SHINING STARS & SMILING FLOWERS
Yuva Bharati|May 2020
Many a times, we say there is no ideal in front of us; we dream and wish for the best. And while grieving or being melancholy over what is not with us, we do miss so many inspiring, heart-warming, life nurturing moments in life which can make our life purposeful. While grieving over the unavailability of the shining stars in life, we miss so many beautiful smiling flowers around us. These smiling flowers warm our heart and make our life fragrant. The shining stars are distant and visible only in the night but the fragrant flowers are always around. Let us stop grudging and grumbling and open our eyes to see these smiling flowers in our society. These smiling flowers are strewn liberally on each path. As a Jeevanvrati Karyakarta of Vivekananda Kendra, on my path too, I come across many beautiful smiling flowers, the inspiring, heart touching moments. This series is a garland of such blossoming, smiling flowers
Nivedita Raghunath Bhide
SHINING STARS & SMILING FLOWERS

DARSHAN WITHOUT MOORTI

It must be in 1991 or so, I was visiting Bhubaneswar for the first time at the behest of Prof. Bidhu Bhushan Das, a very well-known educationist and also a great person. He wanted me to do Ph.D. under him and so to register my name in the University, I had gone to Bhubaneswar. After the registration was over, he asked me whether I had been to Bhubaneswar before. I replied, ‘No’. He immediately booked for me in the tourism bus, where a guided tour was organized. The guide was good and was giving very graphic description of the places.

As we neared Konark, he gave the details – ‘This temple when at its glory, was one of the most majestic temple. The Moorti of Bhagwan Soorya was seen without any support as if really he was riding the sky in his magical chariot.’

‘How was that possible?’ someone asked incredulously.

‘There were powerful magnets below and on the top; so being pulled in both directions the Moorti was in the midair.’

‘Is it not there now?’ asked another pilgrim anxiously.

‘Unfortunately, no. Once, when the ships of the British were passing in the sea, the powerful magnets pulled them to the shore and they got damaged. So the British broke the magnets and carried the Moorti away to London.’

‘So, it means it is no more a temple!’ said another pilgrim.

‘Well….’ the guide Sighed.

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