INTRODUCTION : 
Ekalavya is a noble person who was mentioned in the great epic Mahabharata, and he was the adopted son of a tribal king. Ekalavya wants to learn archery from Guru Drona, but he was not taught, since he was born in a lower caste. Ekalavya used to worship Drona from his mind, and had self-studied the art of archery by himself, and become an expert in archery after several years of training. His wife was Devi Angraini who was a chaste and a holy woman and served as a dutiful wife to her husband Ekalavya.
Once, Drona saw the skills of Ekalavya in archery and asked for his right hand thumb, since Drona doesn’t wants Ekalavya to be a skilled person in archery than that of his beloved disciple Arjuna.
Even though he had lost his right hand thumb, he was a famous archer. He was the best friend of Duryodana, and helped him, till his death.
There is an Ekalavya temple in a village in Gurgaon in Haryana state. This is the only temple dedicated to Sri Ekalavya and it is the place where he had offered his right hand thumb to guru Drona.
Let us worship the great man Sri Ekalavya and be blessed.
“OM SRI EKALAVYARE NAMAHA”
“JAI KRISHNA”
SENT BY
R.HARISHANKAR
