Trishula Musings:
This is a picture the Shani Temple we went to a few years back it is in Shignapur a village located in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra. It is about 35 km from Ahmednagar. We were spending time in Shirdi visiting the Shirdi Sai Baba and went on a day trip to this Shignapur to visit Lord Shani. It was a totally different world to me at the time and the Puja was unlike any I had experienced in India.
I remember following Babu barefoot walking through some streets, I was laughing all the way, we were not to make eye contact some kind of male thing about worshiping Lord Shani. Anyway, Babu did his thing in all earnest and after the Puja was over we bought some horseshoe iron rings to wear to appease Lord Shani. Within in hours I was completely depressed, I took the ring off and have never been able to wear it to this day. However, it works for Babu he can has worn this Saturn ring for over a decade now.
It is important to know what you can handle and if someone gives you a remedy and it does not feel right take it off, it is more important to develop your own intuition than to trust others. In my mind the purpose of going to a Jyotishi is to awaken to yourself not to tell everybody how great the Jyotishi was.
It is always about you not the astrologer.
"The presiding deity of Shinganapur, Sri Shaneshwara or Lord Shanidev- the personification of the planet Saturn is worshipped with utmost reverence and devotion by multitudes of people from all over the world. The spectacle of the deity in black stone is overwhelming. A unique aspect of this place is, that no temple structure houses the Shanidev. There is only a simple platform on which stands the swayambhu idol, in black stone.
Shingnapur is also famous for the fact that no house in the village has doors, only door frames. Despite this, no theft is reported in the village. Villagers never keep their valuables under lock and key. Villagers believe that the temple is a "jagrut devasthan" (lit. "alive temple"), meaning that the god here is very powerful. They believe that god Shani punishes anyone attempting theft."
This is a picture the Shani Temple we went to a few years back it is in Shignapur a village located in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra. It is about 35 km from Ahmednagar. We were spending time in Shirdi visiting the Shirdi Sai Baba and went on a day trip to this Shignapur to visit Lord Shani. It was a totally different world to me at the time and the Puja was unlike any I had experienced in India.
I remember following Babu barefoot walking through some streets, I was laughing all the way, we were not to make eye contact some kind of male thing about worshiping Lord Shani. Anyway, Babu did his thing in all earnest and after the Puja was over we bought some horseshoe iron rings to wear to appease Lord Shani. Within in hours I was completely depressed, I took the ring off and have never been able to wear it to this day. However, it works for Babu he can has worn this Saturn ring for over a decade now.
It is important to know what you can handle and if someone gives you a remedy and it does not feel right take it off, it is more important to develop your own intuition than to trust others. In my mind the purpose of going to a Jyotishi is to awaken to yourself not to tell everybody how great the Jyotishi was.
It is always about you not the astrologer.
"The presiding deity of Shinganapur, Sri Shaneshwara or Lord Shanidev- the personification of the planet Saturn is worshipped with utmost reverence and devotion by multitudes of people from all over the world. The spectacle of the deity in black stone is overwhelming. A unique aspect of this place is, that no temple structure houses the Shanidev. There is only a simple platform on which stands the swayambhu idol, in black stone.
Shingnapur is also famous for the fact that no house in the village has doors, only door frames. Despite this, no theft is reported in the village. Villagers never keep their valuables under lock and key. Villagers believe that the temple is a "jagrut devasthan" (lit. "alive temple"), meaning that the god here is very powerful. They believe that god Shani punishes anyone attempting theft."
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