Types Of Temple Bells And Their Significance

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A worship is not complete without ringing the bell at some point. Ringing the bell lasts for a couple of seconds.

But till then, it gets your mind engaged in the sound and makes you thoughtless for a moment as if you were in a trance. It connects you to the universe just for a few seconds in heart and soul.

The OM sound emerging from the Bell chime will leave you with no base thoughts at that point in time. Shastras say that It is rung at the beginning of the puja just to drive away rakshasas and evil spirits in the environment as the spirits cant face the divine sound emitting from it.

The Archaks pray, as they are ringing the bell, to the Rakshas and evil spirits to go away from the place till the puja concludes and then possibly occupy their places. The intention is that even bad spirits should not be deprived of their places of residence. The ring of the bell sounds like OM as you have noticed.

There are varieties of temple bells with powerful energies. They are made with great care by using a combination of special metals. Each temple uses a different bell. Which bell is the most auspicious one for puja?

Even when you are performing puja at your own home, you should ring the bell at certain point. Devotees ring the bell, do the puja and aarti at which time they communicate their wishes to the Deity.

A bell rings cleanses the environment. Each bell has a picture of a god etched on it. Carefully scrutinise the picture and find out which God's image has been carved on it.

Structure And Type Of The Bell: The bell is generally made out of a mix of metals, the primary one being brass. A clapper is attached inside and the bell gives a high-pitched chime when you ring it.

The top of the bell handle has a brass figure etched. Those used in the worship of Lord Shiva has a figure of Lord Nandi here, where as those used in the worship of Lord Vishnu will have Garuda, or panchajanya, or Sudarshana chakra or the figure of Hanuman.

Hanuman's Bell: When Hanuman was granted the boon of immortality by Lord Shri Rama. After this Sri Ram gave darshan as Lord Vishnu to Hanuman.

He advised Hanuman to transfer his powers to his tail and tie it with a bell. So you can see a bell tied to the tail of Hanuman even today in temples. But usually, the Garuda bell is rung at most temples.

Garuda Bell: On the top of small handbells that we use at homes and temples, we can see a picture of Lord Garuda etched. It is believed that Garuda bell leads to salvation.

Garuda cleanses the atmosphere at home and preserves the positive energy in the house. Since Garuda is the vehicle of Lord Vishnu, he can carry your prayers to Lord Vishnu by flying to Vaikunta in an instant.

So, with Garuda Ghanta your prayers are instantly fulfilled. Garuda bell is the most popular bell that we use in most of our temples. The powers of this ghanta to fulfil your wish is unparalleled.