(JAIGURUDATTA)wonderful article about marakatha rajarajeshwari temple

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jaya guru datta

dear friends

here is a wonderful article about marataktha

rajarajeshwari temple-which was printed in local

newspaper of vijayawada on 15th february.this article

was read out before sriswamiji on 15th before

sriswamiji departed on his further andhra tour after a

long stay in vijayawada.

i was very much moved by this article and thought many

might be interested to know these facts,so i tried my

best to translate this article(do excuse me if i

couldnt do justice-this is my first attempt of any

translations) i had the blessed oppurtunity of

attending the wonderful kumbhabhishekam of this

magnificent temple.one cannot describe the marvel of

this temple and mother goddess.one only need to

personally experiance it after visting this

place.if u stand in front of the temple u get lost of

ur surroundings and have a feeling of belonging to

some ancient time.

many might have made a mind to visit this place

after seeing the photos and the report in the net,but

if u read the facts given in the article ur eagerness

doubles!

here is the article.........

sometimes in certain situations u feel entralled

and ecstatic and feel that u need to preserve this

event in goldenwords.now what has happened in

vijayawada before our eyes is exactly such an event.

nowhere in the world is such atemple.it is a fortune

for andhra esp vijayawada to have the "marakata

treasure".

there are many mother goddess temples from

kashmir to kanyakumari.we know ashtadhasha

peetas,dhwadhasha peetas,panchashata peetas.

different temple have shapes,different names,different

kinds of stones used for carving the idol,different

colours,but never in the past anyone selected a

markatha stone(emerald) for carving "jaganmata",but

now in vijayawada on the banks of river krishna,mother

goddess has evolved in marakatha stone.so this nation

esp this state has in its history this wonderful

heritage- which needs to be preserved in golden words.

in sri swamiji's words it is a wonderful blessing to

have marakatha rajarajeshwari temple.here are few

events related to this temple...

marakatha(emerald) reminds us of kalidasa shloka"

mata marakatha shyama".mother goddess ,rajarajeshwari

of vijayawada has evolved in this marakatha

stone.emerald is best among the navaratnas.we know of

its use in ornaments.

gaffur, a quarry owner in mysore found big

emerald stones during excavation.sri swamijis

universal brotherhood attracted and brought him close

to sri swamiji.

the emerald stones which were excavated from his

quarry would have fetched him crores of rupees,but he

felt it better to offer them to sriswamiji.he showed

them to sri swamiji and was prepared to give as many

as sri swamiji wanted if they would be of any purpose.

in return,he didnt demand any amount,he would gladly

accept whatever sriswamiji would give.

sri swamiji happily accepted them.

but emerald is a tough stone& difficult to

carve.an expert hand and a sharp instrument may face

difficulties while working on it.so none dared to come

forward .lastly a sculptor muniraj from banglore had

agreed ,but he was afraid of carving a big idol &

almost stepped back.

as if to prepare him for this project and to build his

confidence sri swamiji made him carve a marakatha

simhasanam(throne) earlier.sri swamiji made him

comfortable by asking him to carve small small idols

thus helping his hands and mind to get used to the

work.he was given ample time requested by him.fine

sophisticated instruments were ordered from

rajasthan.these include costly diamond cutters and

powders.mother godess idol carving yagna continued for

2&1/2 years.this idol is in complete accordance to the

principles of shipa shastra.when we see the idol we

have a feeling of seeing an idol from ancient time.

according to jyoti shastra it is related to

budda(mercury)planet.according to mantra shastra it is

related to varahi devi.this wonderful emerald idol

helps recovery from nervous problems and helps

establish a balance in the body ,not only that ,it

blesses with victory and has capacity to avert

illeffects.so it need not be stated that because of

its many uses sri swamiji has selected marakatha

stone.

before it was decided to install a marble

idol,but sri swamiji's mind turned to emerald idol

not only this sriswamiji decided to install a

"srichakra" of manikya stone(ruby).

