Somebody already knows your secrets

 "Can somebody guess my Facebook password using my thumb impression..??? Oh my god then I should warn Mark about this!"

There are many stories or wonders that exists in this universe still not known to us. Some may be real facts whose proof may even be destroyed due to some circumstances. But those may be witnessed by some persons and passed down to generations in the form of history or fairy tales. Well here is one such wonder am talking about today. “Nadi astrology”, it is form of prediction of your past, present and future life. “What?” I know this is the question that would pop into the head first. Yeah of course this stuff gave me goosebumps when I further tried to understand better. OK before getting into the depth of it let us brush some of its history. According to Hindu mythology it is believed that the lord chose 84000 sages guided by a leader called “Agathiyar” to write down the life of persons which includes the living, dead and those who were to be born. It is assumed to be the voice of lord to connect with human. These saints were assumed to be blessed with high consciousness to carry out this task. The manuscript were written in a language “vattaezhuthu” on palm leaves before 1500 years. These leaves are now preserved in Saraswathi Mahal, Tanjore, Tamilnadu. Not all men’s lives were pre-written, it contains of only those who are destined to know about their past. This tradition is now practiced in Vaitheeswaran kovil in Chidambaram district. A person has to present his thumb impression (usually right for men and left for women) and then the person is asked few questions. With this their respective leaf is fetched from the preserved area which contains your life history. Interesting right a leaf revealing a man’s destiny. It is believed that the prediction is accurate. The astrologer (usually whose able to read that language) with your leaf recites your past life, and information about your present life and prediction about what is going to happen in future. It is mostly based on the concept of karma. The evil you did in your past life which chases you in your current life. Who knows even you could have been the Hitler or Newton. I think that would be too much if I was the person who discovered gravity! Well jokes apart, it is believed that it speaks about your soul behavior not about the physical form which you reside in. Some of the leaves were auctioned during the British rule since they were said to possess few medicinal and alchemy records. The leaves, hidden in the secret chambers of temple were discovered and burned by the Mughals in 1540 during their invasion in Tanjore palace. That same night it is believed that Lord Shiva appeared in the dream of a Brahmin and asked him to go save the leaves before being destroyed. The Brahmin ran about 120km to protect them. It is then the man was blessed with the ability to read them and the skill was passed on generations to keep them in life. Now there are few frauds in the name of astrologers who practice this for money. Because of such people the name and value of this epic is degrading. But this is one magnificent thing that our ancestors have left us!