Introduction
Lifting of Vahanas like Garuda, Nandi, Mushika and Mayura along with the Utsava Moorti idols is considered to be a sacred act, and it would be done mostly during festive occasions like Pradosham, Shivratri, Navratri, Krishna Jayanti and Vinayaka Chathurti days.
Urchava Moorthies are the idols of the gods and goddesses in the temples, which would be easily movable, and they are made out of silver, bronze and gold metals. They look very attractive and beautiful. They are kept in the Vahanas, and used during the times of festivals and processions. The Urchava Moorthy idol is a valuable item, in terms of its spiritual significance. Urchava Moorthies are placed in the chariot and also in various vahanas, like Garuda, Nandi and peacock during auspicious festival days, and the temple staffs and the devotees would happily pull the chariot in order to make it to move freely inside and in the outside of the temple, and would distribute temple Prasad to the devotees with a pleasing smile.
Some people try to earn money even by way of illegal ways, and hence they are stealing the Urchava Moorthy idols from the temples, and selling it to the foreign countries, and getting lot of money. They are not realizing that doing such an act would cause big problems for them in their future. Stealing an idol is similar to kidnapping an innocent child. Wrong doers would be severely punished by the almighty, and in their next birth, they would be born as a blind, or mentally challenged people.
Similar to that, some of the other religious people are making fun of our deities, and also they are touching our holy Urchava Moorthy idols without any purity in their mind, and they are also insulting our Holy mother Mata Shakti Devi, by way of criticizing her, and also laughing at her, without knowing about her supreme powers.
Since, the great almighty is safeguarding us in our daily life, similar to that, let us try to preserve our precious and holy urchava moorthy idols kept in the temples, and be blessed.
“OM”
Sent By
R.HARISHANKAR
