Lord Dhanvantari – The God for Good Health
Dhanvantari is an Avatar of Maha Vishnu. He appears in the Vedas and Puranas as the physician of the gods (devas), and the god of Ayurvedic medicine. Dhanvantari Bhagavan is worshiped for Good Health and Long life.
If you are in India, you can worship Lord Dhanvantari Bhagavan by visiting any nearby Temple of Lord Dhanvantari. If not you can visit any temple of Vishnu – Lord Rama, Venkateswara, Krishna and remember Lord Dhanvantari Bhagavan.
You can recite Gayatri Mantra of Dhanvantari and recite any Sloka you can learn by heart. Offer water in a vessel in your Pooja place to Gods. Chant below Dhanvantari Mantra for 108 times and have the water as prasad for yourself and family members to get healed.
Danvantari, is holding with his four arms and a conch, a wheel or disk of energy (chakra), a leech and a pot of amrita (celestial ambrosia). In whose heart shines a very subtle, clear, gentle and pleasing blaze of light. This light also shines all around his head and lotus eyes. Who by his mere play destroys all diseases like a mighty forest fire?