KINGDOM OF SITHTHARS

Do not think that we are deviating from sharing the details told by the Siththars about homam. While talking about the wonders of the past, if we share about the information about their availability and impact at present, it will add extra flavor to the reading. Isn’t it? Generally the homam are done by putting forth some desires. They might be to satisfy our wants, to get cured from diseases or for the welfare of the society.

Though there is an idea that we can satisfy the god by performing homams, the scientific research is being done to know about the scientific impact of these homams. Due to burning of certain things in the homam, there are certain scientific benefits which are listed out below.

The smoke that is produced from the homam kills the germs that cause diseases to the human, animals and plants. Also the smoke increases the immunity in the human body. It also prevent the water bodies and the food items around the place of homam from getting toxinity. Also the results prove that they reduce the level of carbon di oxide and increase the oxygen levels.

The smoke from the homam combines with the sun light and protects from the adverse effects of the sun rays. The researches related to these are still undergoing. In future we may get interesting facts related to this.

Finally an information, does performing homam cause rain? The answer to these questions always involves debate in it. The artificial rain caused by the modern science is done by pouring the silver iodide or dry ice through the aeroplane. As a result of this only the rain fall occurs. The rain due to the homam has one such reason only. I have collected so much information regarding this. I also have an idea of writing an e-book about it. In that I shall share the scientific reasons about this homam.

In the next post we shall see about what are all the things that are used in this homam.

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Though the homam is something related to the religious beliefs we have seen certain scientific reasons for that in the previous post. Before sharing about the types of homam told by the Siththars, I will share some of the scientific reasons that I know.

We could not imagine a life without light and sound. We can understand how our life would be without these two by seeing our brothers and sisters who are blind and deaf.

The homam is the combination of vibrations from sound and heat from light. This combination causes good to human life and human body. And also science says about the effects caused due to the homam in the surrounding.

The American scientist Dr.Howard Steingull says that while chanting the gayatri mantra, 1,10,000 sound waves are produced per second. He has also mentioned about the effects caused by these sound waves. Like this each mantra produces different kinds of sound vibrations. When these sounds are produced by a group of people, the vibrations caused by them could be realized by the people in that surrounding by experience only.

There are many researches that had put forth the opinion about the impact caused by the smoke of the homam to the people and the atmosphere. The research institute Haffkine Institute for Training, Research and Testing in Mumbai and the founder of the institute Dr. Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine has put forth many results regarding these with evidences. 

I shall share the further details in the next post.

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We do not have the correct information about the time of origin of this kind of practices. But most of the Siththars right from Agathiyar has shared the information about homam in their songs. As I have seen, the information about homam are in the songs of Agathiyar, Thirumoolar, Bogar, Pulipaani, Karuvoorar and Korakkar.

Agathiyar in his book, “Aemathaththuvam” has written about the homam in the following way.

பாரப்பா பார்தனிலே யிருக்குமட்டும்

paarappaa paarthanilae yirukkumattum

பத்திகொண்டு டிசைந்துநீ ஓமஞ்செய்தால்

paththikondu disainthunee oamanjseithaal

நேரப்பா பருதிமதி யுள்ளம் மட்டும்

naerappaa paruthimathi yullam mattum

நீமகனே பூரணமாய் வாழ்வாயப்பா

neemakanae pooranamaai vaazhvaayappaa

காரப்பா நித்தியகர்ம அனுஷ்டானங்கள்

kaarappaa niththiyakarma anushtaanangal

கருணையடன் செய்துகொண்டு கனிவாய்மைந்தா

karunaiyudan seithukondu kanivaaimainthaa

தேரப்பா சிறப்புடனே ஓமஞ்செய்து

thaerappaaa sirappudanae oamanjseythu

சிவசிவா விசயோகத் திறத்தைகாணே

sivasivaa visayoagath thiraththaikaanae.

- அகத்தியர் (Agathiyar)

Agathiyar has told about the benefits of doing homam in this song. In the Thirumantra of Thirumoolar, he has told about the homam in the following way.

"ஓமத்திலேயும் ஒருத்தி பொருந்தினாள்

oamaththilaeyum oruththi porunthinaal”

"வின்னா விளம்பிரை மேவிய குண்டத்துச்

vinnaa vilambirai maeviya kundaththuch”

"நாடறிமண்டலம் நலவிக் நலவிக் குண்டத்தும்

naadarimandalam nalavi nalavik kundaththum”

"நின்ற குண்டம் நிலையாறு கோணமாய்

ninra kundam nilaiyaaru koanamaai"

The ancient Tamilians had a practice of burning the left out crops after harvesting. Even today we can witness this kind of practice. But we do not know if there were religious reasons behind this.

But as per the science this kind of practice gives the required strength to the land. The reason of telling this here is that the homam is the smaller form of that burnings done on the huge agricultural lands. Because it has been told that the homam are to be done on the land only.

What are the shapes of the homa kundam*? What are the types? We shall see all the answers for these questions in the next post.

*Kundam – Hollow in the ground for the sacred fires

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