Campaign for awareness of spiritually
correct way of celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi
Science behind worship of Lord Ganesh's idols with left side trunk and
right side trunk
First look at each of the two figures
below for one to two minutes, note what you experience and then read further.
Seekers attending a satsang (spiritual
meeting) had the following spiritual experiences.
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Figure A |
Figure B |
| 1. Felt pleasant |
10 |
3 |
| 2. Felt distressed |
1 |
7 |
| 3. Felt nothing |
8 |
9 |
Total |
19 |
19 |
It is significant that these spiritual
experiences were obtained even without the participants' knowledge of what these
figures represented. Figure A represents a Ganapati idol with a left-sided trunk,
and figure B that of a Ganapati with a right-sided trunk.
The right-sided trunk: The idol with a right-sided
trunk is called dakshinmurti (the south-directed idol) or dakshinabhimukhi murti
(the idol facing the south). Dakshin means the southern direction or the right
side. The southern direction leads to the region of Yama (Yamalok), the deity
of death, while the right side belongs to the Surya nadi (Sun channel). The one
who is able to face the direction of Yama's region is strong. Similarly, the
one with an activated Surya nadi is radiant, too. Thus, in both senses, the Ganapati
with the right-sided trunk is said to be 'active (jagrut)'. The ritualistic worship
of this idol is performed observing all the norms of ritualistic worship meticulously.
Consequently the sattvik (sattva predominant)
temperament is augmented, and one is not distressed by the raja frequencies
coming from the south.
The dakshinabhimukhi idol is not worshipped ritualistically
in the usual manner because tiryak frequencies with the raja component are emitted
from the south. One feels repulsed towards the south because it is in that direction
where, after death, scrutiny of sins and merits is done in Yama's region (Yamalok).
Scrutiny akin to that done in the south after death is experienced in life when
facing the south or sleeping with legs directed towards the south. Hence, the
worship of this idol, too, is repulsive.
The left sided trunk: The idol with the trunk towards
the left is called Vamamukhi. Vam means the northern direction or the left side.
The Chandra nadi (Moon channel) is situated on the left. It bestows tranquility.
Besides since the northern direction is spiritually favorable; it bestows Bliss;
hence the Vamamukhi Ganapati is more commonly worshipped.
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