Last Updated on August 12, 2024 by Tejaswini
Jai Shri Ram. Jai Devi Sita.
On 22nd January 2024 at midday the main moortis of deities in the Ayodhya Shri Ram Mandir will be consecrated, ie their Pran Prathishta will be done and formal regular pujas will commence.
This is the second major temple to be constructed in modern Bharat, the first one being the Shri Somnath temple in Veraval Gujarat. Temples are Devalaya, the abode of the divine, or in modern words, a sacred space. This magnificent temple will add to the law of attraction. As the King so his subjects. We hope for prosperity, abundance and glory for our nation, Bharat that is India.
Shri Ram was the only avtar of Shri Vishnu who was a ruler, a Raja. No other avtar has ruled as King on this earth. His rule was said to be the most auspicious time and every follower of Sanatan Dharma dreams of living in a Ramrajya. Now Raja Ram and Devi Sita will sit on their throne in Ayodhya once again, in their mandir. No words can express the joy and the auspiciousness that this event is. This event is of momentous significance, not just for Bharatvarsha but for the entire earth. And not just for us humans but also for the Rishis, deities and other divine beings this event is a very positive one.
No muhurt is 100% perfect, it is impossible. We try to find the best possible option which is reasonably doable. This day / time, 22nd January 2024 at midday, is the best possible option in the present situation. The muhurt has been chosen by Brahmins who I am sure have a superlative grasp on the subject.
The Panchang has 5 parts and on this day /time all these five are auspicious. On this day/time, the Vaar, Tithi, Karan, Nakshatra, Yoga are all auspicious. Even beginner level astrologers can see that there are several positive yog on this day/ time. The horoscope of the midday muhurt/Abhijit is a very good one where all the planets are sitting in the best positions as possible in this time. No horoscope is 100% positive, it is impossible, but this one is very good. And there is a small window of a few mins a bit after the exact midday but still in the Abhijit, where there are negligible negative influences. Whoever has drawn up this muhurt has given a lot of thought and come up with the best possible option.
(Open your astrology app and try to analyse this Panchangam/ horoscope for yourself. Put the combinations and your analysis in the comments section. Logic is more important than emotion).
Karmakaand is a very detailed topic and the exclusive domain of the Karmakaandi Brahmins. If there are any minor issues these specialist Karmakaandi Brahmins would have already planned or done the rectification pujas, anushthans etc to remove any possible malefic influences.
The temple is being built by a Trust using the donation money which they have collected from public over the past years. The temple is not a government property, it is a ‘private’ mandir, the legal owner of the temple is the Trust and they are responsible for managing its affairs at this level. The Trust has Sanyasis and qualified Brahmins in charge and their decisions are made with due deliberations. However the scale of the temple and its energy is infinite, this is another level and in the hands of the deities, Shri Ram and Devi Sita. In any case, the state or national government has nothing to do with it, except to manage the public law and order etc type of things.
No other mathadhipati/ peethadhipati etc is qualified to question the decisions of the Trust now. Some mathadhipatis are trying to create doubts by randomly and repeatedly saying ‘it is against some Shastra’. But they are unable to quote the exact shloks from the exact Shastra books. If someone asks them for their own qualifications and expertise regarding these Karma kaand granths, these mathadhipatis are unable to do so. (The exclusive domain of the Sanyasi is Atmajnyan, ie the Jnyan Kaand not the Karma kaand.) If they were genuinely supporting the Mandir, they should have offered their advice to the Trust in advance, given the exact objection shloks and also quoted the remedial puja/ method.
The beauty of Sanatan Dharma is that it gives solutions. It does not leave you hanging. There is a remedy puja/ mantra/ daan etc for every sort of negative combination to reduce the intensity to the lowest possible. Even the most negative paap-karma have some remedial options for resolving them.
In any case, if these few mathadhipatis have so many generic and vague objections then it would be ideal if they themselves build additional Shri Ram Mandirs or grand Mandirs of their adored deities in Ayodhya or anywhere else in the world. So then they can decide all these Karmakaand things for these additional mandirs. We, the devotees of Shri Ram and Devi Sita would welcome it and also be eternally grateful to them. I hope all these mathadhipatis build several magnificent temples and institutions as examples and as new focus points for Sanatan Dharma.
Two superlative inspirational genuine examples – Swami Vidyaranya, an Atmajnyani, wrote on Advaita – Shrimad Panchadashi and was also responsible for establishment of the Vijaynagar empire. And Swami Ramdas, an Atmajnyani himself, wrote on Advaita – Srimad Dasbodh, and responsible for establishing the Maratha empire.
We all deeply respect the saffron and the genuine Sanyasi. A Sanyasi, by the very act of taking Sanyas, proclaims to the society that he is no longer interested in anything else but Moksh. He has nothing to do with the society now onwards, its trappings, its ego, its fame, social recognition etc are nothing to him. A genuine Sanyasi is truly extraordinary. And there are only two reasons why a genuine Sanyasi interacts with the society – 1. If his Guru tells him to work for the society, as a teacher etc. or 2. An Atmajnyani will come for Dharmasthapana ie guiding the people towards the Self. There is no other reason for a Sanyasi to proactively interact with the society.
The Mandir Trust has decided the time/ muhurt for the Pran Prathishta, the list of invitees etc and this is their prerogative. The Sanyasis and Brahmins of Trust have invited the directly elected leader of Bharat, the Hon’ble Prime Minister who is the appropriate person to participate in these pujas (Hon’ble President is the indirectly elected leader of this nation). The PM represents the collective will and the collective energy of this nation. It is not the person ‘Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi’ who is doing the pujas, it is all of us, all the citizens of Bharat, who are doing the pujas through him. (Some people are objecting to his marital status, his caste, etc! It is completely irrelevant. He is not there as an individual person, he is there as our representative). It is our temple, built with our collective money, our collective mental/ emotional energy has contributed for this endeavour. We all have prayed for this and we will receive the merit. The energy of the mandir is for us. The Shreya/ merit of this puja will go to all of us who actively participate in this intention on this day.
There will be several negative forces who will try, till the very last minute, to sow doubt and create divisions in our minds. Do not let them do this to you, because only it is only you who will miss out on so much. The flow of the energy is so very strong now that anyone trying to work or even think against Shri Ram and Devi Sita will be simply washed away. (Note the events before and after 22nd Jan 2024.)
So, wherever you are on this day, take some time out around midday and intend that you yourself are the yajmaan doing this Pran Prathishta. Feel the energy of the pujas in your body/mind, try to pull into yourself that extraordinary surge of power which is going to be so freely available. The deities of pure Satva gun – Shri Vishnu and Devi Laxmi are going to be active on this earth in a very big way. Every follower of Sanatan Dharma, citizen of Bharat, devotee of Shri Ram and Devi Sita must intend for this to happen. Own the energy and sincerely intend that Raja Ram and Devi Sita preside over the Shri Ram Darbar in their temple and thus rule over Bharatvarsha. It is our merit from our past lives, our purva punya that we are alive in this time and we are able to participate so whole heartedly in this event. Let us all make the most of this time by intending very sincerely for Ramrajya.
And now that the event is complete, now what? Read on in this post here.
Vande Mataram.
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