Why out cast marriages were not allowed in Hinduism?

As we know that there is Casteism in Hinduism. Group of Hindu peoples are divided into four cast (Varnas). You know those Varnas are Brahmin, Kshatriya, Shudra aur Vaisya. In Hinduism, one cast person could not do marriage with other cast person in ancient times. Those ancient peoples of India were well known about the Genetics and inter mixing of qualities. They knew that if two good qualities of characters (Genes) are mixed, then a better quality is gained. Which is good for development of society. If one bad quality and a good quality get mixed, then it may be dangerous for society. Because new born quality may be harmful for society.
In Mahabharata, during the starting of war, one reason Arjun was saying to Lord Krishna not to fight this war. The reason was that if Arjun defeat Kauravas by killing Kaurava warriors. Then thier widow wife may give birth to Varna sankoor child after having sex with other cast person. For example, a person with good intellectual and bad behaviour is not good for society. I can suggest a such kind of person from mythology. That was Ravan, he was the son of Rishi Durvasa and Demoness Nikasha. From them, Demon King Ravan was born. Ravan had having great intellectual but his behaviour and quality was like a demon.
        In mahabharat also, there is a story of intermixing of two different qualities. That story is of Ghatotkach. He was the son of Bhim and Hidimba. Bhima was a human being and Hidimba was a Demoness. But due to some reason, they both get married and Ghatotkach was born. Ghatotkach was half human being and half demon. He was having human behaviour and having strength and power like a demon.
      Therefore, the probability of birth of a varn sankoor child may or may not be harmful for society. But maximum probability of a varna sankoor is on side of destruction of society. Hence in Hinduism, it was not allowed.

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What is Upvasa (Fasting) and what are the advantages of it?

In Hindu religion, Doing fasting is a very significant. Fasting is also occurs in other religions like Jain, Buddhism and even in Islam. Question is why fasting is performed and what are the significance of it. In Hindi and Sanskrit, fasting is called as "UPVAASA". Actual meaning of UPVASA means second type of living. First type of living is as we live life normally like eating, sleeping and doing social activity. In second type of living means living near to self and identifying self. Another way we can living near to almighty. If we say, bringing changes in daily routine is called UPVASA. UPVASA doesn't mean only fasting or avoiding food to eat. It means bringing changes in normal routine work.
          For example, as we work daily in offices or factory and take a leave on Sunday for relaxation and regain our energy. Similarly, Ancient sages and saints were so intelligent that they knew, human body needs relaxation after a continual work for better health. Hence, they advised society to do this and for spiritual development, they connect this to god. Therefore people started to please God and fulfillment of there wishes. Peoples gained spiritual upliftment and remain healthy. In Ayurveda, it is advised to do fasting once in a week for living healthy.
           The doctors and bio students must know that some part of glucose from digested food get stored in liver in forms of Glycogen for further utilization. When the human body will not get food in time, then for proper functioning of human body, Glycogen stored in liver again get converted to Glucose and utilized. Due to this human body become healthy. Such types of process can be seen in animals and other living thing in another form.
         Now a days, people don't understand significance of fasting. They eat more than required quantity. Due to this, peoples suffers lots of diseases like diabetes, obesity and over weight. Even daily they eat lots of fast foods, which are not healthy. If they feed on fast food, so they should do fasting once in a week. On eating fast food, digestive system of human body do hard work to digest fast food and it take much time to digest. Hence by doing fasting, digestive system get relaxation and regain it functional activity.
              Basically there is two types of fasting called as 1) Kastha and 2) Nistha .
In Kastha fasting, Strictly food is not eaten from first day sun rise to second day sun rise. In Nistha fasting, Food is not eaten during day time but fruits and cow milk is allowed to eat after sun set. Fruit is used to eat after sunset because fruit is easily digestible.
            As I said above that UPVASA meaning is not only to stop eating food for a day here. UPVASA means to controlled anything that you do daily. Another name of UPVASA (Fasting) mean VRATA, some people in Hinduism do Nirjala ekdasi, in which they don't drink water for that day. Not drinking water, for that day, digestion as well as activity of Urine system get relaxed and the functionality of this system increases. During performing of such UPVAASA or VRATA, there is the condition not perform any physical activity and not to go out from home to get exposed to strong sun rays. Another example is MOUN VRATA, in which the person not speaks out or talk with any person. We must know that by talking, we losses lots of energy. So in Hinduism, people performs MOUN VRATA, to control their energy losses. Mahatma Gandhi was also doing MOUN VRATA once in a week.

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Why is it mandatory to worship Lord Ganesh during initiation of any other worship in Hinduism?

