Life on Mars (Bhumiputra Mangal), Jyotish, Purans and Nasa

Life on Mars (Bhumiputra Mangal), Jyotish, Purans and Nasa

Mars is known as Bhumiputra or Bhaum. It is also known as Mangal in Hindi. Jyotish and Purans mention Mars very often as it is the ruler of anger, wars and courage.

According to wikipedia:

For centuries people have speculated about the possibility of life on Mars due to the planet’s proximity and similarity to Earth. Although there has been much speculation, to date there has never been any absolute proof of life existing on Mars. However, cumulative evidence is now building that Mars once was habitable to life or may harbor life forms presently.

Serious searches for evidence of life began in the 19th century, and they continue today via telescopic investigations and landed missions. While early work focused on phenomenology and bordered on fantasy, modern scientific inquiry has emphasized the search for water, chemical biosignatures in the soil and rocks at the planet’s surface, and biomarker gases in the atmosphere.

Mars is of particular interest for the study of the origins of life because of its similarity to the early Earth. This is especially so since Mars has a cold climate and lacks plate tectonics or continental drift, so it has remained almost unchanged since the end of the Hesperian period. At least two thirds of Mars’s surface is more than 3.5 billion years old, and Mars may thus hold the best record of the prebiotic conditions leading to abiogenesis, even if life does not or has never existed there. It remains an open question whether life currently exists on Mars or has existed there in the past, and fictional Martians have been a recurring feature of popular entertainment of the 20th and 21st centuries.

On January 24, 2014, NASA reported that current studies on the planet Mars by the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers will now be searching for evidence of ancient life, including a biosphere based on autotrophic, chemotrophic, and/or chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms, as well as ancient water, including fluvio-lacustrine environments(plains related to ancient rivers or lakes) that may have been habitable. The search for evidence of habitability, taphonomy (related to fossils), and organic carbon on the planet Mars is now a primary NASA objective.

 

According to Puranas

Once upon a time, a very strong rakshasa called Andhaka performed a hard penance to please Lord Shiva. Bholenath (Lord Shiva) was pleased, and offered him a boon of his choice. Andhkarsura asked for a boon that everytime a drop of his blood fell on the earth, he wanted a new Andhkarsura created. Lord Shiva granted him the boon.

Armed by this powerful boon, Andhkasura started a rein of terror. Nobody could defeat him, as every successful attack that wounded him caused his blood to drop onto the ground. Everytime his blood touched the ground, it ended up creating an army of Andhakasuras. This army of Andhakasuras were very difficult to defeat. They spread destruction everywhere around, fought with kings and devas alike, and were impossible to defeat. Everyone went to Mahakaleshwar (Lord Shiva, the protector), and asked him to protect them.

Lord Shiva battled with Andhakasura, but every time Andhaka’s blood touched the ground, a new Andhakasura was created. After fighting for a long time, Lord Shiva got tired. Drops of his sweat fell on earth. At the place where they fell, the earth opened up. From the womb of earth, Lord Mangal came out. Mangaldev started absorbing every drop of blood of Andhkasura that fell out. Thus, Lord Mangal assisted Lord Shiva in the battle, and prevented Andhakasura from being reborn by using his special boon. Assisted by an able Mangaldev, Mahakaaleshwar won the battle easily against Andhkasura and killed him.

It is believed that Mangal planet was born at the site of the ancient temple of Mangaldev Ujjain, the land of Mahakaal. Since Mangaldev was thus the child of Lord Shiv and Prithvi (Bhumi ‘ Planet Earth), Mangaldev is also called Bhaum.

The place around the battlefield is believed to have red mud. Mangaldev’s complexion is also believed to have turned red because of the blood, similar in colour to the planet Mars. In Vedic astrology, Mars is known as Mangal (Auspicious), Angaraka (Burning Coal) and Kuja (The fair one).

Other Story

According to Varah Kalp, When Hiranyaksh kidnap the Prithvi, and Lord Vishu goes to rescue her, Then Prithvi asked him to became her husband. Vishuji being in Varah Avatar accepted and live with her sometime. So Magal Grah was there son. 

REF: Sweet24Goldie on http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3008280

The ancient sages of India were aware of the relation of Mars with earth. It is not a coincidence that they coined a story for Mars as being a child of Earth. If we consider the same under scientific observation, then they wanted to convey the message, that Mars is a part of earth or something happened on Earth that separated a large body from earth and it was left in space. If we read the story carefully we will realize that Mars has relation with  blood or red color.

The blood of demons was absorbed by Mars. There was a war going and Mars is related to courage, wars and blood in body.

I believe that the Vedas and Puranas need newer researches. These researches may help in finding out several things that science has not discovered it till today.

You can imagine the level of science in ancient India, when you realize that what Nasa is discovering today, is just a small part of what was discovered by sages in ancient India. I feel sad that so called western civilized minds consider India as a developing nation. They do not realize that India is a country that has given birth to many civilizations. The so called western civilizations are toddlers if consider the aging and experience of Hindu civilization.

Alok Jagawat