In this episode, we would like to inform the audience the values of a temple acting as a medical centre. One could notice that the Hindu temples having  built on a vast acre of land with good architectural structures. Each temple will have a giant praharam to come around the sanctum santorum. There will definitely be a big banyan tree. There will also be a pure water tank outside the temple. The temple will be of good height with kalasams on the gopurams. And in big temples, there will be big mandapams which can accomodate hundreds of people.

Now coming to  the main theme of our episode, it is our duty to explain the various modes of science taught through these temples. The way to go to temple after bath emphasises the necessity to keep clean and pure. Scientifically, cleanliness keeps the body diesease-free. Next, one gets the theertha prasadam from the priest. And this holy water contains thulasi, a herbal plant which controls the cold and asthma and purifies the lungs and aslo acts as an appetizer.

In temples, one is asked to come around the sanctum sanctorum. This is a form of an exercise where one cannot practice walking in life. This may be due to many reasons. It is a bonanza for the present day men and women who do not walk regularly thanks to the invention of automobiles and very good conveyance facilities. And also due to modern inventions in the field of communications, one becomes weary of walking and this leads to unnecessay complications. But in the name of bakthi, one is made to walk in the temples.

The giant banyan tree inside the temple provides good ozone and it is believed that it activates the harmones in the body. The childless young women are advised to come around this tree which promptly activates the harmones and corrects the uterus related problems.

The large mantapams, provide a platform for music and dance and for performing other form of arts. This provides a relief to the people who come to the temple. Apart from this, people develop new relationships.

Further,we can illustrate more scientific approaches in temple worship. The Padhakshina (coming around), the prostration (kneeling) provide an exercise to the body. And tapping the forehead before Lord Ganesha,stimulates the fluid which guards the brain and activates. The thoppukaranam (sit & stand) is also an exercise which is identical to pull-ups.

Apart from the physical exercises, the different kinds of practices  keep the body and mind in a healthy state. One is expected to undergo different kinds of resistence during a particular period in order to avail the darshan of the Lord.The fastings prescribed in the Hindu philosophy, keeps one’s body hale and healthy. These fastings range from once in fifteen days to avoiding certain grains and pulses for a particular period. During the Dakshinanaya period, people are advised to avoid milk for a month, pulses for one month, tamarind for one month, grains for one month and alike.

All the above are to keep the body free from excess proteins and vitamins. In order to balance the proportion of the proteins and vitamins, these a fastings were prescribed.

Well, as we said at the begining temples are not only worship places. It has many treasures to unfold. Apart from all this, temple mainly builds a healthy society. It makes people of different sections, be they are rich or poor, be they are educated or uneducated, be they are one caste or the other temple unites everybody under one roof. The exchange of views keeps the society healthy.

It is our endeavour to bring this valuables to our esteemed audience through this episode.

Concept/Screen-play/Narration/Direction : SIMMAM RAGHU

Producer                                 : SIMMAM