In Hinduism, there are five prime god called as panch dev (Five god). The name of those five gods are Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesh, Lord Surya (Sun) and the godess Durga. Among these five gods, Lord Ganesh have their own significance. Lord Ganesh is considered as first worship able before the worship of any other God or Godess. Hence Lord Ganesh is called as "Pratham Pujan". Meaning of Ganesh name is chief of the group or leader of the group. If we try to understand that the mind (Mann) controls the body.  Body is the group and mind is the leader of whole body. Hence it can be said that the Lord Ganesh is the god of mind or mental powers.
       In ashtang yog (eight part yog), yogi concentrate on different spiritual wheels, which are present in human body to increase the power and to achieve spiritual upliftment. There are seven spiritual wheels in human body. Those are Mool dhara chahta, Swadhisthan chakra, Manipur chakra , Anahad chakra , Vishudh chakra , Aagya chakra. Among these chakra, Aagya chakra is most significant chakra because it controls other chakra. As I said that Lord Ganesh is the god of mental power. Hence, for concentration and feeling during Pooja, Lord Ganesh is worshipped first. In any Pooja, without concentration and feeling, it is considered that there is no advantages or achievement by performing any worship.
           Ashtang yogis practice to concentrate on third eye (Aagya chakra). It is nothing but a kind of worship to Lord Ganesh. Lord Shiva and even Goddess Parvati having third eye means they have Lord Ganesh as their son. According to puranas, Lord Ganesh have not born as per Brahma created nature or sexually. Lord Ganesh has been born through psychic energy of Godess Parvati. Lord Shiva alway practices shambhavi mudra mean practicing concentration on third eye. Hence Lord Shiva has complete control over the third eye and called as Shambhoo.

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What is the meaning of Bali ritual (Sacrifice ritual) in Hinduism?

In various Hindu text like Vedas and Puranas, Bali ritual was there, Bali ritual means Animal sacrifices. During Aagya, animals were beheaded and given up in Yagya Kinda to satisfy Gods of heaven. Whatever are written in Vedas are kind of sign language. Bali (Sacrifice) doesn't mean to be headed the animal and give up in Yagya. Here are the some proof that , which indicate what is the exact meaning of Bali.
                 In Vishnu puran, it is heard that there was a Demon King name Maharaj Bali, who on the basis of his power, conquered the heaven of God Indra.
                 Maharaj Bali was great Beneficent or donor. It is said that no one was returned empty handed from his door step. Because of Beneficent nature and religiously active, he was called as Bali. Bali means who can give up his everything to any needy person.
             In vedic rituals, there is nothing to kill any animals. But feed animal during Yagya. In tantrik rituals only, animals were beheaded for eating thier meat. On hearing, various types of Bali ritual comes to hear like Pashoo Bali (Animal Sacrifiece), Matsya Bali (Fish Sacrifiece) and Manav Bali (Human Sacrifiece). If I say directly meaning of Bali (Sacrifiece), who give up his favorite things and Sacrifiece own desire is called Bali. Pashu Bali means feeding to animals, Matsya Bali mean feeding to Fishes, Manav Bali means feeding to Human.
        Another thing, in vammarg tantra, tantrik used to beheaded  animal infront of Goddess. It's a cruelty that is necessary to perform in Vammarg tantra. The tantra practitioner losses heavy amount of protein by practicing tantrik sadhanas. Hence they use to eat animal eat and for deep meditation, they drink alcohols. But in vedic rituals, cruel Sacrifiece of any living being is not allowed.

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Why saint and Sages of Hinduism eat dinner before the sunset ?

You must have known about Yogis, Saints and Sages. But very few peoples know that Saint and Sadhus complete their dinner before sunset. You must be thinking that why they do like this. Is there any scientific reason behind this?. Ya, there is many scientific proof to explain it. The reason behind this is darkness. In ancient time, there was no electric city, and not having sufficient source for lighting. Hence people used to complete their major part of work before sunset and sleep early. Not only dinner, there is other works also, which were not allowed to perform at night. In puranas and upanishads, major and critical works are refused to do at night like cooking, eating,  shaving, cutting nails, running, climbing on tree, collecting flower from tree and collecting wood.
    Cooking of food was also not allowed at night because during cooking, there was possibilty that night creatures or insects may fall in cooked food and it may cause unhealthy for human being. For same reason, eating food at night was not allowed due to improper visibility. Cutting nail was not allowed at night because during cutting of nail, one may harm himself by cutter.
     Collecting flower from tree is dangerous because of improper visibility and presence of poisonous snake or insect on branches of flowering plant may bite any one.  
          One more reason is there for completing dinner before sunset. As per Ayurveda principal. There should be two hour gap between dinner and bed time. Many peoples suffers from constipation, gas, acidity and indigestion because of peoples complete their dinner and soon they go to bed. Due to this, peoples also suffers from overweight and  obesity. But in modern age, everywhere electricity is available. So we can eat at night but should have maximum 2 hour gap between dinner and sleep. Also western peoples accept that after taking dinner one must walk for some distance better digestion. Thank You

