its only for GK.

1. Why Sunday is
a holiday?

2. We all know Sunday is a holiday,but never thought why
Sunday is a holidayRight?. I thought,I’ll give a thought.I’m not
a historian,but I love history.
First of all,according to Indian Vedic science,each day is
dedicated to the major planets,i.e totally nine planets,out of
which two are considered to be shadow planets,and Sunday
for Sun. Sun is considered to be the harbinger of life.There
wasn’t a weekly holiday in ancient India,and definitely there
were celebrations for the festivals which was considered
holiday as people would have been engaged with the
celebrations whole day. Sunday is the day dedicated for Sun
god. In most of the ancient civilizations of the world, Sun god
was given the prime importance,and people would offer their
prayers on Sundays and this tradition was common with
almost of the ancient civilization.

3. The major part of sunday being holiday goes to Constatine
the great. Constantine is considered to be
isapostolos(equal to apostle) for establishing Christianity in
the Roman territory,for he is the first Roman emperor to
convert to Christianity. At the time when there was an
unstability among the public following the conversion of
Constantine to Christianity,Constantine wisely instructed
that Christians and non-Christians should be united in
observing the venerable day of the sun,thereby not
harming the religious sentiments of the roman beliefs.Later
the rise of European powers,following Gregorian calendar
and their colonization of foreign countries lead to the
concept of Sunday holiday,that is why Sunday mass prayers
in the churches.Sunday is a divine day.Contrary to the idea
of Sunday being holiday in most of the countries around the
world,Friday is a holiday in Muslim countries where they
participate in mass prayers.
Constantine Effect

4. The British who were ardent
followers of christianity,wanted to
impose the same laws that were
prevailing in their country to their
colonies too.Infact,In India Sunday
was declared as holiday or Off day
only in the year 1840,and same
was followed in many of the
countries that were ruled by the
British in the colonial era.
British Impact

5. So,Sunday isn’t the funday that we have holiday for,let us take some time to
visit the place of worship on Sundays.
THANKS YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!