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Pavitra Paaristhitiki: Nadiyaan, Parvat aur Devvan

Class 7 Social Science · Chapter 8: Dharti Pavitra Kaise Banti Hai · NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond section 8.3

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Teerth aam taur par nadi ya jheel ke kinaare, jangal mein ya parvat par, to bhoo-drishya khud pavitra sthal, punyakshetra, maana jaata. Kai Hindu, lok aur janjaati paramparaayein poori prakriti mein divya upasthiti dekhti, aur Prithvi ko Bhoodevi, Dharti Maata. Vaidik kaal se nadiyaan poojit: Rigved ka nadistuti sookt 19 nadiyon ki stuti karta, aur aaj bhi anushthaan Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Sarasvati, Narmada, Sindhu aur Kaveri ka aavaahan karte. Prayagraj mein, Ganga, Yamuna aur adrishya Sarasvati ke sangam par, 2025 ke Kumbh Mele mein anumaanit 66 crore log aaye; UNESCO ise amoort vishva dharohar maanta.

Aasmaan ki or uthte parvat dharti se swarg ke dwaar maane jaate: Kailash, Vaishno Devi, Tiruvannamalai aur Tirumala pahaadiyaan yaatriyon ko kheenchte jo kabhi lambe pagdandi chadhte. Odisha ki Niyam Dongar pahaadi Dongria Kondh ke liye pavitra, jo ise Niyam Raja ka ghar maankar iske ped kaatna mana karte; Neelgiri ke Toda shikhar, paudhe, aardrabhoomi aur pathar bhi pavitra maante; Sikkim sarkaar ne pavitra parvat, gufaayein, jheelein aur garam sote surakshit kiye.

Peepal (Ficus religiosa, "pavitra anjeer") Hindu, Bauddh, Jain aur Sikh sabke liye pavitra, aur Mohenjo-daro ki mohar par bhi; Bodh Gaya ka ped usi ka vanshaj jiske neeche Buddh ko gyaan mila. Kai samudaayon ne devvan bachaaye, devtaaon ke ghar maane gaye jangal: Malayalam mein kaavu, Marathi mein devraai, Khasi mein khlaw kyntang, Jharkhand mein sarna, Rajasthan mein oran. Unka pavitra darja samriddh jaiv-vividhata aur jalaashay bachaata; Tamil Nadu ke ek devvan mein surakshit chamgaadad phoolon ka paraagan karte aur beej failaate. Afsos, kheti aur udyog ke liye zameen lene se kai devvan ghat rahe.

Explore: kis tarah ki pavitra prakriti?

  1. Har ek sort karo.

Yaad rakho

  • Nadiyaan, sangam, parvat aur ped poojit; Prithvi Bhoodevi, Dharti Maata.
  • Devvan aur pavitra pahaadiyon ne jaiv-vividhata bachaayi, par kai ab khatre mein.

Quick check

Devvan prakriti ke liye kyun zaroori?

  1. log nuksaan nahi karte to jaiv-vividhata aur paani bachta
  2. lakdi ke liye kate
  3. jaanwar nahi
  4. baadh laate
Answer

log nuksaan nahi karte to jaiv-vividhata aur paani bachta. Pavitrata ne prakriti bachaane mein madad ki.

Socho

Nadi ko pavitra maanna use bachaane mein kaise madad kar sakta?

Ek answer

Jise log poojte usme kachra daalne se hichkichaate, milkar saaf kar sakte, aur zyaada istemaal ya pradooshan par awaaz utha sakte.

Practice

Teen levels (easy, medium, hard) ke naye sawaalon se practice karo, kuch hands-on, hints aur hal ke saath. Topic poora karne ke liye pichhle 5 mein se 4 sahi karo.