गोष्ट मुंबईची : भाग १३५ | प्राचीन नाण्यांवर लक्ष्मी विराजमान झाली ती दोन हजार २०० वर्षांपूर्वी!

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00:00 The one who is mentioned in the Vedas is the Goddess of wealth.

00:04 To get blessings from the Goddess of wealth,

00:07 this is the Sukta that we get to see in the Vedas.

00:12 God and the Devil decided to go to the sea.

00:17 And from there, 14 gems came out.

00:20 Out of those 14 gems, only one is Lakshmi.

00:23 The king named Indusithyan,

00:26 on the crown of his head, we see a beautiful image of Lakshmi.

00:35 We can also see the image of Lakshmi on the crown of Indusithyan's head.

00:54 Namaskar. Welcome to Mumbai, hosted by LokSatta.com.

00:58 I am Vinayak Parabh, with the second episode.

01:01 In this second episode, we explored the ancient Mumbai

01:04 and also explored the modern Mumbai.

01:08 We are all busy celebrating Diwali.

01:12 Diwali is coming.

01:13 Tomorrow, on the day of Parabha,

01:16 we will see the Narak Chaturdashi and Lakshmi Puja.

01:19 The tradition of Lakshmi Puja dates back to around 2200 years.

01:24 We have the evidence of that.

01:27 Where is this? It is in Mumbai.

01:30 We are at the Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangraha.

01:35 We will try to understand where Lakshmi came from

01:39 and how ancient is the tradition of Lakshmi Puja.

01:45 (music playing)

01:50 Friends, we are here to understand how ancient is the tradition of Lakshmi Puja.

02:14 We have with us the curator of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangraha,

02:21 Ms. Mrunalini Pathak.

02:23 Mrunalini, welcome to this episode.

02:26 Namaskar.

02:26 We are at the ancient Pital Khola, near the sculpture.

02:31 We would like to understand how is the Lakshmi statue

02:35 and what is its significance?

02:39 Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth.

02:42 It is not wrong to say that she is a Vedic goddess.

02:47 Because there is a scripture called the Shri Sukta of the Vedas,

02:51 which has been mentioned in it.

02:54 It is described in the scripture that she is of gold.

02:58 She is adorned with gold and silver ornaments.

03:02 The description of her is that she is the goddess of wealth.

03:06 She is also known as Godhana.

03:10 The scripture mentions that she is the goddess of wealth

03:15 and that she is blessed by the goddess.

03:20 This Sukta is the reason why she is associated with wealth.

03:26 In this Sangraha, we can see the oldest statue.

03:35 It is the statue of Gajalakshmi.

03:39 She is sitting on a boiling lotus.

03:43 She has a lotus in her hands.

03:46 She has two elephants on her right and left.

03:50 She has water-filled vases in her neck.

03:55 She is anointed with the water-filled vases.

04:00 This is the statue we are going to see.

04:03 Is there anything special about this lotus?

04:05 Is it a lotus?

04:07 The lotus floats on the mud.

04:12 But there is no part of the mud on the lotus.

04:16 This goddess is also known as Lakshmi.

04:22 She is the goddess of wealth, poverty, poverty, poverty,

04:27 and poverty.

04:29 She is very pure.

04:33 She is also the goddess of prosperity.

04:37 She is also the goddess of wealth.

04:40 She is also the goddess of prosperity.

04:43 This statue is also found on the Nanyangar.

04:47 The origin of this statue is that

04:51 the gods and demons decided to travel across the ocean to get the nectar.

05:00 14 gems were found.

05:03 One of the 14 gems is Lakshmi.

05:07 After this, Vishnu got married.

05:10 Vishnu is the guardian.

05:12 She is also a guardian.

05:14 She also takes care of us.

05:16 She keeps us away from bad habits.

05:19 I think this is a statue of a Pital Khura.

05:23 Pital Khura is a Buddhist statue.

05:26 But we can see that Lakshmi is found in all religions.

05:34 Can you tell us about that?

05:36 This statue is from the 20th century.

05:39 It is on the top of the stupa.

05:41 But in all religions,

05:45 this statue is as important as the other statues.

05:49 And it is worshipped in all religions.

05:53 So, if we see this statue during Diwali,

05:56 we can see it during the Lakshmi Puja

05:59 and also during the Dhanatrayodashi.

06:01 It is worshipped on the Nanyangar.

06:04 Correct.

06:05 We are now at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangraha

06:09 in the Mudra Bihaga.

06:11 The Mudra Sangraha is located here.

06:13 I have with me the Swararaj Datar.

06:16 This is the Nanyangar Sangraha.

06:19 We call it the Mudra Sangraha.

06:22 The research assistants here look at the work.

06:26 They will tell us about the carvings on the Nanyangar.

06:32 Swararaj, the first question is,

06:34 which carving is found on the Nanyangar?

06:39 From the 20th century onwards,

06:44 we find the Gajalakshmi carving.

06:46 It is a sitting Gajalakshmi.

