Sri Devi......Devi Sri.....Ceres......Cereal......

         Etymological root of the English word 'cereal' appears to have been born out of the blessings of the Hindu Godess Lakshmi Devi.

         Devi Sri or Sri Devi is the popular Godess worshiped by the islanders of Bali and Java. Rice growing farmers of  Tailand, Campodia in close proximity to the Indonesian archipelago also worship Devi Sri as Godess of abundance. This Goddess is closely associated with paddy cultivation and Khmer civilization of this region. It is a known fact that the ancient civilizations of this region sprouted out of the Indian associations.  







                               Dewi Sri

        



















Now on the other hand the word cereal originated from the Roman Godess Ceres who is also a Godess of agricultural prosperity found carrying a bunch of full grown cereal plants as like the rice Goddess Devi Sri. Both these Goddesses though far apart in their domiciles are strikingly similar in appearances, mythology and above all the rhyming consonance of their names.

                                                                              ceres

        The export of cereal from India to the Romans via East Asia needs further sketching of the route map!