Indian Traditional Culture- A weapon against Corona Virus
-Dr.K.Thirugnana Sambanthan, Asst. Professor, SIMS
World is totally in a chaos state because of Corona Covid-19 Virus attack. More than 3,029,323 people are infected. It has caused more than 209,227 deaths which is approximately 19% of the closed cases. God knows what will happen in the forth coming days USA, France, Italy, Germany, France, China, Turkey, Iran have more than 1 Lakh people infected with this deadly virus. Developed countries are finding it difficult to eradicate this virus. Many countries who have good infrastructure and medical equipments are struggling to deal with this virus as it spreading in a very fast rate. Many countries have stopped treating people who are aged above 50 and have been infected by this virus since they don’t have sufficient medical equipments. On the other hand India under the guidance of Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi was able to control the virus attack. Till now the ratio of death in india is only 0.6 per 1million population and infected ratio is only 20 per 1 Million Population. This pandemic attack is under control in India. The 144 declared for 40 days have kept things in control.
Now we can be proud of certain customs or tradition we have been following in India for several years. Although western culture has largely influenced the present generation, this Covid-19 Virus Attack has shown them the brilliance of Indian Culture and Tradition. We can list one by one
- Namaskaram:
Due to the influence of western culture people have started handshaking rather than greeting others by Namskaram. After Covid -19 doctors have advised not to do handshakes as it will spread virus from the infected to others. Besides this there are more spiritual benefits while doing namaskaram. The word ‘Namaskar’ is derived from the root ‘namaha’, which means paying obeisance (Namaskar) or salutation.
- Wearing Shoes at all places.
As per Indian tradition one will not wear shoes inside house and other places of sanctity. But in western culture shoes are worn at all times. Now it is found that this Covid spreads if an infected person spits and if we step on it with shoes and move at home with the same shoe it will start infecting people.
- Quarantine during death
As per Indian tradition the entire family will be quarantined for 16 days if any death has occurred in their house. Western people yelled at it saying it is a waste of time and energy. But Covid-19 teaches us the need for Quarantine since virus due to death can infect others too.
- Traditional drugs
During Dengue, Chicken Guinea, and other virus infection we had our traditional medicines like Nilavembu kudineer which effectively helped in containing the infection. Now for this covid we have kapasurakudineer and Nilavembu Kudineer which fight against the virus and give immune to our system. Due to this traditional medicine we were able to cure the people effectively in a short span of time. Moreover these traditional medicines help us as shield against this pandemic virus attack.
Other than these things above there are n-number of good things in our culture which don’t understand because we feel it is not westernized. Finally this covid-19 pandemic virus attack has helped the present generation to follow our culture willingly or unwillingly, now many have started knowing the benefits of our culture and tradition.
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