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SŪRYOPĀSANĀ IN THE PRE-AHMEDĀBĀD SOCIETY
ON THE BASIS OF SUN-ICON SOURCES
RASESH JAMINDAR+
At the outset we briefly have an overview of three things: (1) religionresume, (2) City-profile and (3) sun-image characters. This will certainly help to grasp what is there in a store of this note based on iconographical study.
Religion-resume
Since time immemorial, religion has been the guiding spirit of the growing societies on the globe. Religion is basically a pivotal point for maintaining individual, national and international peace in the socities. Religion had made its beginning on the basis of absolute right faith in the existence of soul, having deep foundation based on natural facts and truths. It is supposed to observe the spiritual discipline and practices and establish inter-religious harmony and social justice. According to the Geeta, religion contributes to wipe out vengeance, violence, encroachment, bigotry and masqueradity from the society and provides creative, cooperative and constructive solutions to the world's dilemmas. Hence, religion is utmost essential for life but there should be no place for blind faith in religion. This means it is not based on imagination. We must know that devotion and faith are not lifeless and spinalless energies. Both knowledge and faith are the two inseperable companions in the universe; for knowledge is science and faith is religion. Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame. Therefore religion is but science.
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Former Professor & Head of Department of History & Culture of Gujarat Vidhypith.
