{"id":244250,"date":"2023-05-25T19:54:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=244250"},"modified":"2023-05-27T20:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T14:36:40","slug":"sengol-to-be-installed-in-the-new-parliament-significance-of-the-sceptre-first-given-to-nehru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sengol-to-be-installed-in-the-new-parliament-significance-of-the-sceptre-first-given-to-nehru\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sengol\u2019 to be installed in the new parliament: Significance of the sceptre, first given to Nehru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:\u00a0<\/b>The post is based on the article \u201c\u2018Sengol\u2019 to be installed in the new parliament: Significance of the sceptre, first given to Nehru\u201d<\/b> published in the Indian Express <\/b>on\u00a025th May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Home Minister recently said that the\u00a0upcoming inauguration of the new parliament building will also see Prime Minister installing a historic sceptre (Sengol) from Tamil Nadu next to the Lok Sabha Speaker\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n

What is Sengol?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It is derived from the Tamil word \u201cSemmai\u201d, meaning \u201cRighteousness\u201d. A ceremony was performed during the Chola dynasty, in which the transfer of power from one king to the other was sanctified and blessed by high priests. During this, the symbol (for the transfer of power) used was the handover of the \u2018Sengol\u2019 from one King to his successor.<\/p>\n

The newly crowned ruler would be given the Sengol with an order to rule his subjects fairly and justly.<\/p>\n

Why was the Sengol given to Nehru?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to the official document, just before Independence, Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, asked Nehru about \u201cthe ceremony that should be followed to symbolise the transfer of power from British to Indian hands\u201d.<\/p>\n

The soon-to-be prime minister went to consult C Rajagopalachari, the last Governor-General of India. He explained the details of Sengol and its associated ceremony.<\/p>\n

How was the present Sengol made?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"\u2018Sengol\u2019
Source: Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once Nehru agreed to perform the suggested ceremony. Rajaji was tasked with the responsibility of arranging a sceptre.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, he reached out to Thiruvaduthurai Atheenam, a well-known mutt in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Tanjore district, for help and its leader commissioned the manufacturing of the Sengol to Chennai-based jewellers.<\/p>\n

The present one was constructed by two men \u2014 Vummidi Ethirajulu and Vummidi Sudhakar. The sceptre measures five feet in length and has a ‘Nandi’ bull on top, symbolising justice.<\/p>\n

How Sengol ceremony took shape during independence?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The sceptre is a \u201csignificant historical\u201d symbol of Independence as it signifies the transfer of power from the British to the Indians. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru accepted Sengol on August 14, 1947, through the Adhinam of Tamil Nadu. It was a sign of the shift of power from the Britishers to the people of our country.<\/p>\n

A song was played during the ceremony. It was composed by the 7th-century Tamil saint Tirugnana Sambandar \u2014 a child prodigy who lived only 16 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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