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 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).
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!
P.S.: even now during the Holi festival, there is part of a celebration, when women 'beat' their husbands in a mock ceremony !!
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9 comments:
All these Valentines day celebrations are bullshit and waste of time. Do something useful.
hurray! see how i'm going to celebrate valentine's day this time. Poor Sharat :) :) :)
@Mr Anonymous ... Join the Sena hee hee hee
@Priya
Priyaji first go find the missing "valen" at home... i just heard its been ages since you've used the kitchen. If you dont know where your kitchen is or what a kitchen is, ask Sharat!!! hahahahahaaaaa....
good information, wbut is the source correct, where did you get from.
@Manoj
The International Institute of Valentine's Day Origin (IIVDO) has been researching on this for the past 120 years. It was only two months back they were came up with this startling discovery. They have this on their website and it was all over the media then.
hi do we really hav this institute IIVDO? i tried to search on internet and was not able to find it.do you have the website address?
@Nitin
Very much yes Nitin...its a 120 year old organization. The guy who manages their website was laid off due to recession and that's why their site is not up!!
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