: phAgaN : ra499 Atmadharma : 41 :
Adhunik Ashcharya
hajAr varShathI shravaNabelagolamAn sthit bhagavAn bAhubalInI pa7 phUT UnchI
adbhut ajAyab mUrti dekhIne ApaNe Ashcharya pAmI jaIe chhIe. hajAr varSha pahelAnn je
AshcharyakArI banAv banyo tevo banAv Aje paN banI rahyo chhe–te jANIne
jignAsuone Ashcharya thashe.
maisur rAjyamAn dharmasthal nAmanun ek kShetra dhArmik sanskRitinA Adarsha jevun chhe.
shravaNabelagolathI te thoDA ja mAIl dUr chhe. tyAnnA ek TekarA upar bhagavAn bAhubalI
svAmInI pIThikA sahit bAvan phUT UnchI pratimA sthApit thavAnI chhe. svargastha
ratnavarma heggaDene A bhavya pratimA nirmAN karAvIne dharmasthalamAn sthApavAnI bhAvanA
jAgelI. parantu AvI adbhut mUrti banAvI shake evA shilpakAr kyAn maLashe! enI
chintAmAn hatA. bhAratadesh to AvI shilpakaLA mATe jagaprasiddha chhe... eTale shodhakhoL
karatAn kArakalamAn (jyAn bAhubalI bhagavAnanI bIjI ek UnchI pratimA birAje chhe te
shaheramAn) shrI renjAl gopAl shaiNe nAmanA ek anubhavI shilpakaLAmAn kushaL kalAkAr
maLI gayA; ane ghaNAn alpakALamAn A mahAn kArya pUrun karI ApavAno temaNe nirNay
karyo. I. sa. 1968 nA jun mAsamAn A mangaL kAryano prArambh thayo. senkaDo kArIgaro
dinarAt kAme lAgI gayA; koI jAtanA vighna vagar te bhavyamUrti taiyAr thaI gaI ane
have A pratimAne kArakalathI (4p mAIl) dharmasthal pahonchADavA mATenI mahAn
vyavasthA chAlI rahI chhe– te mATe vachchenI saDako majabUt banAvAI rahI chhe. mumbaInI
ek kampanIe teno konTrAkaT rAkhyo chhe ne te mATe 84 paiDAvALI ek khAs TrolI taiyAr
karel chhe. bAvan phUT UnchI A mUrtinu vajan 170 Tan (lagabhag dash hajAr maN) chhe.
4p mAIlanA rastAmAn A mUrti sAthe hajAro yAtrikabhakto paN dhAmadhUmathI vihAr
karashe; sAthe pa0 jeTalA hAthI, anek benDapArTI, patrakAro, Telivijhan vagere paN hashe.
vachche AvatA badhA jinAlayomAn pUjanAdi karatAn–karatAn, vachche veNUrasthit bAhubalI
bhagavAnano mastakAbhiShek paN karIne, hajAro yAtrik sahit dhAmadhUmathI pratimA
‘dharmasthal’ pahonchashe. dharmasthalamAn dar varShe AvanArA lAkho yAtriko A adbhut
mUrtinA darshanathI prabhAvit thashe.
A mUrti lagabhag rap phebruArIe kArakalathI ravAnA thavAnI hatI, –eTale