What is the prominence and

excellence of the number 108 ?

In general the  total digit nine (9)

has got some power in numerology. 

In the Hinduism, the number 108

 has got an excellence significance

which is related to the day to day life.

The human life is connected with

both the spirituality and materialistic. 

Suppose, if we enquire into  the number 108,

we can find that in many occasions

 in the Sacred Scriptures.

The Upanishads are 108.

When we pray God with His Naamam ,

that Ashtottara Sata Naamavali is 108.

In the Japa Maala (rosary) the beads are 108.

The distance between the Earth and

the Moon is 108 times longer than

 the diameter of the Moon.

The Ayurveda Sastram says,  that

there are 108 vital points in the human body.

In the Sree Chakra Yantram there

  are 54  female and 54 male integral parts.

In the Deva Bhasha (sanskrit) there are 108 letters.

including all the significances and 

In the Natya Sastram of Bharata

(Bharata muni’s Naatya sastram)

 there are 108  main dancing

postures (Naatya Bhangimas).

The circumambulation in the temples

or any other holy places ,

the number is 108. Means,

108 times the cicumambulations are  done.

If the Hanuman Chalisa is enchanted

 for 108 times, the results are favourable

and the desires will be fulfilled

by the Grace of Hanuman.

The  number 108  has got such a

 superior power and if the Gayatri Maha Mantram

 is enchanted  for 108 times the consequence

 which is equal to worshiping  all the Sastras. 

Hence, the number 108 is having

such a spiritual and sacred power.