Chandaneswara Temple (Part I)
You have been to Digha, right? Do you remember that white
colored Shiva temple named Chandaneswara? It is not exactly Digha, little
outskirts. But still, have you been there? Do you remember it? A big temple
complex with various Hindu deities, right? I visited the place too. But what I have
found there made me amazed, silent. Care for a guided tour to the definition of
Belief?
The Entrance |
It was the time of Gajan Fair. People of Bengal are well
aware of what craziness one gets to experience in those fairs. One could see
people with insatiable desire to showcase their desperate devotion to Lord
Shiva in those fairs. People hurt themselves brutally, to engage their minds to
the Lord of the beings. We arrived at Chandaneswara Temple at that very peak
time of the Gajan fair. We were ready to
see the people with devout scars on their bodies. But when we reached we saw
something different. We expected a thunder storm and got a gentle rain, which
made our minds drenched and fertile to sow the seeds of devotion; a vision,
impossible to get through the naked eyes. It was like a gentle vibration on our
inner selves.
The Temple Complex |
The big entrance, with two lions and the five Dwarpalas of
the Lord, in a typical Orissey cult, was decorated with flower garlands. Inside
the complex there were thousands of people performing various rituals on their
own. Some village priests were sitting with Shiva lingas of different shapes
and sizes, and some people just performed their pujas there only. Some were
busy with their meditations, some were lighting the essence sticks. Some were
feeding a bull, performing their holy baths, shaving their heads, and much
more. Everybody was busy with their own; none gave a damn on what others seem,
or think. Everyone was so relaxed to perform their deeds, no hurry. We were
watching a culture, where religion made people so calm, introvert and
determined. We were in midst of such people, who were too devoted to observe
the other streams that were flowing through the universe. And thus all the
flows were flooding the complex, with their individual energies. What were we
there; nothing more than some stupid tourists, who were not at all a part of
this grand festival of faith.
(to be continued . . .)
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