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PRALAYA - THE DELUGE (Concept & Significance)

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What is Pralaya? Doomsday known in Hindu terminology as Pralaya is a Sanskrit word. Pra means conspicuous; prominent; notorious; great; noticeable; unique and Laya means destruction; deluge; dissolution; death; annihilation; Pralaya means destruction of the world. On an individual plane Pralaya means death and on mundane surface it is death and destruction of both living and non living things. Pralaya very much co-terminates with the concept of eternal Time that refers to the end of world after a cycle of ages. It cannot occur as and when one wants it. It has separate arithmetic known as Kaala Ganana (reckoning of time) and will happen accordingly at a specific time set by the Kaala Niyaamaka; the governing lord and Presiding Deity of the eternal time Lord Sri ManNaaryaana; the divine law maker and law giver. Time is controlled by Kaalapurusha; the presiding Deity of eternal Time, Lord Vishnu the Kaala. He is creator of Time and also one who causes repetition of Ti...

Amazing predictions for Kaliyuga (Bhagavatha Purana)

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Symptoms of Kaliyuga -  Prophecies about dark times... (from Sri Bhagavatha Purana as narrated by Sage Sukha) TIME (Kaala) is subdivided into units of smaller duration called Yuga. As per Kalpa pramana, Yuga is classified into four types’ viz. Krutha Yuga; Tretha Yuga; Dwapara Yuga and Kali Yuga of descending duration in the ratio of 4:3:2:1 with each Yuga having the duration shorter than its previous one. Duration of these four Yugas in terms of human years is determined as follows… Krutha Yuga (1728000 years); Tretha Yuga (1296000 years); Dwapara Yuga (864000 years) and Kali Yuga (432000 years); Yugas (Krutha; Tretha; Dwapara and Kali) are associated with Dharma or moral virtues (morality). Composition of Dharma in Krutha Yuga (Sathya Yuga) called as Golden age will be fully virtuous; in Tretha Yuga called as Silver age it will be 3/4 th virtuous; in Dwapara Yuga called as Bronze age it will be half (½) virtuous; and in Kali Yuga known as Iron age or Black age ...