interesting coincidence is that gaffur who offered the

emerald stone,had a blessed oppurtunity of offering

the ruby stone.manikya stone is tougher than

marakatha.many stones were wasted.lastly srichakra

evoled from 8" manikya stone.both idol carving and sri

chakra carving went simultaneously.

a shipli(sculptor)involed in carving idols of

marakatha or ruby need to follow strict rituals.shilpi

muniraj followed daily rituals and used to complete

that days work before taking his food.ie mother

goddess allowed him to work on her for only a few

hours a day.

even after following all the rituals stictly,he

had to face many difficulties while carving the

idol.10 years before starting this work he was

suffering from severe back pain.before taking up this

work he was almost idle due to his illhealth.

so he was afraid to work on emerald stone in the

beggining,his problem worsened after he started the

work,afraid he fell at sri swamijis feet .sri swamiji

consoled him saying"no need to be afraid of,go on with

ur work,u will be freed from all ur diseases,i am here

to look after,u stay in ur tapas."now when sri swamiji

enquires about his back problem,he happily says he was

freed from it long back.regarding other problems he

says he cannot describe.when asked how he feels ,he

says he has lots of satisfaction and immense happiness

within.

he humbly says "sriswamiji is mahashilpi, i am only an

ordinary instrument in his hands".

sri swamiji selected experts to work on the walls of

the temple.among them are durugadda ramachari,mysore

dattapeetham asthana shilpi,his son tirumalachari and

potuluri achari.they all belong to allagadda.the

famous sapta swara stone pillar teple in nadamantapa

was sculpted by them.most of them had to face

difficulties while working.but making up their minds

again &again they continued the work.

once in deep meditation sri swamiji had

envisaged this magnificent structure ,which is now the

marakatha rajarajeshwari temple in patamata.along with

a marakatha idol& manikya srichakra sri swamiji

decided the temlpe tower to be of the shape of sumeru

sri chakra.one can also see north indian style of

carvings on the walls of the temple.whole temple

construction was according to sri swamijis envisaged

plan.sri swamiji says anushtana conducted under sumeru

shikara(gopuram) is more powerful than meditation

under a pyramidal spire.

according to aghama shastra shikara top is like

head,its front round structure is like skull,

garbhalaya is upper part of body,dhwaja sthambam is

vertebral column.

sri swamiji thought beyond this.in sri vidya,sri

chakram is representation of mother goddess , so if

shikara is made of sri chakra ,temple itself becomes a

form of mother goddess.

according to mantra shastra,in corners of sri chakra

and dhalalu reside many gods .similarly there is

relationship between sri chakra nava avarnas and

satchakras in human body.so main deities in sri

chakra are carved on the walls of the temple.similaly

shilpaputri,chandraghanta,skanda mata navadurgas are

carved.alsobhupuram,shodashadalapadmam,astadalapadmam

navaavarnas and muladhara,swadishtana,manipurakam etc

shatcakras are carved. some more information related

to mantra shastra is depicted on the walls.

stone was selected to costruct a

dhawajastamba.totally in other words the whole temple

is a representation of srividya. 3&1/2 feet idol of

mother goddess in marakatha is not there any where on

this land.for such mother such a temple is nowhere.as

this was envisaged by sri swamiji there cannot be any

such temple anywhere,if there is any it would be only

after the one in vijayawada.this is truth

.....truth....truth....this fact has to be stated with

pride by vijayawada.there is only one kohinoor and

only one marakatha temple.

 

our sadguru had taken all pains for us

devotees.mother goddess which has evolved for us with

so much background has to be in all resplendence and

glory for eons to go.so let us all make up our minds

to do whatever we can according to our capability to

become life members for nityapujas. i am sure not only

we ,but our generations to come will have satisfaction

of being a part of this historical heritage.

may we all have marakatha rajarajeshwari and our

beloved sadguru blessings.

sri guru datta

vijayashri

 

 

 

 

 

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