Gomati Chakra - गोमती चक्र!

Gomati Chakras (गोमती चक्र!)

                  Gomati Chakra (गोमती चक्र!) is a shell-like thing found on the seashore. But not on every seashore. It is found abundantly in a tidal river named Gomati near Dwarika. It is not the Gomati river that flows in UP but it is in Gujrat. I have written about this river in my blog - 

The Somnath, Dwarka and Nagesh Jyotirlinga Yatra 2014

     Gomati is a holy river and the level of water in this river does not remain constant even for a day. At one time you may see the river without water and easily cross the river walking on the riverbed while another time it will be filled with six feet deep water and people crossing it in boats. And these scenes can be seen on the same day. You may see it flowing towards the sea at a time while at another time you may see the water rushing from the sea into the river. This is because the level of the sea fluctuates twice a day.  When there is no water in the river you will notice many types of shells and seaweeds on the riverbed. Among them, you may notice the Gomati-Chakras. Mostly in off-white colors, their shape is like a plano-convex lens, it means that one face of the Chakra is plane while the other is round like a magnifying lens. On the plane side, you may find spiral curve like lines. It is considered a holy thing like a conch shell. Just like Shaligram which represents Vishnu and Ekmukhi Rudraksha which represents Shiva, the Gomati Chakra represents Goddess Lakshmi. Goddess Lakshmi had come out of the sea during Samudra-Manthan and She was accepted by Vishnu. The Gomati-Chakra also comes out of the sea in River Gomati and Vishnu in the Avatara of Dwarikadhish Krishna is here just beside the river. Due to the availability of Gomati Chakra only here, the Tirth of Dwarka is also called Chakra-Tirth (चक्र तीर्थ). 

The plane and convex sides of a Gomati Chakra

                  The Gomati Chakra is kept in Puja place and in the chest (Tijori). In the Puja place, it is worshiped as Lakshmi while in the Tijori it is said to increase the wealth. In the Puja place, it is better to keep it wrapped in a red cloth in a brass Bati or plate. In Tijori also it is kept wrapped in a red or yellow cloth. 
                    It is found in many sizes. In the riverbed, numerous small sized Chakras are found but very small sized Chakra is not used. The Gomati Chakras of good shape and size can be bought from shops in holy places like Dwarka and Jagannthpuri. Some people wear it in rings like semiprecious stones. It is also available online at Amazon at this LINK.

A spiral curve on the plane side
of a Gomati Chakra

                People do many "Totakaas" (टोटके) with the Gomati chakras for different purposes as directed by their Pandit/Jyotishi and the YouTube is full of such videos but do not follow them without an advice from a learned person. It is so because there is no authenticity of such "Totakaas".   ,

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