One Abhishek is worth 200 prayers!

In the Sanatan Dharma’s Vedic bhakti tradition Abhishek is one of the nine ways of offering bhakti (devotion) to God. Abhishek is the washing and consecration of a murti (an image that expresses a Divine Spirit made from stone, wood, or metal, serving as a means through which a divinity may be worshipped). This may be in the form of a statue, Lingams, Avatars. In the Vedic tradition Abhishek was performed by dipping darbah grass in water then sprinkling on the deva’s murti whilst reciting Vedic mantras. In India during Shivaratri or Prana Pratiksha and on other special occasions people travel for hundreds of miles carrying lotas (copper pots) filled with sacred water from the Ganges to wash the Shiva Lingam.

Abhishek is a very powerful Indian ritual that assists the devotee towards the clearing of karma by washing, dressing and adoring God. It will give and transfer a very powerful cosmic vibration emerging from the act of giving with true love to God. It is another way to receive a very powerful darshan from God. When the murti is adored and the devotee(s) give great devotion to that aspect of God the divine can at times open certain channels, and miracles begin to occur. These can be in the form of the murti manifesting Amrita (the Divine Nectar), vibhutti, milk and other divine liquids.