Dear Friends,
The Hindu culture depicts almost all their gods and goddesses wearing heavy gold jewellery from top to toe. Is there some hidden meaning to all this?
Yes, I think so.
There are certain medicinal benefits associated with wearing gold in certain places of the body. Accupunture comes to my mind. Piercing the earlobes and nose to wear gold earrings and nose rings are fine examples of accupuncture. These are believed to enhance not only our beauty but also our health.
In ancient times, our wise ancestors recommended the benefits to health by wearing gold on our person and intake of gold in ash form (thanga bhasmam) for strength.
It is not without reason that the famed Chyavanprash, an ancient tonic, a mix of ingredients like gooseberry, gold ash, etc., prepared through a special process into a gooey form and ingested for general health upkeep, strength and immunity from colds and chest congestions. It is a very popular tonic to date in India.
These were the benefits of the precious metal from time immemorial.
The royals had special dishes made by adding ashes of gold to them.
And even to this day, we see sweets garnished with gold foil and silver foil all, perhaps due to its health benefits.
The precious metal's immense benefits both for internal consumption and external wear cannot but be underlined. Perhaps modern medical research will one day reveal the secret curing properties of gold but some say its already there in our ancient books of medicine.
It was perhaps in this context gold had gained so much importance enough to tempt men to hoard it.
Hoard we did and made a such a big business out of gold.
Cheers!
Mahalakshmi
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