Today is the festival of Dhanteras. Lord Dhanvantari is worshiped on this day. The only statue of Lord Dhanvantari in India is in Sudiya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Here, the doors of the temple open only once a year on the day of Dhanteras for the darshan of Lord Dhanvantari. Today the doors of the temple of Lord Dhanvantari will open here. Which will remain open for 5 hours. Devotees come here from far and wide to have darshan.
Visitors from India and abroad wait for the darshan of Lord Dhanvantari for health and happiness and prosperity. As soon as the doors of the temple open, a huge crowd of devotees remains eager to have darshan of the Lord. Flowers, plants and herbs brought from the Himalayas are offered to Lord Dhanvantari. With these herbs, patients are also treated throughout the year through Ayurveda. This is the 327th year of the opening of doors of Lord Dhanvantari.
Dhanvantari Jayanti started 326 years ago
The image of Lord Dhanvantari fascinates the hearts of all the devotees. God has a pot of nectar in one hand. The Lord is holding a conch in his other hand. The Lord is seen holding a Chakra in his third hand and a leech in his fourth hand and maids on either side are seen swinging the wheel. After seeing the divine tableau, the devotees chant Lord Dhanvantari.
The statue of Lord Dhanvanti is made of Ashtadhatu
The two and a half feet high Ashtadhatu and 25 kg gem studded idol of Lord Dhanvantari located in Sudiya, Varanasi makes one feel of being in Baikunthpur. Rajvaidya Late. Shivkumar Shastri’s family has been engaged in the service of the Lord for five generations. His father Pt. Babunandan ji had started Dhanvantari Jayanti 326 years ago.
Many incurable diseases are treated
From here it spread to other places. Vaidyaraj’s sons Ramkumar Shastri, Nand Kumar Shastri and Sameer Kumar Shastri are following this tradition of Ayurveda of Kashi with full dedication. Ayurvedic treatment of many incurable diseases is done here. Many famous people from India and abroad got their treatment here.
