Do You Know The Significance of bells in Hindu Temples

Do You Know The Significance of bells

in Hindu Temples?

Entering a temple makes everything around very pure reminding you of god’s presence. This feeling is not only because of god’s presence but is also created to help us focus our attention on god forgetting all distractions. The divine silence, the smell of the incense stick and chanting of the Lord’s name. Everything has its own significance. Did you ever wonder why bells are hung in all the Hindu temples? Like all other activities in and around the temple, this has a significance too! There are many interpretations to the hanging of the bells in Hindu temples. Let us try to understand a few of them. Some say that the ringing of the bell is act of seeking god’s attention to listen to our prayers.

This is a way of letting him know there we have come to seek his help. So next time you visit a temple don't give the bell a miss. The bell rung at different times has different significance. When you hear a bell before Aarti, know that it is an indication for all the people to gather in a place and sing praises to the Lord. During Aarti the sound of the bell wards off the evil that might be around. If you pay undivided attention to the sound of a bell, you will realize that it is symbolic of OM - an auspicious sound for the Hindus. The sound gets absorbed into the air gradually fading away resembling the sound that is made when you say OM. I hope you enjoyed reading the article as much as I enjoyed writing it.

- Kruti Beesam