Thread by @TheAstuteReader

So I received some feedback in DM that Kites or “Patang” पतंग find no mention in Indian texts and while “Patang” पतंग is probably a word introduced by Mughals, kites were invented by Chinese.

@Shrimaan

https://twitter.com/TheAstuteReader/status/1349583605664649217

Here I am trying to give some references to a few of our texts which talk about its prevalence in our culture.

Let’s look at this mantra from 3rd Chapter of Yajurveda -

त्रि शद्धाम विराजति वाक् *पतङ्गाय* धीयते प्रति वस्तोरह द्युभि: ||

Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati interpreted पतङ्गाय as an object which has characteristics of moving up and down and is moving “गतिशील”

In Bal Kaand of Ramcharitmanas, Goswami Ji wrote-
राम इक दिन चंग उड़ाई। इन्द्रलोक में पहुंची जाई।
Bhagwan Ram flew a kite on Makar Sankranti probably and it soared so high that it reached Indralok and Jayant (Indra’s son)‘s wife caught it.

Then Hanumanji went to Indralok and convinced Jayant’s wife to release the kite in lieu of Bhagwan Ram’s darshan at Chitrakoot

'तिन तब सुनत तुरंत ही, दीन्ही छोड़ पतंग। खेंच लइ प्रभु बेग ही, खेलत बालक संग।'

The problem with us that has become is that while all of us would be willing to blindly rely on what negative foreigners would say about our culture but we would not be willing to accept what’s already written in our texts.
Hope this mindset changes.