Real science behind Diwali
Every year,Diwali or Deepawali is celebrated with great pomp not only in India,but around the world. As per the nomenclature,Diwali or Deepawali means an array of brilliantly burning earthen oil lamps whose luminescence dissipates the darkness of the night.
Since the atmosphere is highly contaminated due to the presence of dead bodies of night flies,the flies which keep on rotating and encircling around the lamps,the earthen lamps when burnt release soot or carbon black which is a very nice absorbing agent. It absorbs all the polluted gases and makes the environment clean. Unlike the high temperature of summer heat,the low temperature of cold winter doesn't evaporate stagnant water bodies easily.
Hence,they end up becoming breeding ground for insects,especially mosquitoes,which then leads to spread of several contaminated diseases.
The Hindus,who were already experts in the sciences of yoga and ayurveda,thousands of years ago itself,had all the relevant knowledge back then to come up with a solution,which could actually be carried out as a fun - filled tradition so that it could be sustained and passed on generations. With the knowledge of saltpetre,one of the simplest ways of using it to destroy such insects,was to use them in tiny explosives or sparklers,which could release potassium-nitrate which could in turn destroy germs and curb harmful insects. Even today,saltpetre is used as a basic ingredient in home-remedy kits to prepare mosquito repellants.
Thus,it can be deduced that,Hindus,thousands of years ago,came up with such simple yet effective solution of destroying harmful disease-borne insects and germs,by simply exploding firecrackers,or lighting up sparklers,in which saltpetre was the basic ingredient,keeping contaminable and water - borne diseases at bay.
Happy Deepavali to all of you !!
Since the atmosphere is highly contaminated due to the presence of dead bodies of night flies,the flies which keep on rotating and encircling around the lamps,the earthen lamps when burnt release soot or carbon black which is a very nice absorbing agent. It absorbs all the polluted gases and makes the environment clean. Unlike the high temperature of summer heat,the low temperature of cold winter doesn't evaporate stagnant water bodies easily.
Hence,they end up becoming breeding ground for insects,especially mosquitoes,which then leads to spread of several contaminated diseases.
The Hindus,who were already experts in the sciences of yoga and ayurveda,thousands of years ago itself,had all the relevant knowledge back then to come up with a solution,which could actually be carried out as a fun - filled tradition so that it could be sustained and passed on generations. With the knowledge of saltpetre,one of the simplest ways of using it to destroy such insects,was to use them in tiny explosives or sparklers,which could release potassium-nitrate which could in turn destroy germs and curb harmful insects. Even today,saltpetre is used as a basic ingredient in home-remedy kits to prepare mosquito repellants.
Thus,it can be deduced that,Hindus,thousands of years ago,came up with such simple yet effective solution of destroying harmful disease-borne insects and germs,by simply exploding firecrackers,or lighting up sparklers,in which saltpetre was the basic ingredient,keeping contaminable and water - borne diseases at bay.
Happy Deepavali to all of you !!
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