In Rishikesh my
guru ShantiMayi has a garden with statues of gods and goddesses. Those statues are not just statues: by performing pujas and giving it special attention the essence of the deïty has been invited to enter the statue, thus they have become
murtis.
For some years I have performed aratis for the
Shiva Lingam there, every morning at 6 a.m. I offered gifts and chanted 108 times
Om Namah Shivaya.
I have also collected some statues myself, and the desire grew to make my own murti garden.
Shantimayi gave the project the name "
Sacha Diva" which means true light... also true heaven... truth shining...
Up to present time 6 murti's have been
blessed. There are slideshows of the celebrations:
Durga,
Deepa Lakshmi,
Shiva,
Tara,
Sarasvati
and
Ganesha.
We also had 1 year celebrations for
Durga and
Shiva.
Once in a while I make an
Arati or Havan ceremony.
Upon
appointment you are
very welcome to attend,
or just to come and see the murtis.