Ambaji mandir received Rs. 1.03 crore donation in first three days of fair

Ahmedabad, 6 September, 2014

s per the details available from Shri Aarasuri Ambaji Devasthan Trust, Ambaji mandir has received donation of Rs. 1.03 crore by 5 September during 3-9 September Bhadarvi Punam fair. Rs. 10 lakh of this are received from a family member of Reliance group who has requested not to disclose identity.

997 devotees have offered religious red flags to Ambaji by 5 September. 57,843 pilgrims had free meal offered by Trust. 6,10,918 had darshan of Goddess Amba.

Visa yantra and not murti in Ambaji mandir

Ambaji mandir has no murti of Goddess Amba in Garbhagriha. The core part of Garbhagriha is one Visa yantra which is decorated with crown and chundri in a style that devotees feel like there’s a murti.

Visa yantra is made usine pure gold. As per one belief it is Sri yantra. It is believed that this kurma pustha style yantra is connected to original yantra of Ujjain and Nepal based Shaktipiths.

This yantra has 51 characters. There’s a tradition that one can not see this yantra. Therefore priests in Ambaji mandir worship it after they are blind folded.

Special puja of Visa yantra is performed on every 8th day of Gujarati Hindu calendar month. There’s special importance of puja of Visa yantra on 8th day of Navratri which is performed with hawan and yagna.