Sound – Why blow conch shell?Blowing conch-shell is a well-known ritual. If try to do research (Or rather Google search 
), you will find many spiritual answers.
For example:
” When the conch is blown with controlled breath, the primordial sound of “Om” emanates from it. This eternal sound is the origin of all Vedas. All knowledge enshrined in the Vedas is an elaboration of the omnipresent sublime sound of Om. It was this sound that was chanted by the Lord before manifesting the cosmos. It represents the creation and the Truth behind it.”
“It is believed the blowing shankha destroys enemies and also pleases goddess Lakshmi.”
For individuals blowing conch, following benefits are found
Not just for religion, blowing shankha has scientific and ayurvedic benefits also. As per them, blowing shankha during puja has benefits on our lungs. This is because for blowing a shankha pure air reaches the lungs and impure air comes out. This makes the lungs strong.Blowing shankha also cures diseases of intestines.
No ritual of Hinduism is for selfish motives. What about environmental impact that can help all in vicinity?
For optimum environmental help, responsibility of blowing conch-shell is given to only those who has full control over breathe. Not everyone can blow it. It is not about the intensity but about the right sound frequencies.
Why?
Microbes(=Maruts) can sense sonic vibrations[1]. Link between sonic vibrations of Conchshell blowing on auspicious days/begining of new task and behaviour of Maruts should be studied. Right sound, right microbes.
Couple of days back, I appreciated south Indian temple in city for preserving ritual sacredness.
Why ritual sacredness is important? Why can’t we replace conch shell blow with DJ speakers?
When you replace humans by machines in rituals, you miss the impact rituals bestow in body and mind.
Microbes can sense sonic vibrations. Sound is a mechanical wave that results from the back-and-forth vibration of the particles of a medium. If it is moving through living organisms, then cells will be displaced both rightward and leftward as the energy of sound wave passes through them result in biological effects. Some organisms might respond to sound stimulation with a positive effect on growth.
Link between sonic vibrations of Conchshell blowing on auspicious days/begining of new task and behavior of microbes should be studied.
Till then, keep blowing Conchshell with full faith. I am sure, it is helping pro-health microbes to develop positive environment for our success.
Like prebiotic food like curd, sonic waves for health.
For science enthusiasts:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830253/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01343733
“The intra- and extracellular metabolite profiles of the yeast cells were significantly different depending on the sound stimulus applied. We were able to identify a total of 55 different intracellular metabolites and 32 of those were detected at significant different levels in at least one growth condition and 9 were unique to specific conditions. Therefore, our results clearly demonstrate that sound does affect cell metabolism, which opens an entirely new perspective for scientific investigation interfacing acoustics, biophysics and biochemistry.”
http://www.metabolomics.auckland.ac.nz/index.php/projects/28-sound-detail
Old post on same topic:
https://prachodayat.in/conch-shell-sound-microbes
