Did Gods eat Meat? by Ram Puniyani
Did Gods eat Meat? Ram Puniyani Recently a video by Dhruv Rathi, which narrated the food habits of Lord Ram in particular, was subject of great controversy. In this video, Dhruv Rathi, whose videos are very popular and based on thorough research, stated that Lord Ram was non-vegetarian. His video has extensive quotations from Valmiki Ramayan in particular. Based on scriptures he also narrated the food habits of many gods and the prevalence of meat eating at that time as Somaras (a type of wine) drinking was part of their menu. The controversy was how can Gods eat non-vegetarian food? There are extensive quotes from the holy books about consumption of non-vegetarian food in those times. Swami Vivekanand in his book ‘East and West’ also endorses this view. Swamiji points out while speaking to a large gathering in USA said: “You will be astonished if I tell you that, according to old ceremonials, he is not a good Hindu who does not eat beef. On certain occasions ...