Tue Oct 29 06:21:40 UTC 2024: ## Lord Dhanvantari Temple Opens Doors for One Day on Dhanteras, Attracts Devotees Seeking Health and Prosperity
**Varanasi, October 27 (HS):** The city of Baba Vishwanath will be showered with the blessings of health and prosperity on Dhanteras (Kartik Krishna Trayodashi). Devotees eagerly await the opening of the Dhanvantari Bhavan, located in Sudia Bulanal, where Lord Dhanvantari is enshrined. The temple opens only once a year, on Dhanteras, and witnesses a constant stream of devotees seeking darshan, blessings, and prasad throughout the day.
The day begins with the family of Raj Vaidya Pandit Shiv Kumar Shastri, who have been tending the temple for generations, offering a Panchamrut bath to the Lord Dhanvantari idol. The deity is then adorned with medicinal herbs before being offered special miraculous medicines amidst Vedic chants. The temple doors are then opened to the public.
The unique temple houses a two-and-a-half-foot tall, gem-studded Ashtadhatu idol of Lord Dhanvantari, seated on a silver throne. Devotees seek blessings for health, prosperity, and well-being. The idol is over 300 years old and is believed to grant relief from diseases, bestowing happiness, prosperity, and fame upon devotees who pay their respects on this day.
The temple’s doors open only once a year, coinciding with Dhanteras. According to the family, the tradition was started by Pandit Baboonandan over 300 years ago. The temple claims to be the only authenticated representation of Lord Dhanvantari in the world. The magnificent idol adorned with a golden crown, a yellow robe, and a conch, a discus, a club, and an elixir pot in its hands, inspires devotion in all who witness it.
Legend has it that Lord Dhanvantari emerged from the churning of the ocean during the battle between the gods and demons (Devasur Sangram) on the 13th day of the dark fortnight of Kartik (Dhanteras) holding the elixir pot.
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