From Krishnashila to Ramlala
God appears through many combinations!
This work did not happen suddenly that any random stone was selected to be “Ramlala”. Not even a leaf moves in this universe without his will, so who is so powerful that he can choose the stone which is to be the child form of the presiding deity of this nation “Lord Ram”.
Manu-Shatarupa’s penance of thousands of years, the dispute of Jai Vijay, the gatekeeper of Ksheer-Sagar, with Narada Muni, Ravana’s repeated unsuccessful attacks on Ayodhya from Maharaj Mandhata to Maharaj Aj… – When countless reasons come together, then Lord Ram appears.
Similarly, the idol of Lord “Achal Ramlala Balak Ram” came into existence.
Near the famous city of Karnataka, Bengaluru, about thirty miles south, there is a town named “Harohalli”, which is located in “Ramnagar” district of the state.
At present, government sponsored mining is carried out in “Harohalli”, the main product of which is limestone. “Srinivasa” is one of the many contractors (contractors) of the city. Through a government contract, he had taken up the task of mining limestone on the land of “Ramdas”, a landowner in the same city.
Till now no one knew that the extremely rare “Krishna Shila” would be found in this land!
This achievement happened when Shri Arun Yogiraj and his team were engaged in a very intensive search of a perfect stone for the main idols of Ayodhya Ji, from the last days of 2022 to the beginning of 2023. And as soon as the team received information about the excavation of the rare “Krishna Shila”, after examining the stones, five “Krishna Shila” weighing a total of seventeen tons were brought to Ayodhya. From this “Krishnashila” our “Achal Ramlala Balak Ram” has appeared.
It should be noted that Mother Sita was abducted from Nashik city of Maharashtra. It was from here that Lord Rama’s journey in search of Sita began, the purpose of which was accomplished by reaching Pampa Sarovar, the abode of Sugriva. From here Lord Rama had to travel to Rameshwaram along with his army of monkeys.
The most thrilling fact here is that to go from Pampa Sarovar to Rameshwaram, Vanarasena has to pass through “Harohalli”. There is no other shortcut better than this. If interested people want, they can verify it from maps. First of all, find Pampa Sarovar (Karnataka) on the map.Consider the second point as Rameshwaram. Try matching these two with a straight line on a scale, you will find that “Ramnagar” district of Karnataka is situated on the same line, the same south-eastern part of the district, where “Harohalli” is situated today.
Who knows that the army may have rested for the night in “Harohalli”, the black rocks which have now become underground under the dust of time, may have then become the seat and bed of the Lord. Who knows? Who can know the illusion of Mayapati?
What a strange combination of names is that in “Ramnagar”, the land of “Ramdas”, where the miners were “Shrinivas” and from the reserves of white limestone, the form of Meghashyam Prabhu Shri Ram was obtained. And you say what’s there in the name? Everything is in the name of Mother, Baba Tulsi has also said – “Kalyug only name is Adhara, Sumir Sumir Nar Utrahin Para.” — There is also a famous saying: “The name of Ram is bigger than Ram…”
In a country of such name and fame, who knows which wretch has got the idea of what is there in a name? Well, leave all these things, you just look at Ramlala and connect the links of ages, how even the rocks travel in time. Who knows, that “Krishna Shila”, which was his seat on the path of Lord Rama and became his bed, has today itself become Ramlala. Who can know the illusion of Mayapati?
Jai Jai Shri Ram.