Valentine day Originated in Gujurat....‏

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The Gujarati Story of Valentine's Day.

In spite of what you have been told by everyone, the truth is that Valentine's Day originated hundreds of years ago, in India, and to top it all, in the state of Gujarat !!!
It is a well known fact that Gujarati men, specially the Patels, continually mistreat and disrespect their wives (Patelianis). One fine day, it happened to be the 14th day of February, one brave Pateliani, having had enough "torture" by her husband, finally chose to rebel by beating him up with a Velan (rolling pin to make chapattis). Yes....the same Velan which she used daily, to make chapattis for him....only this time, instead of the dough, it was the husband who was flattened.
This was a momentous occasion for all Gujarati women and a revolt soon spread, like wild fire, with thousands of housewives beating up their husbands with the Velan. There was an outburst of moaning "chapatti-ed" husbands all over Anand and Amdavad.
The Patel men-folk quickly learnt their lesson and started to behave more respectfully with their Patelianis. Thereafter, on 14th February, every year, the womenfolk of Gujarat would beat up their husbands, to commemorate that eventful day. The wives having the satisfaction of beating up their husbands with the Velan and the men having the supreme joy of submitting to the will of the women they loved.
Soon The Gujju men realised that in order to avoid this ordeal they need to present gifts to their wives....they brought flowers and sweetmeats. Hence the tradition began.
As Gujarat fell under the influence of Western culture, that day was called 'Velan time' day. The ritual soon spread to Britain and many other Western countries, specifically, the catch words 'Velan time ! '. Of course in their foreign tongues, it was first anglisised to 'Velantime' and then to 'Valentine'.

And thereafter, 14th of February, came to be known as Valentine's Day!
 
One fine day, it happened to be the 14th day of February, one brave Pateliani, having had enough "torture" by her husband, finally chose to rebel by beating him up with a Velan (rolling pin to make chapattis). Yes....the same Velan which she used daily, to make chapattis for him....only this time, instead of the dough, it was the husband who was flattened.
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;D :X

however it was started, we shouldn't celebrate it and imitate the kufar :)
 
Whatever the background, I must say that my husband and I have never given each other anything for Valentines.
Firstly because we resent the commercialism and consumerism surrounding it, and secondly because we should be aware of and express our love for each other daily rather than on one set day a year.
 
Glo, why is it that protestant Christians celebrate Valentine's day, seeing how it is named after a Catholic saint?
 
Pomak said:
That only applies to worship. For example i can "imitate the kafar" by wearing a tie. :)
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Dear Pomak, What you say is significant. If it is accepted that the uniqueness of Islam is restricted to its mode of worship and in all other matters commonality with others is permissible, I think much of the divisiveness in the name of Islam would disappear. Actually if we look at the reality, it is already a fact that Muslims by and large accept a commonality with non-Muslims – what with Muslims being at par with the best of others, whatever the field may be - music, cinema, literature, science, economics, politics etc. Now if Islamic adherents cease to proclaim that Islam is the only true religion, but instead declares that it is just one among the many religions of the world, the so-called 'war of civilizations' would have ended even before it truly began.

I hope a fatwa is issued in the same strain so that so that all artificial divisiveness between man and man disappears.
 
Whatsthepoint said:
Glo, why is it that protestant Christians celebrate Valentine's day, seeing how it is named after a Catholic saint?
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I don't know. I guess that most people have no idea who St Valentine was, or indeed that he existed.

Valentines has just become another date on the secular calendar, which people understand to be dedicated to couples and romance. So they buy the card and the flowers and the champagne ... and have a good time. :hmm:
 
K.Venugopal said:
Dear Pomak, What you say is significant. If it is accepted that the uniqueness of Islam is restricted to its mode of worship and in all other matters commonality with others is permissible, I think much of the divisiveness in the name of Islam would disappear. Actually if we look at the reality, it is already a fact that Muslims by and large accept a commonality with non-Muslims – what with Muslims being at par with the best of others, whatever the field may be - music, cinema, literature, science, economics, politics etc. []bNow if Islamic adherents cease to proclaim that Islam is the only true religion[/b], but instead declares that it is just one among the many religions of the world, the so-called 'war of civilizations' would have ended even before it truly began.

I hope a fatwa is issued in the same strain so that so that all artificial divisiveness between man and man disappears.
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You misunderstand the part in bold is not going to happen. Both Islam and Christianity have the belief in their religion's superiority as a part of their faith. (aka a theological point)

My point in the last post was purely that you can only ban something under the banner of "imitating the kufar" if it has something to do with worship.
 
AsSalamOAlaikum WaRehmatuAllah WaBarkatuhu

:mad:"To my Belentine, Why do i only have to love you once a year?":wub::wub::wub:

FiAmaaniAllah
 
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ay man, for me later on everyday is gna b valentine! Forget just one day of the year!!
 
We say belan in Bengali too, some people use another word I've forgotten now. This theory of valentines sounds much more interesting than the others though. lol.
 

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