| Arise Arjuna Hinduism And The Modern World |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE ARYAN-DRAVIDIAN DIVIDE | |
| This idea was
taken further and Hindu Gods like Krishna, whose name means dark, or Shiva who is
portrayed as dark in complexion, were said to have originally been Dravidian Gods taken
over by the invading Aryans (under the simplistic idea that Dravidians as dark-skinned
people must have worshipped dark colored Gods). Yet Krishna and Shiva are not black but dark blue. Where is such a dark blue race? Moreover the different Hindu Gods, like the different classes, have different colors relative to their qualities. The racial idea reached yet more ridiculous proportions.Lakshmi is portrayed as pink, Saraswati
as white, Kali as blue-black, or Yama, the God of death, as green.
Where have such races been in India or elsewhere? Who has a black or blue Sun God? This is from the simple fact that the Sun has a golden color. What does this have to do with race? And why should it be a racial statement in the Vedas but not elsewhere?
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