Do you mechanically ring the bell when you visit a temple? If so, you may not know the spiritual significance behind it.

The object I have chosen is an Elephant bell from India. It was my Grandfather's, pictured here, who, with his family were part of the expatriate community who made up the "Raj" in India before ...

11-year-old Vraj shows us around a Hindu temple, called a mandir ... with many murtis to pray to Vraj rings a bell to awaken god when he enters, then bows and prays to the statues ask for help ...