Pradakshina or circumambulating is an important customary act performed in a temple by Hindus. Going around the Deity or the Sanctum Sanctorum in a
Everything begins and ends in God or Bhagvan or Ishwara. God is the point of origin of everything and we are constantly connected to it. After praying to the deity we go around the deity or the Sanctum Sanctorum to recognize the fact that we begin in him and end in him.
While circumambulating, we kill our ego and we realize, we are moving at the end of the thread which is controlled by him.
It is also believed that the deity in the sanctum sanctorum is placed in such a way that it absorbs and sends out vibrations and radiations. And a person going around the deity will be benefited from this.
‘Pradakshina’ means ‘moving rightward.’ Some people also go around themselves or turn in a full circle suggesting that the divinity resides in them.
It must be note that the devotees do not the complete the full circle in Shiva Temples. Usually, people only walk the ¾ part of a circle. They stop at the position from where the water flows out of the sanctum sanctorum. This is because it is believed that after receiving
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Yet again a very informative post.
However, I had a question.
How would one complete multiple pradakshina in a Shiva temple?
-Sri
all pradkishina performed in a shiva temple are 3/4. you end at the channel and return back.
Wouldn't that be a reverse pradakshina then? 3/4th clockwise- return and repeat?
Sri
Yep...usually people do it like that...and there is no other option.
Pradhkshina, has its own reasons. Just like ringing bell cleanses the aura of the devotee so does pradakshina. The structure of the temple is such that the energy is concentrated on the dome. Below the dome, there is a statue. When we move arround the Statue, which is consecrated (Pranapratistha)the energy is channelled through the statue to the devotee. Holy chanting helps accelarate the process. It cleanses the auras (energy body, emotional and mental bodies).
Rgds
Sujal
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