The two very common places where we witness the use of a bell is the one which we use at home in our temple and the other which is hung at community temples. Both hold a significance which needs to be known and studied in detail. As far as the bell in our house temple is considered, we use bells made of varied metals with artistic designs on them. But if we follow the Vastu rules and as per the science of spirituality, a bell within a temple in the house should be either made of copper or brass and It should have the carvings of either Lord Garud or Lord Nandi on it. The bell should generate sweet and soothing sound which is gentle to the ears. We use the bell while waving dhoop (frankincense) or while lighting the diya or lamp in front of the deity during the procedure of aarti. It is believed that a certain energy wave is emitted by the sound coming from the bell which is rung during such performances which in turn tend to spread positivity and spirituality on a higher level. This can be further explained with the help of a subtle drawing which tells us about this subtle process of what goes on at this higher subtle level which our gross eyes are not able to view.
- Effects of the energy which is generated by the ringing of the bell -:
If we look at the physical appearance of a bell, it has a dome-shaped body with a clapper which when strikes with each other creates circles of chaitanya that get projected in the surrounding or atmosphere. This chaitanya frequency gets coincided with the Akash tatva (absolute ether element) emitting yellow color vibrations. The clapper form the bell emits red colored divine energy rays. These can also be witnessed here/ the negative energies present in the surrounding get driven away with this divine energy and chaitanya generated by the sound of the bell.
Whenever a puja is performed, the bell is also worshiped in the initial stages by ringing it and reciting holy verses. the main purpose behind this is that ‘I am ringing this bell to invoke deities and to drive away demons.’
The difference in the sound vibrations of a bell and a shankh (conch)
The shankh and the bell are mainly used in every puja ritual for creating sound vibrations. However, the sound vibrations which are produced by the shankh are called Shankhanaad while that created by the bell is called Ghantanaad.
Both induce purity into the atmosphere. However, the only difference between the two is that the sound vibrations created by the bell tend to purify the atmosphere in the downward direction while the one coming out of the shankh purify the atmosphere in the upward direction.
