Only you could write about Shivaji's phallic form in such an amiable manner. Very humorous - enjoyed every bit of it.

Maybe it is because I consider myself to be agnostic, but I could never fully grasp people's devoutness towards the phallic figure either. I didn't want to sound judgy, so I never questioned and/or inquired about the practice, but I bet I would've gotten a made up answer from some dogged fanatic if I did. Thanks to you, I skimmed through some articles today and learned that the Shiv Ling, depicted in consummate union with the vulva of Shakti, is representative of the most wonderful and miraculous feature of life itself. (Who are we f**king kidding?)

But then, that is third wave feminism right? Third-wave feminism takes a global perspective--not by merely attempting to colonize developing nations with Western practices, but by empowering women to actualize change, to gain power and equality, within their own cultures and their own communities and with their own voices. (not my words, would cite it if I had the source handy) However, women fasting for an entire day for their husband’s long life (Teej is partially about Shivaji too, right?) while husbands and fathers can’t even guarantee their parental property rights is baffling to me, to say the least.

A couple days ago, I read in the news that few locals beat up a lady and fed her feces accusing her of being a boksi. I forget who it was, but someone’s twitter read “Dhunga lai dudh khwaera manche lai disha khwaune desh mero”.

I apologize, I did not mean to hijack your creative piece with my rant – things like this get me going. Great piece!

Just for the record, there are other religions that pray to the same organ.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16103_5-inspiring-religions-that-worship-penises.html

To be fair to hindus, they do not pray to the symbol thinking about sex. I guess it is our thoughts that are bad, not those symbols. :)

Behoove_Me

Have you read Amish Tripathi's "The Immortals of Meluha" and the sequels "The Secret of the Nagas" and "The Oath of the Vayuputras"? If not, I'd say they are must reads (especially the second and third books). People have found them informative, even illuminating, but at a minimum they are very entertaining. They are also highly pertinent to the subject at hand

Best wishes.

nice wrtiting, lol

Very entertaining Behoove! Might I add, I think we're not as religious as people as we make it out to be, it is merely cultural. Most people in Nepal are wired to do what everyone else is going, just like our rote learning in school, without much ado. I mean i used to go to pashupati a lot with my local friends, only because I knew the gals next door were also going :). Women go because all of their cousins or neighbors are also going.

By the way have you heard that joke about Mahadev and Kali mata, i am scared of telling it ‘किनकी पाप लाग्छ’

“Dhunga lai dudh khwaera manche lai disha khwaune desh mero”. Indeed!

 A good read Behoove ji. 

 “Dhunga lai dudh khwaera manche lai disha khwaune desh mero” ------Well said Anney

 रमाइलो छ

 Even though i am not an athiest either and i do believe in that penis and i do have one of those in the small temple inside my room but i did enjoyed every bit of what you wrother behoove. As always good read. 

Son ur rant is full of logical fallacies!!

Loved the Dora kattu Ko part though!

Beehove_me,
Loved it! I like the stories about our own Shivaji. Remember him handing out his warm semen to the hermit who asked for "Vikshya" while Shivaji n Parvati were making out. The hermit couldnt handle his hot bodily fluid that he ran away to the nearest pond and took a dive to cool down himself. Unfortunately the ladies taking bath at the pond got impregnated becasue Shivaji's semen got mixed with water via the hermit. And all the impregantaed ladies got divorce from their husband becasue they were charged with the infidelity. The reason Christian woman do not worship Jesus Christ penis is that Jesus look like he is the one who needs cialis coz he looks tired, hungry and barley surviving on the cross while on other hand Shivaji looks stud and virile although somewhat high sometimes. And yes bold enough to have seprent wrapped around his neck.
I'm just saying bruv!!
Mangale.

Beehove_me,
Yours humor/sarcasm is over the par, man. And if the men were in the pond, I would say they would get water burn unless if it was Chuck Norris's semen, then they would have become pregnant as well. lol

Oh, how apt!

 

Looking at the responses on this thread, I know I am going to get flack for my response here. Also, I have always enjoyed Behoove's writings in the past and have commented likewise; so this might come as a sad comment.

I am not a religious person by any means but I do respect beliefs. Belief is what makes us human, it's a manifestation of our brain and each one will have a different manifestation. As long as some one's belief doesn't hurt me or anybody else, I try to respect that belief. Your writing slightly crossed that line for me, even though, I know it is a humor piece.

I am not going to raise a hell for this, nor would I protest vehemently. However, I do feel that I should respond in this thread with my disapproving comment. Call me narrow minded, call me sensitive. Honestly, I didn't find it that humorous, maybe because I found it a little insulting.

Again, I am not advocating banning this post or burning your effigy (please); I am only posting a response to your post and this is the first time I didn't enjoy your writing; matter of fact I cringed.

Poontedai,
Very apt indeed, I’d like to resonate what Anne mentioned on her reply above. We are so besotted by our mythological idols we seem oblivious about the reality.
 
Drpilot,
That guruji has an interesting point, and I was surprised how articulate he was, his guise completely fooled me for few seconds. Maybe he is right, and he arguably has more knowledge about the galaxy and other astronomical (literally speaking) facts. However I am still struggling to understand what Shivaji had to do with it. Again, maybe you were just trying to bring forth the significance of shiva linga and I am not challenging you by any means, I just wondered why guruji didn’t speak anything about shivaji.
 
Kiddo,
Not my best write-up, not at all (not that I write any better than this any other time, but still….) and quite honestly I am pleased that you cared to think otherwise. It is but just a matter of perspectives, so no love lost there. And yes it was a humor, and I could have just asked you to read it with a pinch of salt but then you know and I know that maybe it was a little beyond humor. I am an agnostic theist, and just like you have issues over someone making defamatory comment about shivaji, I make an effort to understand if it suits educated individuals like us to believe in idol worship fanatically. I guess my point is, could we just resort to little more educated beliefs?
 
Again, I do appreciate you voicing out your concern without calling names and not coming across as a combative zealot.

@Behoove
Well said. Yes, I am definitely not a religious zealot; I even venture into atheist territory. But I do respect beliefs.
Point noted about respecting educated beliefs. Let me give you one example. A friend of mine touches his car's handle with his elbow before he opens the car. Whenever he takes name of his kids, he has to take name of all three; his reasoning? He thinks something bad will happen if he doesn't include all three.
Is that logical? No. Do I support that behavior? Ofcourse not. But do I mock him infront of my other friends? No, I don't even mention that he does this things (or at least I don't associate his name with this behavior).
Is religion some kind of sickness then? I don't know, but that's not the point I am trying to make. The point I am making is what is logical and what's illogical is different to everybody. I won't claim my logic to be the "educated" one and my friend's to be uneducated one. I just give him his room to practice whatever beliefs he has..as long as he doesn't force me to touch my car's door by my elbow.

Thesedays everything you read needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It's becoming more of the norm for people to be resilient and be able to laugh at oneself. If you cannot laugh at seemingly funny things then you border the gray area of fanatics.

The example that kiddo brought about his friends belief is interesting because if kiddo had heard that someone unknown to him was doing it, then he could probably laugh about it and even joke about it. But since it's his friend he finds his lips sealed.

Behoove_me probably wouldn't be out at pasupatinath telling this piece to people out there but this is just a literary piece where he is exercising his freedom of speech.

Another beautiful piece from behoove!!