If we look at history, we get to hear stories of such secret relics or artifacts, which are possessed by supernatural powers. Some relics were such that people spent their whole lives in search of obtaining them and for some, several wars were even fought. Even today, such miraculous relics exist in different parts of the world, whose history is very exciting and mysterious. In today's article, we will know about one such miraculous relic present in India which is associated with Lord Krishna.
At the end of the Mahabharata, Lord Krishna decided to leave his body. He was sitting under a tree when a hunter named Jara mistook him as a deer and shot an arrow, resulting in Krishna leaving his mortal body. According to traditional stories, Jara was Vali in his previous birth, who was killed by Lord Rama in Treta Yuga. As Rama had killed Vali while hiding and therefore blessed Vali to kill him when he took the incarnation of Krishna. And as karma plays its role, in Dwapara Yuga, Vali was reincarnated as a hunter and got a chance to avenge his killing, in the same way, he got killed by Rama.
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Seeing such a big blunder, Jara realized his mistake and performed Krishna's last rites as per the rituals. His whole body was burnt to ashes except for his heart which remained intact and indestructible. Jara was quite pleased to see the heart and he took it with him and tried to sell it. But listening to his story, no one was even ready to touch this heart. Now not knowing what to do with the heart, the tired hunter threw it into the river. The heart floated in the water and reached Puri, where it was taken to the king. But by then the heart had turned into a blue stone. But no one exactly knows how it looks as some even say it looks like a jewel. But when the king realized that this was Krishna's heart, he made an idol of Krishna (Jagannath's idol) and placed this heart inside that idol. This heart is still present in the idol of Krishna inside the Jagannath Puri temple. The idol is changed every twelve years.
The idols of Hindu gods are usually made of stone or metal but the idol of Lord Jagannath is made of Neem wood before being brought to the temple. The next step is to take out the heart from the old idol and place it into the new idol. Priests believe that it is inauspicious to see this heart or it can even lead to death. So while transferring the heart, the electricity supply to the entire city is cut off and temple premises are also closed. The entire ceremony takes place under the protection of the police. Only selected priests are allowed during this ritual and those who conduct the ceremony remain blindfolded. In Puri, Krishna's heart is called "Brahma Padartha".
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