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Wednesday, 2 April 2008

Proof, courtesy Indian television

Read the headline on the next frame. Can you believe it? Yes, India TV has found that the legendary Sudarshan Chakra of Lord Vishnu is not a myth but is a reality.

6 crore saal pahle aaya dharti par: came on the earth 60 million years ago

How does the channel get to this conclusion? By getting a piece of news that paleontologists have found a head of a crocodile which lived around 60 million years ago, and was killed by a sharp object which severed the head from the body. Ofcourse this could not have happened other than the mighty Vishnu killing it himself, according to a fable (The one where the said crocodile catches hold of an elephant, who happens to be Vishnu's devotee. The elephant, seeing inevitable death, cries out his Lord's name, and Vishnu comes running barefoot to save his devotee, and to achieve this end, uses his Sudarshan Chakra to cut off the crocodile's head).

The deeply religious folks at India TV saw this as proof that the fable actually happened.

sach hai sudarshan chakra! brazil me mile avsheshh: the Sudarshan Chakra is a reality! the fossils were found in Brazil
Even though the head was found in Brazil, while Vishnu is an Indian deity.

pandit Ajay Gautam, vedon ke jaankar: expert on Vedas
Who is the expert they are consulting here? A certain Pandit Ajay Gautam, who is apparently an expert on the Vedas.

No, they don't feel the need to consult, interview or publish words of the team who is supposed to have been involved in this excavation and is responsible for this discovery. Not their opinions, not their clarifications, not what they derive from this, not what impact this discovery could have on their field. And no, they did not flash or tell us the names, identities or even nationalities of the scientists involved in this.
ab mile saboot, Proof found now
The story carried no identifiers using which we could search for more information on this excavation. Only low quality video footage of some people holding a crocodile head's bone structure. And repeat "flashing news" snippets that the mighty Sudarshan Chakra has been now proven to exist. All with 'expert comments' from Panditji who is an expert on Vedas, not paleontology, carbon dating or archeology.

sach hai sudarshan chakra!: the sudarshan chakra is a reality!
So dear friends, if you are an atheist, start repenting now, and if you are an agnostic, don't be one - here's proof. Courtesy Indian news television :)

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7 Comments:

  • At 3 April 2008 at 13:55 , Blogger Nitwit Blubber Oddment Tweak said...

    hahahahahahhahaha!

    *Falls off the chair laughin'*

     
  • At 3 April 2008 at 18:01 , Blogger Sudhir Pai said...

    I Dont believe this!!APRIL FOOL??
    but then these days there seem to be more news channels than news itself! [;)]

     
  • At 3 April 2008 at 18:44 , Blogger Hypnos said...

    No this one was not broadcast on the 1st of April. It was the 29th of March.

    And I don't give our beloved news channels that much credit - they don't possess sense of humour.

     
  • At 4 April 2008 at 00:01 , Blogger Unknown said...

    In a society full of such fools - I can be vouched as a Highly Intelligent member ;-)

     
  • At 4 April 2008 at 14:08 , Blogger johnny said...

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  • At 4 April 2008 at 15:23 , Blogger JSR said...

    All hail Rajat Sharma for opening my eyes!!!!!

     
  • At 4 April 2008 at 19:27 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    This is the proof of existence of our Holy God. But as always the fools whose buddhi(intellect) has been taken away by their actions cannot believe this, and they will always be doubters. I don't want to be in war of words with fools because coming in contact with these people will also take away my buddhi too.

     

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