Godliness in peace!!

'God is the protector. Godliness is strength. But sometimes, devotion to god turns as murder' said Alfred The Great, The Roman Emperor of London, 6 A.D. seeing the religious practices of Roman people. Not so long ago, our eyes were filled with the news of a terrible stampede at Sabarimala Hills when the devotees of Lord Ayyapan were made to face last year. This is a news which touched our ears and heart and of course, not the mind and eventually faded away. This is one of the few religious deaths -which are both man-made and natural - in the so many deaths the world has seen so far. One such biggest 'religious' massacre which happens continuously over the last few years and the casualties climb up the ladder of death toll year by year are the pilgrims who devote and 'chance their lives' to Amarnath. This particular Amarnath Yatra is the biggest Indian pilgrimage in the Indian sub-continent and has been followed ever since the first foreigner Vasco da Gama of Spain landed in the country. The biggest mishap in the last few years just shows that it’s no more a perfect holy performance rather it may be accounted as risking the lives of people trying to obtain holiness. This is truly unfair in the part of the state and central governments if they fail to consider this growing havoc and to reduce the risk in undergoing such devotion. The nobleness in portraying the goodness lies within the man itself. If in case, he seeks the ability of an external supernatural force to withstand him, he has to be adorned in good hands. This maybe a result of the year long following of religious practices and that cannot be curtailed. Even in the year 2009, when the death toll was 45 pilgrims - many who were dead due to cardiac arrest and pulmonary diseases - the government by the next year should have organized many medical base camps in all the possible ways through the yatra. Instead the matter was still in negotiation and the decisions were not fruitful either. Unfortunately the catastrophe just got bigger by the next year, counting the carcasses up to 68 and 97 in 2011. This is mostly because of the fact that most of the pilgrims are middle-aged and old-aged men and women are vulnerable to heart problems. We can't avoid such cases; instead we could better the efficacy of the authorities to organize a risk-free pilgrimage. It may sound weird to talk about conducting medical camps at an astounding altitude of 12755 feet from the sea level, but given the wide welfare and the prospective and chances our nation possesses, this sounds really possible. Taking into serious consideration the causalities in the ongoing year - 97 so far in the 28 days of the total 39-day pilgrimage - the responsibility is with the government. Further, there needs to be a medical screening or test for the pilgrims and reasonable health care has to be delivered. Meanwhile, the pilgrims also are needed to be taught of analyzing their capability to attend such life-potential-outraging pilgrimage. Awareness has to be created to the religious masses through media, religious bodies, etc. Although it may be against the religious practices followed, some rules can be broke in a civilization which is longing to grow. The chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Mr. Omar Abdullah - the youngest Chief Minister India has ever obtained, then - has said the same opinion. Really at this crucial juncture of human outrage, some decisions could change the fate of a whole nation. Wish the responsible authorities are brave enough to decide which is better and are courageous to make laws that would outlaw the present (f)laws. It’s not what you are underneath, it’s what we do that defines you. God, Man, God. God made man. Man made god. This is where human civilization began. As said, there is god in man and he can do anything possible or impossible. This is really true, because he is the one who even created the God - The Almighty -. So men, let’s leave our madness in the name of godliness. Bravo!!