SCIENCE BEHIND THE TEMPLE BELL & THE INSTRUMENTS

BELL

• The temple bell is rung when a pooja(prayer) takes place. The sound that is released from the huge bell is deafening to the ears. The bell is rung to cut through our thought waves and create a neutral mode in mind. It is a fact that when sound penetrates the mind, the logical mind loses its balance as it is unable to read the meaning of the sound.

The ringing of the bell at the uniform speed controls the heartbeat and unites the devotees.

This allows energy that is release during a prayer to be distributed equally to all those present, irrespective of their mental state.

After a complete prayer session a kavasam(shield) is superficially set around our body. This is done by the sound vibration.

INSTRUMENTS 

• The percussion instruments, the natheswaram(a wind instrument) and tahvel(drums) future add to the process of making the devotee break existing individual thoughts. 

The fast beat of tahvel and natheswaram makes the heartbeat more rapid during the arathi(fire offering). This increases the blood flow and activates the brain faculty. This face paced instrumental music blocks the left brain totally, allowing the energy of God to seep into us.