Happy Mitrotsavam 2008 and not Xmas

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*Dear All,*

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*Mitrotsavam i.e. winter solstice i.e. not X'mas

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*T**hese two very readable (and not very long) articles are good eye openers

for how Christism stole from every possible tradition before they snuffed

the tradition out.

 

as noted, the X'mas had nothing to do with the birth of godman, rather, it

was a celebration of the sun god in older nature venerating traditions

 

 

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*Interestingly the Easter is a take off on a Germanic festival for the

goddess of fertility at the springtime equinox. makes complete sense of

course - spring being the season when life would burst forth after an icy

germanic winter.*

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*With Love & OM!*

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*Krishna Prasad*