When the Vishalakshi Mantap was built, we never thought of keeping the statue of ‘Nandi’ in front of the hall.
One gentleman came and said, “Gurudev, one of my relatives in America wanted to build a temple there but now he is no more. So we ordered this Nandi and Nataraja statues, we are not able to keep them at our home because it is so big. Could you please keep it here?” So he kept the Nandi in front of the hall and the Nataraja on the stage.
Few days later, there was a satsang in Mumbai where there were beautiful swan statues. Someone got those swans from Mumbai and kept it here.
Next, somebody brought a Garuda statue. It was a one ton statue brought from Indonesia by ship.I never planned this, these vahanas came on their own.
In the Guru Peetha (the high seat of learning), all the three vahanas of Brahma (Swan), Vishnu (Eagle) and Shiva (Bull) came and sat in our Vishalakshi Mantap on their own and in perfect sequence.
~ Gurudev Sri Sri ..
