Palani Mulavar Dandayudhapani Navapasanam Statue - shreelimn arts blog

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Lord Dandayudhapani-Stone-Hoysala Period
- Sep 2, 2024
Palani Murugar Lord Dandayudhapani
Title : Navapasanam Dandayudhapani 
Medium : Cating metal Navapasanamq
Date : between 2nd & 5th centuries AD. the idol of Lord Murugan that sits in the temple is said to have been created around 4,900 years ago. 
Finding Site : Palani, Tamilnadu, India
Artist : Bogar 


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The temple in Palani is one of the six renowned pilgrimage sites for Lord Murugan, in the form of Lord Dandāyudhapāni. While the story of how Lord Murugan came to reside in Palani is a popular tale, many have yet to learn of the ancient secret behind the making of the main idol and why the temple is a powerful religious healing centre.
The idol in Palani, is in the form of an ascetic. Having renounced the world, Lord Dandāyudhapāni stands with a staff in his right hand and with rudraksha beads around his neck. Shunning all worldly possessions, the only apparel he has chosen to retain is a breechcloth

Ornaments of Palani Murugar:
Neck : rudraksha bead maala
Cloth : breechcloth(komanam)
Head : bladed (tonsured)
Weapon : a stick 
Unlike other temples, here the Lord does not take a siesta and the temple-doors are open continuously from twilight to night for nearly 16 hours at a stretch without interval. The presiding deity in any temple is of stone. Here, it is an amalgam comprising navabashana or nine different kinds of medicinal minerals (some say poisons) blended together in certain rare proportions, the resultant substance resembling hard wax.
It is Saint Bogar who played a pivotal role in the narratives associated with the Palani Murugan idol. Bogar, one of Hinduism’s 18 greatest Siddhars, was a devotee of Murugan and founder of the Siddha alchemical practices. He's also said to have created and sanctified the Palani Murugan idol himself. The exact calculation by Bogar is still unknown, but substances that touch the idol are believed to acquire healing powers.
The nine pashanas (poisons) of siddha science are all elements and compounds which evaporate under slight heat and there is no conceivable way in which they could have been 'amalgamated' into a castable metal.
The constant performing of abhishekams has perhaps added cohesive strength to the image and in turn the medicinal qualities absorbed by the abhishekam materials, attributing to them miraculous curative properties. The overnight sandal paste in particular is a wonder drug, a panacea for many incurable diseases. Not even the rationalist can say that the abhishekam is a waste. For every drop of it is consumed with profit and pleasure by devotees, far and near.
Leucoderma and asthma are cured by the use of abhishekam water. Modern physicians say that milliards of bacteria are stored in the idol and anything taken out of the touch of the idol by abhishekams also infected with the bacteria which grow in geometrical progression. This is the reason for the preservative quality of the articles offered during abhishekam. Prasadam filled with bacteria when consumed internally cures several human diseases.
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