06:52 It is found from the 20th century onwards.

06:57 The Gajalakshmi is sitting or standing in the middle of the Gajalakshmi.

07:02 There are elephants on both sides.

07:06 We find the carvings of Ayodhya, Ujjain,

07:11 and Kaushambi here.

07:17 The Indocithian king, Azealus,

07:23 is also seen on the Nanyangar.

07:32 The elephant is standing in the middle of the Nanyangar.

07:34 There are elephants on both sides.

07:40 The reason for this is that

07:44 the carving of Lakshmi is also found on the Nanyangar.

07:49 So, Lakshmi was a great figure and was respected.

07:54 Yes, she was a respected goddess.

07:57 We can see the carvings on the Nanyangar.

08:00 The carving of Kunind Rajvati,

08:05 the king of Amoghbuti,

08:10 is also found on the Nanyangar.

08:17 This is the post-Mauryan period.

08:22 There is a special mention of Nanyangar.

08:29 Suppose there is a Rajvat of the past,

08:36 who started a certain Nanyangar,

08:41 and then the Rajvat changed.

08:48 The Nanyangar of the same style continues for years.

08:53 The reason is that people have a habit of using a particular design.

09:08 So, it does not change quickly.

09:10 People do not accept it.

09:13 So, it changes slowly.

09:15 I will give an example of this.

09:17 In the Kushan period, there is a goddess named Ardoksha.

09:23 She is a goddess of prosperity and wealth.

09:26 We can see her figure.

09:28 She is an enthroned goddess.

09:32 The carving of Ardoksha is found on the Nanyangar of Samudra Gupta.

09:40 This is the early type.

09:43 The Kaalakhanda is very large.

09:47 In the later Kushan period,

09:49 it is found in the third century.

09:53 In the early fourth century,

09:57 when Samudra Gupta came,

09:59 we can see the same figure of Ardoksha.

10:05 We can see the same type of figure of Lakshmi

10:09 on the Nanyangar of Samudra Gupta.

10:11 Later, the Gupta kings come.

10:17 We can see the changes in their Nanyangars.

10:20 But, the changes are gradual.

10:22 They do not change quickly.

10:25 So, they do not change quickly.

10:27 They change slowly.

10:29 We can see the Nanyangar of Ardoksha.

10:33 We can see the Nanyangar of Samudra Gupta.

10:35 It is of the same style.

10:38 Later, we can see Lakshmi sitting on a lotus.

10:42 She is holding a lotus in her hand.

10:44 She is sitting on a lotus.

10:46 She is standing.

10:48 She is standing in the profile.

10:50 She is standing in front.

10:52 So, there are many changes in the form of the figure.

10:54 The changes are gradual.

10:57 So, you can see such changes.

11:00 Later, in the post Gupta period,

11:03 after the fifth century,

11:05 the Gupta kings came to power.

11:08 They came to power in different ways.

11:10 The seated Lakshmi,

11:13 we can see her more often in the post Gupta period.

11:18 We can see the seated Lakshmi sitting on a lotus.

11:24 We can see such Nanyangars in some Rajvati.

11:30 I feel, this was going on for a long time.

11:33 This was going on till the Vijayanagar period.

11:36 Yes, till the Vijayanagar period.

11:38 There are some Nanyangars,

11:40 on which we can see the statue of Vishnu and Lakshmi.

11:43 It is a gold Nanyangar.

11:45 It is a gold Nanyangar.

11:47 It is a very modern statue.

11:51 It has a doll's neck.

11:53 We can see the statue of Lakshmi on the coins.

11:56 We use it for the Lakshmi puja.

11:58 It is a gold Nanyangar.

12:00 We can see the Nanyangars on it.

12:03 So, I feel, this is a very natural combination.

12:10 Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, prosperity, and wealth,

12:15 sitting on a Nanyangar is very natural.

12:20 You have studied Nanak Shastra.

12:22 You work in the Nanyangar Sangraha,

12:24 the Modara department.

12:26 Which is your favourite Nanyangar?

12:29 My favourite Nanyangar is the Gupta period.

12:33 It is made of gold.

12:35 Yes, it is made of gold.

12:37 I cannot choose one particular one.

12:43 But the Gupta Nanyangars,

12:45 which have the statue of Lakshmi,

12:48 are very beautiful.

12:50 I like them.

12:52 Thank you very much,

12:54 for sharing with us the special aspect of the Gospam Mumbai.

12:57 Friends, we have understood the tradition of Lakshmi Puja

13:01 is very ancient.

13:03 The tradition of 2200 years,

13:06 we can see it in the ancient times.

13:08 It may be in the sculptures,

13:10 or it may be the Nanyangars on Lakshmi.

13:13 I feel, because of this Diwali,

13:16 because of this Lakshmi Puja,

13:18 we have understood the tradition of Lakshmi.

13:22 It is very useful.

13:24 To understand such important things,

13:27 keep watching Gospam Mumbai.

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13:39 Thank you.

13:46 (upbeat music)

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