The solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse along with their attendant ill effects are caused. There are references in the Vedas and other ancient scriptures that Ravana had captivated the Sun and the Moon. But it is said that Ravana, as an experiment, did cause the solar as well as the lunar eclipse to see whether it would result in any environmental disturbance. He repeated it just a couple of times and it did have its ill effect on the environment. It is a well known fact that Ravana had attained the power to control the movement of the Sun and the Moon, the wind and water.

Ravana was known for having acquired that power. But the unscrupulous people of the trading community have gone far beyond that. They have been causing the ill effects of the eclipse more frequently The almanacs tell you so.

When Earth is the target of the sinful rite, she gets afflicted. The God fearing Vibhishana, gave a serious thought to this and disapproved of his brother Ravana's act of cursing Earth since the whole creation is based on Earth. Earth is mother to all human beings, animals, birds and other creatures with great love and care. This thought and the fear that once the people of the world got wind of Ravana's clandestine activity they would join hands to wipe out his entire race, made him persuade Ravana to desist from his act of cursing Mother Earth.

But Ravana did not pay heed to his brother"s sane advice. Mortally afraid of the people's wrath, Vibhishana deserted his brother Ravana and dissociated himself from his sin. He thus saved himself and the future generation of his clan from annihilation.

The holy scriptures bear testimony to the fact that Vibhishana was a deeply devout person and he had nothing to do with the sins committed by his brother Ravana. Since he was not party to his brother's sins, no harm visited him or his clan. Ravana ignored his brother's advice and warning and continued to perform the rite to curse Earth as a result of which Earth became sick and lost much of her inherent strength manifested. in minerals and metals and other natural resources.

During the time of Ravana, there were enough number of mines of precious metals like gold and silver and so Mother Earth still retained strength in spite of Ravana's performing the sinful rite because the intensity of the curse was not very severe. He was, however, ruthless as far as the human beings were concerned.

He secretly planned to wipe out a large section of population and to destroy the wisdom of those who survived. He thought that when fewer people would be left on Earth and that too bereft of any thinking power, he will rule unchallenged throughout the length and breadth of the world.

As soon as the people of the world got wind of the secret designs of Ravana to cause ruination to the humanity they got united and frustrated his sinister designs. Since Ravana did not desist from his sinful activity, he and his sons met their tragic fate.

It is to be noted by one and all that in the final analysis the values of righteousness and good conduct alone triumph. Ravana abandoned the path of righteousness and indulged in sinful activity of causing confusion in the minds of the people. Since he succeeded partially in his sinister efforts, the kings and emperors, the common people, the saints and sages of the world pondered over this problem and decided to act unitedly to dismantle his demonic game plan. They were successful in their united effort which brought back the happiness to the people. They were happy because the future of their children was now safe.

A rumour is doing the round that the sun and the moon lighted the hearths in Ravana's kitchen. This is pure hogwash. In fact people whose sense of judgement has been polluted by the dernoniac influence readily believe in such hearsay. Dear brethren, the Sun and the Moon are no human beings to work as attendants in Ravana's kitchen. You know every human being has heat inside his body. In the case of Earth the heat inside her is controlled by the Sun and the Moon.

When the heat is intensified in the womb of Earth by musical rite, fires break
out in the mountains and elsewhere. So much heat is generated that even food can be cooked in it. In human body as well as on Earth, heat beyond a limit gives rise to unhealthy conditions. The unscrupulous people create such unhealthy conditions inside Earth and in order to keep their sin as a closely guarded secret spread the rumours which make people with addled mind believe in the story that the sun lighted Ravana's hearth. The simple gullible people fail to understand why Earth has developed various diseases (ecological and environmental disasters). They may tear Earth apart by their black magic and yet the people at large will not know the secret behind it. They do not realise that Earth is as much a living entity as a human body Earth suffers in the same way as a human body when she contracts any ailment. The intense heat in Earth's womb makes her dull and dreary as a faded flower. She stops consuming nutrients and a variety of worms and microbes grow in her womb. One can easily imagine how Earth must be suffering should such a situation arise.

The demonic rite performed on the eighty four lakh Kundis cursing Earth with extreme intensity of heat and cold, the manifestations are disastrous. The walls of houses and forts start burning. The ignorant masses take it as a natural disaster because the unscrupulous element who are the engineer of such calamities would not let people know about their misdeeds. With their demoniac magic they can cause blazing fire instantly. They are capable of even bringing the Sun and the Moon closer to Earth. In the earlier eras people could come to know about the demoniac powers which some individuals possessed and so they could devise how to disempower them. As a result, their demoniac science was defused and their entire clan was wiped out fearing the same fate, they do not dare tinker with the positions of the Sun and Moon. They attribute the effects of their misdeeds to some holy men and float predictions of events much before they actually happen. In order to hoodwink the people at large, they circulate ,stories of miracles like the one of Shamstabrej Faqir.

The said Faqir, they say, skinned his body with his own hands with the result that his flesh uncovered by the skin was showing on his body. Nobody would allow him to be around. He brought a lump of meat from a butcher and wanted to roast it. Since nobody entertained him. He pulled the Sun down and roasted the piece of meat with its heat and then ate it up. As a result Earth as a whole started burning.