'The Day of Judgment' as put in the Holy Bible is a day when through Jesus Christ, God judges every single person who has ever lived on the earth. He would determine the worth of each individual. All the sins are accounted on that day. ‘Chitragupt’, a character from Indian mythology also serves the same purpose and finally decides the destiny of a person- heaven or hell.
An event recently reminded me of this idea. A simple window that acted as a judge to the sins of one and all. And all that one had to do, was just pass through it to prove that s/he deserved the arm-chair comfort of ‘heaven’.
Sudh Mahadev is the temple which stands for 2,800 years, and is located 120 kms from Jammu. The temple is a home to a natural black marble Lingam, the Trident (Trishul) of Lord Shiva and mace believed to be that of Bheema, one of the five legendary Pandava brothers. The temple has a marble window that has attracted many to test their life.
For me, it was the test of the natural spring nearby that promised to wash away all the sins of a person. There was a Sita, who gave the ‘agni pareeksha’ and then there were some who gave the ‘khidki pareeksha’ as I would like to call it. I passed through the window, maybe that’s because I had washed myself in the ‘paap naashini baoli’ (sin destroyer spring) after the long journey. Some couldn’t, the reason could perhaps be that they should have taken some more time to wash themselves!
An event recently reminded me of this idea. A simple window that acted as a judge to the sins of one and all. And all that one had to do, was just pass through it to prove that s/he deserved the arm-chair comfort of ‘heaven’.
Sudh Mahadev is the temple which stands for 2,800 years, and is located 120 kms from Jammu. The temple is a home to a natural black marble Lingam, the Trident (Trishul) of Lord Shiva and mace believed to be that of Bheema, one of the five legendary Pandava brothers. The temple has a marble window that has attracted many to test their life.
For me, it was the test of the natural spring nearby that promised to wash away all the sins of a person. There was a Sita, who gave the ‘agni pareeksha’ and then there were some who gave the ‘khidki pareeksha’ as I would like to call it. I passed through the window, maybe that’s because I had washed myself in the ‘paap naashini baoli’ (sin destroyer spring) after the long journey. Some couldn’t, the reason could perhaps be that they should have taken some more time to wash themselves!
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