By Girish Kumar Dubey
Astrologers of Varanasi, the ancient temple city on the banks of the River Ganga in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state, predicted a wave of political turbulence on Friday (December 09) caused by the total lunar eclipse to take place on Saturday (December 10).
Standing along the banks of the sacred river, astrologer Pandit Pawan Tripathi went so far as to suggest an internal rift within the government.
"This eclipse will definitely have an impact. There will be political turbulence. Many things may happen that are undesirable. There will be opposition within the government, and there is the possibility of a motion of no confidence," he said.
Further he noted that while Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have a 'neutral' eclipse, it did not augur well for veteran activist Anna Hazare who has launched a crusade against the establishment to counter corruption and nepotism in government and public life.
Pandit Tripathi said that the eclipse did not augur well for people of several Zodiac signs, Librans being foremost.
He said that the possible adverse effects of the eclipse could be countered by divine invocations.
"In order to escape the ill effects of a lunar eclipse, people should stay where they are, and invoke the deities that they believe in. This causes the benefit of the world, the individual and the world is protected," added Tripathi.
He also advised people other than children, the sick and the early to refrain from consuming any food or drink during the eclipse, a normal ritual practised by Hindus in India.
The total phase of the eclipse is slated to last over 50 minutes.
Hindu mythology ascribes eclipses, both solar and lunar to be caused by the immortal severed head of the demon Rahu swallowing either the sun or the moon. As such devout and conservative Hindus reckon eclipses as inauspicious.
Astrologers in India's ancient temple city of Varanasi foretell that the total lunar eclipse of December 10 may precipitate political mayhem.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL
VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (DECEMBER 09, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. EXTERIOR OF TEMPLE
2. DEVOTEES RINGING TEMPLE BELLS
3. CLOSED GATE INSIDE TEMPLE COMPLEX
4. DEVOTEES INSIDE TEMPLE COMPLEX
5. CEILING OF THE TEMPLE
6. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) PANDIT PAWAN TRIPATHI, ASTROLOGER, SAYING:
"This eclipse will definitely have an impact. There will be political turbulence. Many things may happen that are undesirable. There will be opposition within the government, and there is the possibility of a motion of no confidence."
7. DEVOTEES INSIDE TEMPLE COMPLEX
8. A TEMPLE DOCUMENT IN HINDI
9. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) PANDIT PAWAN TRIPATHI, ASTROLOGER, SAYING:
"In order to escape the ill effects of a lunar eclipse, people should stay where they are, and invoke the deities that they believe in. This causes the benefit of the world, the individual and the world is protected."
10. SPIRE OF TEMPLE COMPLEX
11. PEOPLE OUTSIDE TEMPLE GATE
12. SIGN OVER TEMPLE GATE IN HINDI
13. A NOTICE TAPED TO A TEMPLE WALL
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