Herbs offered to Lord Dhanvantari
The festival of Dhanteras was celebrated with pomp across the country on Tuesday, October 29. On this occasion, the 326-year-old Kashi tradition was repeated once again. People come to Kashi only once a year to have the darshan of Lord Dhanvantari. During this time people asked for health blessings. For 326 years, people have been waiting to see Lord Dhanvantari on Dhanteras. This temple is established in the Sudiya area of Chowk in Varanasi.
Rasa medicines and wooden medicines brought from the Himalayas were offered to Lord Dhanvantari. Brahmi, Ashwagandha, Agar, Musli, Tagar and many rare herbs were offered. These medicines are used in medicines made throughout the year.
four-armed statue
The four-armed statue of Lord Dhanvantari with a charming image of one and a half men made of eight metals offers an easy insight into Ayurveda and health sciences. Lord Dhanvantari has a conch shell in one hand, through which he distributes Ayurvedic Prasad, while in the other he has a Kalash, from which the medicine is poured out in the form of nectar. There is a leech on the third hand which is a symbol of blood circulation, while the chakra on the fourth hand is a symbol of surgery.
People came to see Lord Dhanvantari.
There was a competition among the people who came to have the darshan of Lord Dhanvantari to apply medicinal attar and collect the flowers offered to the idol. The fragrance of attar with medicinal properties is believed to refresh the person from within, while keeping the flowers in the house blesses the family with good health.
Many diseases are treated
Ayurvedic treatment was started for the same number of years at Dhanvantari Niwas, located next to the temple of Lord Dhanvantari. Where incurable diseases are treated. Cancer, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and many complex neurological diseases are treated here through Ayurveda. Vaidya Raj Kanhaiya Lal ji installed the statue of Lord Dhanvantari and built the temple 326 years ago and since then the tenth generation has been doing this work.
Currently, Pandit Sameer Kumar Shastri, Ram Kumar Shastri and Nand Kumar Shastri are taking this generation forward. He claims that he has been the royal physician of the Kashi royal family for ten generations and with the blessings of Lord Dhanvantari, this tradition has treated nine Bharat Ratna personalities including Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru and Indira Gandhi. It is said that whenever the situation seems unfavorable for human civilization and a major calamity occurs, Lord Dhanvantari brings out some medicinal miracle from his nectar vessel. In Covid days, Ayurvedic decoction was a great miracle.
