how the Brahmins have preserved the Vedas and Sanskrit because of this caste system. The Swedish religious schools teach their children, Caste gives security as it gives people determined roles in society. But I wonder how many of Indians are given this wonderful truth.

"The day when, surrendering the spiritual into their hands, our countrymen would sit at the feet of the West to learn religion, that day indeed the nationality of this fallen nation will be dead and gone for good."
Long back I remember reading this and I was wondering over it again and again...for sometime I see and read in newspapers on such scenarios...
Swami Vivekananda continues,
"I believe that by this cultivation of religion and the wider diffusion of Vedanta, both this country and the West will gain enormously. To me the pursuit of politics is a secondary means in comparison with this. I will lay down my life to carry out this belief practically. If you believe in any other way of accomplishing the good of India, well, you may go on working your own way."

100 years on and our pple are having their own ways fully ignorant of Swami Vivekananda's deep understanding on accomplishing good not only to India but whole world.Heart of the world is India, and India’s heart is spiritualism. This should be always remembered by Indians and the people of world with respect and pride. Its clear to see, when in other parts of the world, Vedic religions remains are in ruins, it is still and will continue to be vibrant in India. While idol worship is only mentioned in their holy books in India idol worship continues to be stepping stones to reach the one god and to feel one god in everyone.


If the modern science and technology educated Indians can ever help it should be to help these caste system to be preserved and continued for future generations and not be fooled by the modern science and technology which had stripped other societies of caste.
People talk of modern science and technology has help many societies, but they should try to learn from those societies history that those societies lacked caste system which made the discoveries and inventions as ‘necessity’ which forced the people in those societies to look for better ways of living from their harsh climate and a lack of social order. Fortunately for Indians caste gave them a security in society and the kings ruled well when Europeans had to revolt against their kings. It’s a pity that Indians are later made to follow the ideas of west, of throwing away the royal kings. Ofcourse I don’t mean that we should have a king who can not rule well in power, but what I meant is that kings ruling countries in ancient India was what we now see in these Big Raja Gopurams or numerous temples of granite stones and big reservoirs or water tanks or preserving Devarams or songs in praise of God all of these wouldn’t have been possible without Kings and the system which helped to keep the kings in power. While the colonial masters made and created every ‘laws’ to strip those Indian kings/queens of their powers, the very same colonial masters were strengthening their kings and their queen. It was just the same tactics followed by those religious followers in destroying all the other temples wherever they invaded but making sure that their own only stone temple is kept in safe by not allowing not followers of their religion not even to enter close to the stone temple. But making sure to include a pilgrimage to their only stone temple one among the 5 pillars of their religion. Just as how in one country they should protect Royal family but destroy all other royal families, these religious followers also did to see that all stone temples should be destroyed but their own stone temple be preserved and be visited by only their followers and not by people of other religions.
And even in this stone temple, even if they may not practice caste as known to us, but they do follow the ‘clan’ and ‘tribe’ to clean their stone temples and not the other tribes are allowed to clean or enter the inner shrines…Thus we can clearly see how ‘caste’ in its form as ‘clan’ and ‘tribe’ is still used in other places and other countries for the same purpose of ‘security’ for preservation of something which is considered vital for that society.

Anyway, the challenge to modern science and technology to build another temple similar to Thiruvannamalai can it be succeeded? There may be bigger temples and larger gopuram like towers built in other parts of the world in different historical times, but they are now in ruins. Their remains can talk proud of those societies skills in their past temple building skills, but now neither they can re-produce another temple nor will they make an attempt as they are all now in a new religion. But in the land where Swami Vivekananda said, where every dust is sacred, in India we will still see that people untouched by the colonial education still preserving these skills because of the caste system and the temple building continue to give guidance and advice to future generation inspite of all external threats. For this is the land which is existing for preserving Vedas and therefore God shall see that its preserved for it also includes the land called ‘Deiva Thamizh Nadu’.