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temple parts whether lofty or modest have their specific purposes.
The tower to begin with, by the immensity of its height shape and
sculpture awakens the instincts of bhakti at mere sight. It is
recorded that the tower is the sthulalinga, while the Sivalinga
inside is the sukshmalinga. Beautification of tower with images of
gods create in people the feeling of godawareness, when seen even
from a distance, and importantly it enables some unfortunate people
adore the sthula linga, being forbidden to enter due to sectarian
traditions of the bygone past. Devout bhaktas join their palms and
utter the names of presiding deities, either in loud tones or
muffled voices at the sight of towers, visible for miles around. On
reaching and taking bath in the temple Pushkarini, which normally
has fantastic origin, they prostrate before the tower since it bears
the images on its tall broad surface almost all the worshipful
deities. On crossing the portal, according to sculptural
commandments, they have to worship Lord Vmayaka, the remover of all
obstacles in every venture although there are innumerable icons,
each with a power of its own and deep esoteric significance.
Forgetfulness of this leads to disaster, be it the heavenly beings,
or manavasreshthas. So agrapuraja is to be made to Vinayaka
Bhagawan.
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