‘Our Traditional Knowledge System and Ecology’
Our Traditional Knowledge System and Ecology Our traditional knowledge system has always protected and promoted ecology. We, Indians, worship trees like peepal, tulsi (basil), kela (banana) and so on. It indicates that we worship ecology. We do not harm ecology traditionally. Likewise, we worship animals like cows, serpents and so forth. Lord Shiva has serpents around his neck. Lord Krishna worships cows. We worship mountains. Lord Krishna guided Indians to worship Gauvardhan Parvat. It reflects that we believe in ecological balance.
We worship rivers, seas and oceans. The Ganga is the most sacred river of India. We worship the Ganga. We worship wells too. ‘Kuaa poojan’ is a ceremony of our culture. We harvest rain water in ponds and use it full year. Multiple utilization of water is practised in the desert areas of our country. Thus, we have faith in saving the water. We worship the heavenly bodies – sun, moon, star and so on. We organised daily Yajnas. They clean the environment. They help in maintaining the ecological balance.
We worship the earth. We call earth, motherland. We organise “Dharti Poojan’. In this way we save ecology from land pollution. We have ‘Pavan Dev’ (Wind God). We do not pollute the air. Thus, we help to keep the atmosphere clean. We save earth from green house effect. By our ‘yajna’ we try to control the global warming. By our ‘variksa-poojan’ we try to maintain the natural water cycle. Thus, we can say that the traditional knowledge system of India guided the world how to protect and promote ecology,
