Koti Surya vs Surya Koti

• "Koti Surya vs Surya Koti" is the topic of this blog post.
• Actually we had done a puja and the brahmin who had come said "Koti Surya" instead of Surya Koti in the hymn below.
•  In English it would translate "A prayer to crores of Suns vs crores of prayers to the Sun"
• As we know crore means 10 million.
• And Sun is the one and only star in our solar system.
• Now where does this arise?
• It arises in the hymn to Lord Ganesha "Vakratunda Mahakaya, Suyakoti Samprabha, Nirvignam kurume Deva Sarva Karyeshu Sarvada" Link is here
• Now we know Sun is the main "star" in our solar system.
• Without the Sun there would be no life on earth.
• Is it true? We need to analyse.
• Scientists have told that there 100 billion stars in our galaxy.
• They have further told that there are at least 100 billion galaxies.
• We can safely assume that each galaxy could have a 100 billion stars on average. Some may be having less and some may be having more.
• Now in a situation like this we can safely assume that not all stars have planets.
• Even if all stars could have planets, not all stars will have planets that could sustain life.
• So what makes life possible?
• Is it our star the Sun? or is it the planets, including the moon? What makes life possible?
• I have put two pictures here. First is from Angels and Airwaves music video "The Adventure". There they show a surreal landscape with two or three planets and a sun. the fact is that the landscape is not from another planet but it belongs to our very own earth.
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• Next I would like to point out to the flag of Islam. Where they show a star and a crescent. Sample displayed here is the flag of Mauritania. But same flag pattern is there in various countries.
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• Now there is no doubt that the crescent displays the moon.
• But the star? What is the star in the Islamic flag? Things are simple if the star symoblizes the sun. Then the flag becomes more meaningful.
• It shows that the powers of the sun become contained in this solar system and life is possible.
• These "powers" are contained by the moon. the moon is protecting the earth.
• We know sun is very powerful. It is ball of fusion happening continuously. That sun can bring about a lot of destruction in its wake. The temperature in the Sun can be up to 15 million degrees Celsius
• Now what makes surface temperature in earth just right (around 15 degrees Celsisus over a vast area) to sustain life. It could be the moon.
• Why does the earth rotate?
• Earth not only goes around the sun it also spins on its own axis which makes night any day possible. And the tilt of the earth gives rise to seasons of winter and spring.
• Earth has a twin and that twin is the moon. The twin of earth is constantly watching on earth. Though the twin does not sustain life I have a strong feeling that due to the moon influence that life is possible on the earth. 
• Also the closest celestial body to the earth is the moon.
• Scientists may debate as to how the moon was formed billions of years ago.
• One of the reason could be two planets collision which gave rise to the moon and the bigger earth.
• Now again in the Islamic flag what does the star signify?
• If it does not represent the Sun it could be others like Venus or Mars or Jupiter and Saturn.
• We can always see Venus which is known as the "evening star"
• 'Mars' is the planet which scientists say once had an atmosphere and water and rivers and perhaps even sustained life.
• Some scientists even go to the extent that earth life came from Mars which can't be proved. It is just a belief.
• 'Jupiter' and Saturn are huge planets and they are also "protecting the earth".
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• What are they protecting against.
• They are protecting against asteroids and comets which may harm the earth irreparably. 
• Because Jupiter and Saturn are huge, asteroids and comets and meteorites will get drawn to them and crash and earth will be saved from the collision.
• Now when we see the planets in naked eye from the earth they appear small. Small like stars. And we have learnt since childhood that only the stars will twinkle (or flicker). Nothing of that sort will happen to planets which will not twinkle as the distance is less and their lights are mere reflection of the Sun.
• Thus in the Islamic flag the crescent is the moon and if the star is the Sun then definition is easier. Or else it could be any other planet of Solar System which appears small like a star here in earth.
• And it needs to be thought over.
• Is life on earth possible due to the Sun or the moon and the planets of Jupiter and Saturn. Which is more important? For life?
• If there was no moon could life be possible?
• If any other "star system" does not have huge planets like Jupiter and Saturn protecting an inner planet like the earth would life be possible there.