yantra maintenance problem

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Dear Vishal,

Its true what you said about uncoloured copper yantras being more difficult to clean -- true that stains are stubborn where the spots of chandan, vermillion and haldi dots are put. Most uncolored yantras develop similar stains if salt and lemon juice are used for cleaning them (the parts where chandan, etc had been applied). Don't worry about the stains, just know that the yantra is clean and thats enough.

1. Frequency of cleansing yantras is 2 to 3 months. Clean yantras by wiping with gentle soapy water with a cloth. Rinse with milk then rosewater or Ganga Jal. Wipe dry and leave on table to dry in room temperature.

2. Superstitious people would say that stained yantras or those which have lost their lustre are malefic. This is not true because yantras are mystical diagrams of God. Specific yantras represent personify specific Gods. If a picture, an image of or murti of God seems old or stained, nobody would say its 'malefic', in fact its value goes up and everybody wants to get hold of it.

Dispose a yantra or any holy item at a temple or in water only if you strongly wish to do so or if your Upaguru is telling you to do so.

Om Bholenath

, vishal sharma wrote:>> Dear Sh Narasimhaye Ji,> > I have few uncoloured copper Yantras at my altar. Every Friday or Sunday> I rinse them gently with Water and immediately dry them with white cotton> cloth. On auspicious days, I do milk abhishek also and then again wash them> with water and then dry them. But even after that the Yantras have developed> some stain due to atmospheric effect or due to rinsing. The permanent stains> are mostly at spots where chandan/ vermillion/haldi dots are put. In such> cases I clean them with salt and Lemon. They become clean and sparkling> after that, but some sections of permanent stains have happened which do not> go. Even if they do not develop stains , after some time they become dull> and loose lustre and necessitate cleaning with salt-lemon.> > My queries are:> > 1. What is the ideal way of maintaining Yantras? What should be the> frequency of cleaning them and how it is to be done?> > 2. I read somewhere, If Yantra become peranently stained or loose lustre it> should be left at temple or disposed in water, as it may become malefic.> What do you say about that?> > Warm regards,> > Vishal>