She touched upon the following very eloquently with visuals
- God came into existence out of fear and wonderment. As we are in the journey of Man-Man to God-Man, there is a need for super power God.
- Many magnificent temples were built when mankind felt that we need to be specially together
- Idol is the concentration of all the super natural power & positive energy in one particular form
- Essentials parts of a temple
- Similarity between structure of a temple & Human body
- Types of Idols in Temple & Idol posture
- Pooja has to be done in temple everyday to activate 5 senses
Let's see some of them in detail
Essential parts of a temple
- Garbhagraha - Sanctom Sanctorm - the innermost sanctum of a temple where resides the murti of the primary deity of the temple
- Antarala - Main Corridor - for the Prohits to enter Garbhagraha
- Mukhamantapa - Hall - the place where devotees stand and pray
- Mahamantapa - Hall of Arts - where cultural events happen
- Vahana - Place for Gods vehicle - This shows that we treat nature as god and give equal importance to plants & animals in the forms of vehicles & offerings.
The energy flows like this
Cosmos -> Vahana -> Idol -> Human to become God Man - Dwajasthambha - Pole with flags - to concentrate & bring all the energy from cosmos
- Bali Peedham - Place for daily offerings
- Gopuram - The entry point of a temple - Ideally its in the form of fire to burn all the negative thoughts of devotees before they enter to worship the shrine with pure heart & soul.
Types of Idols in Temple
- Main idol
- Ganesha idol
- Dwarapalakas
- Vahanas
- Parivara Devatas
- Idols on Vimana Gopura
- Idols on the Entrance Gopura
- Utsav Murthy
Idol Postures
- Soumya Roopa - Godess Lakshmi & Saraswathi
- Rudra Roopa - Godess Kali, Lord Veerabadra
- Standing - Lord Subramaniya
- Sitting - Lord Dhakshinamurthy
- Sleeping - Lord Venkateshwara
- Achala (fixed) - Moola Vigraha
- Chala (movable) - Utsava Murthy
- Chalachala (partially movable & imovable) - Hude idols used in Ratha Yatra
Temple & Community
- Utsava Murthy, the idols made of metals & used for processional & ritualistic purposes, is taken around from the temple on important days or daily.
- Rathotsava is done on very special days
- Jathre - Ratha's of many temples come together and thousands of devotees gather to take blessings.
Visit Temple to Activate 5 Senses
Pooja has to be done everyday in temples to activate 5 senses
- Smell - Nose - Doopam (incense sticks / agarbati)
- Touch - Skin - Gandha
- Vision - Eye - lamp
- Taste - Tongue - Theertha & Prasad
- Sound - Ears - Bell (ghante)
Thanks to Sandhya Didi for making the children's initial steps to the Spiritual journey more stronger.
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