The temple of healing

The foundation of the Sri Danvantri Arogya Peetam, Wajaljapet, stands on a promise Sri S Muraleedhara Swamigal made to his mother.

The temple is dedicated to the God of Medicine, Danvantri, because the Swamigal lost his parents to diseases. When his mother was suffering acutely from cancer, she made him promise that he would do something to save people from the pain of diseases in the world.

As a priest, the one thing he could think of was setting up a temple for Danvantri and deflecting all the crowds rushing to hospitals to this ‘Makkal Pinitheerkkum Maruthuvamanai’ in Walajapet, near Vellore.

He has been working ceaselessly on the promise and is collecting positive energy from devotees in the form of the Danvantri Mantra written on paper, to be used as yantra under the main idol in the temple.

He is also simultaneously conducting Danvantri homams with the utsava idol in various parts of the country to raise money for the temple. The main idol, a beautifully decorated granite sculpture, is now touring the places where the homams were performed before reaching its final abode.

“Inge Oru
Thani Manithan Deivam Agiran
(Man becomes God)” because
the prayers of
one man
can help
save so many
others.

Muraleedharan Swamigal