Have you ever give it a thought that why we visit temples and worship there, and how does it help us No? Then there are all the answers you need. Give it a glace. Basically, it’s a little bit depends upon Hindu mythological that, As we look in the seventh chapter of Shrimad Bhagwat Gita, Lord Krishna said to Arjun:-

It is believed that construction of temples started in Kaliyug (the last of the 4 Vedic epochs). In the earlier Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dwapar Yuga, the devotees were able to make direct union with God.

The importance of temples started growing because they became centers and mediums for communion with God. The main benefits of going to temples may be explained below:-

The Main Purpose is Puja by Devotees:

It becomes easy for a devotee to concentrate on worshiping God in a temple where hundreds of devotees come for the same purpose. The God must be approached with humility, without pride, tolerance, simplicity, self-control, renunciation of the objects of sense gratification and steadiness. The environment of the temple produces a psychological effect which helps in concentrating on the desired objective.

A temple is a place where a devotee tries to remain free from the perception of the evil of birth, death old age, disease and entanglement with children, wife, home and the rest of the world. The main motive is to do worship and every other thing becomes unimportant.

Ego is the greatest enemy of man which is the cause of lust and anger. These evils are impediments in establishing a communion with God. In the environment of the temple, in the midst of hundreds of other devotees, the false sense of ego begins to evaporate and the individual becomes a non-entity. This state is the best state for offering Puja to God when body and mind remain in unison.

It is said that God lies in faith. Temple is a place where people believe that God exists. It is the reason why God manifests Himself in temples for the sake of his devotees. Some temples attract a large number of devotees and miracles of those temples are widely talked about.

In India there is a tradition of pilgrimage of 4 dham (main pilgrimage centers) - Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameshwaram. There are other important pilgrimage centers like Kedarnath, Kashi Vishwanath, Tirupati Balaji, Shirdi dham, Vaishno Devi, Amarnath and others. The devotees take all kinds of trouble to go to such distant places. The hardships make their will stronger and they march ahead with a clear focus.

In the Indian tradition, lakhs of people go to the Kumbh Mela for taking bath in holy rivers and offering worships at Haridwar, Prayag, Ujjain and Nasik. The Kumbh Melas are the largest known human gatherings in the world where the individual identity of the devotee gets completely drowned in the sea of humanity. The devotee worships in a state of trance.

Even in a neighborhood temple, the environment for worship is different from the environment of the home because services of competent priests are available in the temple to guide devotees in performing rituals. The utensils utilized in worship are mainly of copper and brass which are considered beneficial. The dimly lit Garbh Grih (Sanctorum) of the temple produces a sense of mystic and helps the devotee focus on the divine. It also reminds that God is the only light amidst the darkness.

Other Purposes for Going to Temple:

Temples are places for organizing Bhandara (mass feeding). The practice of funding Bhandaras for devotees is found in almost every big temple of the country like the Golden temple of Amritsar, Shirdi dham, Tirupati Dham etc. People go there to take prasad.

Temples are growing as centers for community marriage also. Marriages are getting very costly and going beyond the reach of families. Therefore temples are developing as ideal centers for solemnization of marriages at low cost.

People go to temples for astrological remedies as well. Astrologers suggest some specific Puja based on the horoscope of an individual for Graha Shanti (worship for a planet) or doing remedies for any specific dosha (affliction) in the horoscope. It is easy to do such remedies in a temple.

The Mundan ceremony (first haircut) is also an important reason for going to temple. Tirupati Balaji and Rishikesh are important places for this ceremony where the babies get their first haircut.

Temples are also attractive for tourists. Some temples mainly in South India are marvels of architecture and they attract a large number of tourists from across the world.