Dhanvantari Puja

About Dhanvantari Puja

Lord Dhanvantari is believed to be the father of health and medicinal science of Ayurveda. He has been termed as the ultimate healer. Lord Dhanvantari emerged from the milk ocean with the pot of nectar of immortality when the milk ocean was being churned to seek the nectar of immortality by the Gods and the Demons. Dhanvantari is considered to be the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He emerged from the milk ocean on the day of Dhanvantari Trayodashi which is celebrated as the National Ayurveda Day in India by the government.

Lord Dhanvantari is depicted with four hands, one hand carrying the pot of elixir, others having Shankh, Chakra and Jalauka (Leech). Leech is depicted in one of his hands as it is used in Ayurveda for blood purification. Some scriptures describe him having Shankh Chakra pot of elixir and book of Ayurveda. He is the physician of the Gods and is known to cure the incurable diseases too. He was an expert surgeon too.

Adi Lakshmi is seen as the four-armed Goddess, carrying a lotus in one hand and, a white flag in the other hand. With her third hand, she makes Varda Mudra and with the fourth, she is shown making the Abhaya Mudra.

The word Adi means the source, and Adi Lakshmi means the Lakshmi or the Goddess who connects us with our source i.e. our soul or atman as we call it in Hinduism. The worshippers of Adi Lakshmi get connected to their inner self and are free from all kind of materialistic obstructions and spend their life in eternal bliss.

He introduced and taught the science of Ayurveda to the world as the King of Banaras. The famous ancient surgeon of Indian history, Sushruta approached the King of Kashi, Devodasa, whom they considered the incarnation of Dhanvantari, to teach them the science of Ayurveda. He introduced the Ayurveda of the Lord Brahma by recasting it in eight parts for the ease of the learners, as the original Ayurveda of Lord Brahma was too difficult to be learnt by any humankind for his restricted intelligence

Dhanvantari puja cure people having low energy levels, continuous health problems, lacking interests in joys of life, and people with health issues but which are not been diagnosed by the doctors. According to texts of Puranas and other scriptures, Dhanvantari puja is the ultimate way to get undiagnosed and uncurable diseases treated and cured.

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