Prior to heading on, it needs to be described what mythological religious places are. Every religious faith or community has got its certain prominent religious centers where devotees throng in crowd. The factor leading to them to the place is, their belief deeply related to the place. There, they either pray for some wish or take a vow and its the inveterate faith that these wishes and vows are fulfilled accordingly. At some prominent religious places, whole through the year devotees keep on visiting.
The religion can not be rip apart from mythological concept. Religion is a “sense” imbibed by men from the time immemorial. And this ancient sentiment by itself helps establishing the “mythological significance” to a religious place. It transforms the place into a “religious magnetic field.” In India, specifically in Hindus, such religious places carry a significance of great value. Many of Hindus’ religious places are so ancient that they are considered alive and animated from the time eternal. Even, the religious city Varanasi or Kashi in North India in itself been designated as “Eternal City” and widely accepted as such.
The religious beliefs are so deep in Hindus that we consider the presence of god in every atom. The god is represented in every form. Meant, god we believe is incarnated as human being, also in celestial form and in shape of animal form as well. In this blog, basic topic is of “magnetic religious places.” Why a religious place attracts the devotees? May be, by virtue of religious belief that people foster in mind, but how a place gains prominence is a riddle! Why a certain specific religious place is visited specifically while some religious places are abandoned and look like derelict site?
If we look keenly about some religious places, they are located at some “hard to reach” spots and an arduous long tiresome journey on foot is the only means to have access there. But despite of all these difficulties large number of devotees visit those places. To reach at such destination, a strong mental and physical strength is required. Probably, such sort of “hard to reach” religious places are present in every religious faith.
What element lies there, that helps increase the religious belief of people? The main factor that surfaces up behind this is “mythological faith.” This faith indicates that presence of some” power cluster” is felt and recognized at such places. This too has been felt by devotees visiting the place. And this experience been experienced by people generations after generation. One undeniable fact is, theory of “magnetism.” It’s a practically proven and theoretical law.
Magnetism may be of both kinds. Positive magnetism and Negative magnetism. This theory is applicable to human beings as well. When we find some one as “charming,” it simply means, we are effected by his/her positive magnetic field. This magnetism helps attract others towards him/her. In contrary to this, some people carry a “repulsiveness” around them. Though, such people may be gentle and generous but people feel dispelled by their appearance. The same sort of phenomenon we feel about the religious places.
Just, in this blog, it has been told about some abandoned religious places. Simply, it means, those places either had no “energy center” or if they had in past time, that center of energy either been ebbed away or shifted to some other place. Since, energy is transmissible. In this regard, an another noteworthy fact can not be ignored about that we hardly take any notice. This is to be understood by the same paradigm of “charming person.” A charming person always pays heed to maintain his appearance. For that, he keeps on changing his costumes and behave properly to give a better presentation.
The same sort of phenomenon with certain alterations applies to the religious places but that too we don’t take cognizance of. If at a certain religious spot, prayers, chanting of hymn (mantras) being performed regularly, it helps keep the “energy field” of the place animated. Along with, another important factor plays a significant role. That is “positive mental set up” of pilgrims. A pilgrim when initiates his religious journey from his distant located dwelling, his mental set up remains brimmed with the abundance of religious feelings.
His mental vibes always remains “pure and piteous.” With these sentiments, on reaching to the religious place he offers the prayers and pours out all his vibes there. This religious vibes too assimilates with that ” center of energy” and enhances the Brilliance of the religious spot. This type of visit to a religious place is given a specific terminology as “Teerthatan” (pilgrimage)” In Hindus. In teerthatan a Hindu is expected to complete his entire journey imbibed with spirituality, with purity of thoughts and under observance of some rituals. Till the time, all these rites are observed and performed, the prominence of the religious place remains intact. In contrary to this, if a religious place is visited as a “tourist spot or picnic point”, in general it has been observed that with passing of time, the energy field of such religious place begins to wane.
On the same, scientifically it has been proven about some religious places of prominence of Hindus that they are situated at some specific longitude and latitude. This also surprises researchers, how thousand of years ago, ancient Hindus did that. This merely can not be a coincidence. Besides, selection of longitude and latitude of places is at a point where the magnetic energy field of the earth is comparatively of high degrees. Here the paradigm of twelve Jyotirlingam (pillars of lights and energy belonging to Lord Shiva) of Hindus is worth citing. Most of them are situated at a imaginary straight line and at the same longitude and latitude across the wide territory of India. And every such Jyotirlingam is hundreds of km away from another Jyotirlingam.
There are certain religious place of mythological prominence about whom the prediction of being “lost” been made thousands years ago. Even the predicted symptoms of this waning too has been discernible with the passing of time. Along with, this too is predicted that the “energy center” of these religious places be shifted accordingly to another designated places and new places be worshiped accordingly. Surprisingly, these new destination point already exist. Here example of one of four main Dham( holy abode) of Hindus “Badri and Kedar Dham (holy abode,) is interesting to be cited. The prediction of being lost or being inaccessible in future was made thousand years ago and new designated holy places are “Bhavishya (of future) Bhadri and Bhavishya Kedar.” These places situate hundreds km away from the old holy abode.
There are so many other examples of religious places whom energy center and illumination too had been ebbed away with the passing of period of time and they are like derelicts now. This phenomenon is taken as shifting of “energy center and certainly is subject matter for researchers. Penned by — Vinay Pharasi —–