The Invisible Truth - The Disappeared Sarasvati

Sarasvati River flowing, Uttarakhand
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Sarasvati river, a very controversial river of India. This river is the main component of the development of ancient Indian Vedic civilization even Vedas were written on the banks of this river. It is proved, when a complete hymn is found in the name of Saraswati in the Rigveda.

पावका नः सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती । 

यज्ञं वष्टु धियावसुः ॥१.३.१०॥

चोदयित्री सूनृतानां चेतन्ती सुमतीनाम् । 

यज्ञं दधे सरस्वती ॥१.३.११॥

महो अर्णः सरस्वती प्र चेतयति केतुना । 

धियो विश्वा वि राजति ॥१.३.१२॥

 Meaning:

O Saraswati, You are the purifier, and Your power grows within us with sacrificial offerings,
May Your presence within me make me rich in sagacity.

Who Inspires us towards Truth and awakens our Goodness,
That Saraswati has accepted my offerings.

Saraswati, that great wave (who has flowed as a River) and who is the awakener of our Intellect is glaring as the image of universal knowledge.

The most amazing thing is that the river has been disappear after some distance from its origin and then the river is not seen any more. There may be many scientific reasons behind it but the Indian myth say this is the place where Vyasdev wrote the Mahabharata. He was reciting to Ganesha, but Ganesha could not hear his recitation cause of the Sarasvati river's heavy roar. So Vyasdev cursed Sarasvati to flow under the ground.

But science says another science, after the river came over the Rajasthan, once the river was flooded by rain water because of that irregular flooding the river dried up and can not be seen again.

See how the Sarasvati river is disappearing here

There are so many opinions about the course of this river. But the opinion given by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) is more scientific because the work on depiction of entire course of river ‘Saraswati’ in North West India was carried out using Indian Remote Sensing Satellite data along with digital elevation model. Satellite images are multi-spectral, multi-temporal and have advantages of synoptic view, which are useful to detect palaeochannels. The palaeochannels are validated using historical maps, archaeological sites, hydro-geological and drilling data.
It was observed that major Harappan sites of Kalibangan (Rajasthan), Banawali and Rakhigarhi (Haryana), Dholavira and Lothal (Gujarat) lie along the River Saraswati.

Now there are so many prove found near Rajasthan side. Under the supervision of the Archaeological Department, the excavation work is carried out in accordance with the map enclosed by the ISRO. Sometimes water is available from depths of 6 to 7 feet, or sometime it is 150 feet.

This is the real direction of the river, there are so many proofs are there behind it -

• Its depth is not equal everywhere in the direction of a river.
• After running the excavation, some of the pebbles have been found which have proven by scientific methods that they are not close to any mountain.
• Water scars during excavation is one of the main evidence.

Sarasvati appears after excavation

Saraswati is not just a river, it is the only living witness of Indian ancient civilization. If it flow in its previous form, it will enrich the history of the entire Indian civilization.

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