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Astrologer and metaphysician Kedarnath Prabhakar breaks some myth about his profession
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Kedarnath Prabhakar
Astrologer Kedarnath Prabhakar confesses that the number of believers in astrology is drastically going down with each passing year. And he blames it on the increasing number of the so-called practitioners of astrology who are spreading false belief
s. “These days, men who wear long tilaks, malas and have that certain look on their face are being regarded as astrologers. They spread wrong notions about astrology. One example is, asking people to do shani puja to remove the effect of shani on them.The effects of an eclipse are also exaggerated. As per astrology, an eclipse is nothing but the shadow.”
He then asserts, “Astrology shouldn’t be confused with religion. A planet should be dealt with as a planet as there is no rahu or ketu,” says the 70-year-old Saharanpur resident, whose family has been practicing astrology as a profession for seven generations.
Astrology is perfect science like any other subject. It was quite advanced ages ago. For instance, what stands as Qutb Minar today was an observatory tower, he says. “Varahamihira, the astrologer who existed 2000 years ago, used it as an observatory tower,” states Prabhakar who has done extensive research on Varahamihira. He also mentions ‘Brihad Samvida’, an age-old scripture on astrology that “astrologers all over the globe have referred to to know the basics of astrology.”
“Reading Brihad Samvida,” he adds, “many astrologers have penned their own books on astrology.”
Since he observes that in the name of astrology, many self-proclaimed astrologers are fooling people, he does his own bit to bring awareness about what astrology actually is.For that, he organises Varahamihira Celebrations in his hometown every year which constitutes seminars, discussions, reading of research papers, lectures by expert astrologers, etc.
“It is very difficult to make people understand the difference between astrology and religion as they are quite touchy about it. It also happens because there is a shortage of institutions that can differentiate the right from the wrong. I am trying to form my own association to do the needful,” says Prabhakar, who is also a metaphysicist.
Keeping Vedanta as the base, he claims an ability to heal people of their diseases as a metaphysicist. “Vedanta says that if your soul is healthy, no disease can afflict you. I try to help people to keep a healthy soul,” concludes the veteran.
M.R.
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