Stories
of divine healing
Amazing stories send our columnist on a journey to discover the
divinity that prompted them.
I HAD heard of many people experiencing divine healing after they
had given grace to a unique deity in India. Moved by their stories, I travelled
to India last week to visit the temple of Lord Danvantri, located in the remote
village of Walajapet, 160km from Chennai. The temple’s unusual statue wears a
stethoscope and watch like a surgeon because the deity is the Hindu god of
medical science.
He is an avatar of Mahavishnu’s 12th incarnation from the Hindu
tradition, and according to ancient records, he introduced medicine to the
world. He appears in the scriptures as physician to the gods and god of
ayurvedic medicine; those who worship this deity are said to be assured of a
disease-free life.
It is commonly known in India that there are powerful places of
worship where Hindus go to seek blessings from deities in matters related to
health, wealth, marriage, peace and happiness.
A
priest performing prayer rituals at one of the 468 Shiva linga in the grounds
of the Danvantri temple. Visitors are not allowed to photograph the statue of
the deity. – T. SELVA / The Star
Hindus generally believe that spiritual remedies can play a major
role in maintaining general well-being, especially if they are devout and
faithfully carry out the rituals. The story that finally prompted me to make
the trip to India was that of U. Pretyyba, four, from Puchong, Selangor, who
suffered from Kawasaki disease, a rare condition that inflames the walls of
blood vessels throughout the body, most dangerously, the cardiac arteries and
veins.
Pretyyba’s mother, R. Yoges, 34, reported that the little girl
recovered speedily after wearing a Lord Danvantri pendant in the shape of a yantra
(mystical diagram). The pendant was obtained by a family friend who
performed prayers for Pretyyba’s recovery at the Danvantri temple.
Yoges, who is a Vasthu Sastra follower, says that her daughter was
diagnosed with the disease five days after birth and was very sickly, crying a
lot and not gaining weight.
“We were sad because Pretyyba was our first child and her
condition caused us so much pain and hardship because there was no sign of
recovery, initially. She was in and out of the hospital so many times.”
The baby was prescribed large doses of Aspirin (acetylsalicylic
acid), which has a blood thinning effect, and had to have monthly ECG and other
heart related tests.Yoges adds that the family consulted a numerologist who
recommended that her daughter’s original name, Vikkshana Shree, be changed to
Pretyyba – but the change did not help much.
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| Pretyyba showing off her precious pendant. – ART CHEN / The Star |
Yoges and her husband, M. Uthiyakumar, 37, performed several
prayers and rituals in local temples to try to improve Pretyyba’s health but
her condition remained unchanged. Then, in October, the family friend gave them
the Danvantri yantra, which Yoges placed on her daughter as a pendant.
“After one month of wearing the pendant, Pretyyba went for her
usual checkup and the doctor told us we could stop giving her the Aspirin – he
had originally said she was supposed to take that daily for another two years.
“We were so surprised when we were told that Pretyyba had
recovered from the disease and would need not see a doctor again,” says Yoges,
who attributes Pretyyba’s recovery to Lord Danvantri.
I discovered many interesting things about the temple when I
visited it. For instance, it is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year because it
is almost like a 24-hour hospital that “patients” visit day and night.
In the temple, male devotees are told to remove their shirts and
present themselves before the 2m-tall statue of the deity. This is because the
“rays” of Lord Danvantri should fall on the body to provide a cure.
Following this, devotees are recommended carry out the homam,
the sacrificial fire ceremony, with a variety of medicinal plants, herbs,
fruits and flowers in a huge fire pit. This wafts the offering’s medicinal
properties into the air to be breathed in to help alleviate ailments.
What makes this deity powerful is that more than 50 million
Danvantri mantras written by various people belonging to various religions and
nations have been placed under the main statue’s base as a yantra.
Another highlight in the temple grounds is the 468 Shiva linga where
rituals are performed daily. Shiva linga are regarded as a “symbol of the great
god of the universe who is all-auspiciousness”; Shiva is regarded by some as
“one in whom all of creation sleeps after dissolution”.
Devotees who come from all over the world to the divine
physician’s abode daily are reminded constantly to chant the Danvantri mantra
and perform their prayers with faith and respect to receive the positive
vibrations and shield them against all health disorders.
Vasthu talk
T. Selva will present a talk on Jan 8 at 3pm on ancient Indian
secrets following Vasthu Sastra and an astrology forecast for 2011 at Lembaga
Air Perak, Jalan St John, Ipoh. Admission is free. To register, call 012-329
9713.
He provides Vasthu Sastra tips on RTM’s TRAXXfm 100.1 at 11.15am
on the last Friday of every month.
Chief News Editor T. Selva has spent years researching and writing
about the ancient Indian science of construction, better known as ‘Indian feng
shui’. He is the first disciple of 7th generation Vasthu Sastra Master Yuvaraj
Sowma from Chennai, India.
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Devotion
A LORD
Danvantri mantra:
Om
Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya Dhanvantraye,
Amruthakalasa
Hasthaya,
Sarvaamaya
Vinasanaya,
Thrailokya
Nadhaya,
Sri
Maha Vishnave Namaha.
Meaning:
We pray to Lord Vasudev Danvantari as he holds the nectar of immortality. May
the Lord Dhanvantri remove all fears, remove all diseases and heal our souls.
We bow to the lord of ayurveda.
Thanks to 'THE STAR' Magazin
Thanks to 'THE STAR' Magazin
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