MY FEW LINES ABOUT A
BOOK,"KASHMIR HINDU RELIGIOUS CULTURE". AND ABOUT ITS AUTHOR
SH. CHAMAN LAL GADOO -------------- Kundan Kashmiri, KPC Chief.
I would like to avail an
opportunity to pen down a few lines about a book, namely " Kashmir Hindu Religious
Culture" authored by Sh. Chaman lal Gadoo, having nine important chapters
, including historical back ground of Kashmir,its religious culture,religious
shrines and tirthas, Mahatamyas,, Vedic traditions, Mother Goddess Bhavani,
Vaishnavism, Shaivism and ritual culture. This book has virtually kept our
memories a live about our Kashyap Bhoomi, in which author has fully
explained about its history, culture ethos and traditions as well as our
religious imprint in Kashmir valley.
This book also itself tells us about deep knowledge of the author Sh.
C.L.Gadoo, who is also a senior leader of KP community, credited with gifted
calibre to pen down the remembrance of yesterday years of our birth place. Such
remembrances of the past remind us of the heydays and appeals to
every readers mind set.
This book is priceless gift to the community in
exile disseminating information and knowledge and also speaks in
volume about the author and his mastery, a God given gift of creativity
to convey a message in simple words, understandable language even to commoner.
This book is also a true reflection of author,s constructive thinking and
a beacon light to the community and a documentary evidence establishing
the fact that the Kashmir has been abode of Almighty and its
revered angle soul,s descended from heaven world. This book also
makes us wiser , informative and serve as factual documentary Proof
for the progeny to understand the ground reality of Mouj Kasheer( Kashyap
Bhoomi), the Kashmir valley.
The author of the said book Sh. Gadoo. sahab is
selfless worker and a community leader who has dedicated hie entire life
in the service of the KP community. Inspite of his old- age factor, he is yet
to seen preoccupied in the service of uplifting the exiled
community members. Every word he speaks or writes has some purpose and
reflects his incomparable creative acumen. Sh. Gadoo Sahab is a down to
earth a practical man, broad minded and believing in the service
towards the mankind in general and KP community in particular. He is
highly respected member of the great Kashmiri Pandit Community endowed with the
practical wisdom and enlightened man with qualities of head and heart . He is
known for his varied experience and is an estoppel of wit and wisdom He
possesses the virtue of strategic thinking and has ability to influence
others and also to act out box, the actual trait needed by a good author
and a leader.
I applaud and appreciate
with reverence his dedication , hard work and research work in
compiling the material collected from various sources, giving it a shape of a
book for the progeny which is the greatest service he has been doing for
the community on the whole.
This book, Kashmir Hindu religious Culture, has been recently been
released at a function of Shuhul Taaph--2015 at New Delhi and his
another book namely" The temples in Kashmir" was released a couple of
years back by Yog Guru, Swami Ram Dev Ji at Patan- Jali, Haridwar and
myself was witness of both the grand functions. Both these books are
masterpiece replica of his adapt skill which to be considered as the books
for all time to read and treasure to store for the progeny and other Hindus of
the world.
I pray to God for his good health
and long life to serve the community and mankind.
