History of Panca Tattva in mayapur Dhama The Panca-Tattva Deities panca-tattvatmakam krsnam bhakta-rupa-svarupakam bhaktavataram bhaktakhyam namami bhakta-saktikam “I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Krishna, who is non-different from His features as a devotee (Caitanya Mahaprabhu), devotional manifestation (Nityananda Prabhu), devotional incarnation (Advaita Acarya), devotional energy (Gadadhara Pandita) and pure devotee (Srivasa Pandita).” (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta) In the Pancaratra scriptures there is a saying that in the ultimate analysis devotion is the only element which might cause the Lord to appear. The small Panca-tattva Deities appeared due to the great desire and devotion of His devotees. Then the Lord reciprocates with the devotees’ desires to serve Him.. Devotees wrote a book on the making of the big Panca-tattva Deities. First They manifested themselves in South India. Then devotees installed them in Sri Mayapur dham. From the beginning the Lord had granted the desires of His devotees, giving them the opportunity to engage in His service. Bharat Maharaj Prabhu wanted to help make the Deities. ISKCON hired a very good artist from Krishnanagar, who had a lot of talent but no devotion. He started to make the Deities, but soon he stopped. In the end, Bharata Maharaja Prabhu had to finish the work himself. Finally, only because of the intense desire of the devotees, the Deities were ready on time. They finished Panca-tattva at the very last minute. At Mayapur devotees performed several Vedic procedures. Initially, they purified matter and space, through appropriate ceremonies. Then they gave the Deities preliminary cleansing and Their “protection” is accomplished by worship of the Sudarshan chakra through a Sudarshan homa. Then they awakened Deity’s senses using ghee and honey in a special ceremony know as netronmilanam. The next step is when they take the Deities to sleep in a grain bed, and then to the place of the fire ceremony. During the ceremony, many spiritual masters touched different parts of the Lord’s body with kusa grass to bring life to the senses. A grand abhisekha of Their Lordships followed the installation, with many different auspicious elements. Then, the devotees returned them to the altar, where they dressed them prepared them to accept worship. At that moment, the Lord begins to reciprocate with His devotees and pilgrims who come to offer their prayers. Devotees performed roaring kirtana while the abhisekha was going on. There had been a non-stop kirtan to invite Their Lordships to this world for the last three days. Now while the abhisekha was going on, their Lordships’ devotees felt their presence through their feelings of ecstasy. Jananivasa Prabhu remarked, “We had fulfilled a desire of Srila Prabhupada by bringing these Deities to ISKCON Mayapur. The overwhelming feeling that everyone experienced was that Sri Panca-tattva had manifested Their presence.”
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