Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
When the Bhaktas are sincere in their Bhakti , God responds personally. Such divine miracles are God's gift to the Bhaktas.
The following is such a personal experience :
We had an ancient family temple ( Durga as main Deity and Nagaraj, Nagas, Yogeswar, etc as Sub-deities). Decades before, these temples were well managed. Later, the activities were reduced because of financial and some other reasons. Since a few years back, the family members started experiencing the negative effects and a few including the writer took the initiative to re-construct the temple.
The estimated cost was above Rs.15 lakhs(1.5 Million). In the Jyothisha-ritual ( Ashtamangala Prasna), Devi assured sufficient funds and it started arriving on time.The re-construction was completed at a cost of about Rs.18 lakhs with another 1.5 lakhs surplus fund in the bank. Beautiful temples were consecrated for Bhadrakali-devi and Durga-devi. Also sufficient seating arrangement was provided for Nagaraj, Nagas,Yogeshwar and other sub-deities .
At the time of consecration of the Deities, *Krishna-parunthus* ( Krishna-eagles) circled around the sky and they even came and sat in the temple premise.
A few months later, some thieves tried to steal utensils, lamps and other articles from the temple, but the stolen items were found abandoned in the *Serpent-groove* ( Sarpa-kavu) .
Last month, two temple-bells and a hanging lamp were stolen from the temple .Yesterday while doing the housekeeping, the temple-attendant found all those items buried in front of the Temple. (The thieves were forced to return it to temple!)
Bhagavan Sri Krishna says in Srimad Bhagavad Gita (9.13-14):
"Great souls ( Mahathmas) who have embraced the Vedic path, know Me as the prime source of all lives and the imperishable eternal. They worship Me constantly with none else in mind.Constantly chanting the glories of My names, qualities, form and pastimes, endeavoring with determined vows. bowing down before Me they constantly engage in My worship. They remain united with Me, at all times. "
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