Saturday, January 5, 2013

Why we visit places of worship, barefoot.


God is the divine power, for which a solution to our problems or fulfilling our desire is not impossible. Mere sight of God destroys our sins and increases our alms-deed. And that is why we visit the sacred places. However there are some rules to be followed by visitors. One such rule is to visit barefoot.
It is an essential tradition in the temple, to be barefoot. Devotees enter premises of different places of worship like Temples, Mosque, Guru dwara, by leaving the shoes behind.
There are many reasons to enter barefoot.
Holy places are constructed in such a way that they accrue positive energy at that location. A barefoot devotee absorbs that positive energy easily.
Not only it increases the positive energy of the devotee, it is also healthy for the devotee. Walking barefoot is like getting acupressure therapy. And we all know the benefit of acupressure.
Apart from this there is a religious point of view. Shoes carry dirt along and may breach the sanctity of the temple. For however short interval, we strip ourselves from physical comforts, while we are visiting the sacred location. This simple movement can be seen as penance.

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