Bangalore, June 22: Does the celestial phenomenon of a
triple eclipse occurring in the month of July-August portend
anything or forewarn of any natural disaster or a manmade one
as it did in ancient history--is the essence of a new book
being published by the Art of Living Foundation.
The book titled 'Will History Repeat Itself? Triple Eclipse
of July 2009. Omnious? Promising?' takes a look at the
possibilities that could follow astronomical event of a lunar
eclipse on July 7, 2009 followed by a solar eclipse on July
22, 2009 and another lunar eclipse on August 6, 2009.
Talking to media, the authors D K Hari and D Hema Hari, a
couple, founders of Bharath Gyan (that attempts to collate and
disseminate information on India over the ages) said "The
first recorded triple eclipse in 3067 BCE (Before the Common
Era) coincided with the Kurukhshetra war".
"Another triple eclipse in 3031 BCE coincided with the
destruction of the ancient city of Dwarka. More recently, the
first half of the 20th century saw the occurrence of a series
of triple eclipse between 1910 and 1945, which coincided with
the World Wars I and II, the holocaust and the nuclear
bombings in Japan", said Hari.
The book raises questions whether the triple eclipse that
begins in July 2009 followed by six sets of such triple series
that will continue till 2020 could be a forewarning of
anything. However, he clarifies the book is not a "doomsday
prediction. We are not prediciting anything.We are only
raising questions based on events that happened in the
past following such astronomical events", he said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, June 22, 2009, 20:16