Why Soap should not be used daily during bath

In modern India, I think 80% of population use Soap daily during taking bath. Using soap daily during bath, it harms the skin . If they don't use soap daily then they don't feel freshness, they say. In summer season, many peoples says that they feel very hot even under the fan and they go for Air conditioning system. Even they can't tolerate to direct sunlight. Practically, I have observed that the farmer or village people work under the direct sunlight for whole day. And in cities, people work in offices lost their ability to stand on sunlight even for 15 minutes. I found the difference between these two type peoples that village peoples don't use soap daily and city peoples use soap daily during bath.
         By using daily soap, sweat gland and  sebaceous gland pore become wide. Similarly, as the stomata of leaf become wide and losses water very fast. Due to this, the rate of perspiration increases and water level in body decreases and a man feel thirsty very soon and feels very hot. On Losing water by increasing rate of perspiration, body can't maintain normal temperature. Hence they can't tolerate more temperature.
        Due to widening of sebaceous gland, which secret oil and keep skin moist naturally. They remove this secreted oil by using soap daily. Hence the city peoples look more fair than the village peoples. For protecting from sunlight, city peoples use sunscreen lotion to protect their skin from sun rays.
        But in villages and Hindu religion, there was tradition to self massage of body by some oil like coconut oil or mustard oil, this is called Tailanga . By massaging oil daily on human body, a  person feels relaxation and physically active. Even today, my father used to massage his body with oil himself. He had learnt it from our forefather and he can work under the sunlight in summer for long hour.
        Another research says that the uses of soap, perfume and deodorant prevent the effectiveness of pherohormans. Pherohormans is a biological chemical which is screated from male insects to attract female intracts. This is a kind of biological signal to female insect for mating. Similarly, on the basis of scientific research, it is found true and the secretion of Pherohorman is found in maximum creatures, even in Human body. Daily using of soap, prevents the Pherohorman secretion and decreases it's effect.

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Why Holi festival is celebrated in Hinduism and what is the scientific reason?

Holi is a big festival of India, and it is celebrated every year in month of Falgoon 
(February to March) of Hindu month. It is known to every one that Holi is celebrated after the death of Holikaa. Holikaa was the sister of Hiranakshya the evil king. Who was blessed from brahma that she can't be burn in fire. When she tried to kill Prahlaad the great devotee of Lord Vishnu and the son of her brother Hiranakshya. She was burnt herself because of evil thought about Devotee Prahlaad and to kill her. After the death of Holikaa, Holi is celebrated by merging colour to each other. All these are external meaning of Holi festivals. It can be said that behind the festival of Holi. There is various scientific and spiritual reasons. Very few peoples know that Holi is not just celebrated only with chemical colours. It is enjoyed by merging colour and mud to each other.
       Here is the scientific reason for celebrating Holi. As we know that Holi is celebrated in March, Which is the first month of summer season. In Hindi, Holi is also depicted as Fagu festival means the Festival of Hindu month Falgoon. In this month, lots of flower are observed on tree  and these flowers are collected to prepare natural colour. In these natural colours, lots of healing medicines are found which make skin to glow and prevent skin diseases. Before merging colour, peoples used to play with mud. These muds make skin smooth, which was dried up during winter season and open ups the pores of sweat gland and sebaceous gland. Then peoples use to play with fagoo (Colour prepared by natural flower). These medicinal colour penetrates internal part of skin and prevents harmful particals. This medicinal treatment also protect from Sunstroke during summer season and regulate the rate of perspiration etc.
       Youngness and beauty will not persist for long time in human life. And the peoples who have ego on their beauty and smartness, they must know that time and age cannot be stopped. The time will pass on day by day. Celebration of holi gives message to peoples to see there face in Holi. With coloured face, one can realizes that her beauty will not be forever and his human body will also not be forever, death of human body is true. Therefore  they experience divinity and achieves spiritual upliftment. They get to know the reality of life. Holi make every one Happy and says to laugh and enjoy the life of every moment and serve God under his feet. In reality, that almighty is only having beauty. Many time it is called in Sanskrit that Satyam Shivam sundaram means truth is God and God is beautiful (God is only truth and God is only beautiful) Nothing is beautiful than that almighty.
            There is a example found in Shrimad Bhagwat Puran, in which it is mentioned that Gopis (Ladies of Gopal community in Vrundavan) had ego for being beautiful and they were thinking that nothing is beautiful than them. Lord Krishna is incarnated and destroy the egoness of Gopis. All Gopis were strongly attracted toward Lord Krishna because of his beautiful and gorgeous incarnation. Lord Krishna played Holi with Gopis and destroy their ego and divert then to devotion.

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Why castism is there in Hinduism

In Hinduism cast system can be observed , which is well known as Varna Bevastha (Cast System) in Sanskrit. In ancient time, such a system was created for suitability of society and to help each other. Varna Bevastha is nothing but the allocation of some dedicated work to a selected group of people as per their expertise. Basically 4 varna mean communities are seen. Those are Brahmin, Kshatriya, Shudra and Vaisya. All four varnas are most important parts of society like the four pillar of any house.   Responsibility of Society cant be put on a single community (Varna) people. As we to build house on a single pillar. Among these four varnas Brahimins are most respectful varna (Community) than all other varna or community. One question will be raised in mind that "what is the meaning of Brahmin". Brahmin is sanskrit word which mean the person who follow Brahma (Soul). Another way this varna people are called Brahmin due to Lord Brahma who has created this whole universe. It is consider that the Brahmins are born from the head of lord Brahma. In society, Brahmins were most respectful because of there knowledge. They were teachers in society, they were advising peoples about everything like what is good and what bad.
    The second highest varna (Cast) is kshatriya. It is like Kshatra (Region) and triya (Protector), Kshatriya means the cast who protects there mother land from external enemies. Kshatriya are warrior and they practice the techniques to fight with opponents. Kshatriya protect other varna people. Mostly Kshatriya were king. It is considered that Kshatriya are born from the Chest of Lord Brahma. It was called as second pillar of ancient Arya society. They were allowed to perform cruel activities like hunting.
         The third varna is Vaisya, these peoples were less educated and for their living hood. They were doing farming, rearing animals and doing business. Vaisya mean the peoples who perform low quality works. They also were working as servant for king and rich peoples. Vaisya means who sold their service for money. Another meaning of Vaisya is whose grade is low and having uncontrolled desires. This varna is considered that born from the thigh part of Lord Brahma. It can be called as third pillar of ancient Hindu society.
             The fourth varna is shudra, and it is last varna and fourth pillar of ancient Hindu society. Shudra or Kshudra means small whose living standards are very poor and not accepted in the society. Such kind of peoples are called Shudra. Whose mentallity and living standard quality is small or lower than the social standard. Shudra varna peoples are uneducated, speak bad language and behave unlawful. They live life with meat, alcohol and sex as they desire. They didn't have control on their desires. They were not involve in spiritual activity. They were doing business of skin.
          Varna arrangement were depending on the quality of people in society. It was not being transfered from father to son and from son to grand son. Suppose a person is brahmin having good knowledge about vedas, puranas, spiritual, Ayurveda, astrology and science.   The son of that person having the quality of shudra and live life with alcohol and meat can't be said as brahmin. Similarly a person is shudra and his son has good practice over the vedas, shastra, upanishads and vyakaran. Then his son is deserve to be called as brahmin.
           In Hindu puranas, there are many examples, where peoples have changed their Varnas. Like Brahmrishi Vishwamitra,  before becoming a Brahmrishi, Vishwamitra was a King means Kshatriya. After gaining knowledge, he became Brahmin and depicted as Brahmrishi. Another example is found in Ramayan, in which Maharishi Valmiki was also an shudra, whose work was to do stealing and dacoiting. After getting knowledge by hard penance, he became Rishi Valmiki and composed Ramayana. In olden days Casteism doesn't passes from generation to generation for a family. But it was the division according to thier quality of work and professionalism. We should understand that as a doctor cann't work in place of a engineer and an engineer can't work in place of advocate and an advocate cann't work in place of Barbara. As in modern days, we have divided the professionalism as per thier achieve knowledge. Similarly, these four Varnas were divided as per their achieve knowledge and behaviour. As it is not necessary that the son of a doctor should accept the profession of doctor and he might become a engineer. Similarly, in ancient time, it was not necessary that the son of Brahmin will be a brahmin. As time passes, Brahmin father transfer his knowledge to his son and a Kshatriya transfer his knowledge to his son. This process was continue further and it become limited to particular family and relative. In later stage, it was misunderstood. Thank you