---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: krnarayanan2013 > Date: 21 February 2015 at 11:11 Subject: Fw: Fwd: [GalaataKootam] Fwd: Fw: [Guruvayur] Sri Padmanabha Temple
Date: 21/02/2015 10:44 AM (GMT+05:30) To Subject Fw: Fwd: [GalaataKootam] Fwd: Fw: [Guruvayur] Sri Padmanabha Temple ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* Pvs Krishnan *To:* *Sent:* Friday, 20 February 2015 8:49 PM *Subject:* Fwd: [GalaataKootam] Fwd: Fw: [Guruvayur] Sri Padmanabha Temple Padmanabhaswamy Temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple> [image: image] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple> Padmanabhaswamy Temple - Wikipedia, the free encycl... <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple> Padmanabhaswamy temple (Malayalam:പദ്മനാഭസ്വാമി ക്ഷേത്രം, Padmanabhaswamy Kshetram) is located in the centre of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala... View on en.wikipedia.org <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple> Preview by Yahoo " Main shrine In the sanctum sanctorum, Padmanabha reclines on the serpent *Anantha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananta_%28infinite%29>* or *Adi Sesha*.[15] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple#cite_note-15> The serpent has five hoods facing inwards, signifying contemplation. The Lord's right hand is placed over a Shiva <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva> lingam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingam>. Sridevi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sridevi>, the Goddess of Prosperity and Bhudevi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhudevi> the Goddess of Earth, two consorts of Vishnu are by his side. Brahma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma> emerges on a lotus, which emanates from the navel of the Lord. The deity is made from 12,000 saligramams <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sila_%28murti%29>.[16] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple#cite_note-16> These saligrams are from the banks of the Gandaki River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandaki_River> in Nepal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal>, and to commemorate this certain rituals used to be performed at the Pashupatinath Temple <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashupatinath_Temple>.[17] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple#cite_note-Mathrubhumi_Aug_12.2C_2011-17> The deity of Padmanabha is covered with, "Katusarkara yogam", a special ayurvedic mix, which forms a plaster that keeps the deity clean. The daily worship is with flowers and for the abhishekam, special deities are used. [image: alt] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Modi_pst.jpg> Prime Minister <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India> Narendra Modi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi> at Padmanabhaswamy temple The platforms in front of the vimanam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimanam_%28tower%29> and where the deity rests, are both carved out of a single massive stone and hence called "Ottakkal-mandapam." On the orders of Marthanda Varma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthanda_Varma> (1706–58), the Ottakkal-mandapam was cut out of a rock at Thirumala, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the temple. It measured 20 square feet (1.9 m2) by 2.5 feet (0.76 m) thick and was placed in front of the deity in the month of Edavom 906 M.E. (1731 AD). At the same time, Marthanda Varma also brought 12,000 shaligrams <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaligram>, aniconic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism> representations of Vishnu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu>, from the Gandaki River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandaki_River>, north of Benares (now known as Varanasi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi>) to the temple. These were used in the reconsecration of the Padmanabha . <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple#cite_note-18> In order to perform darshan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C5%9Bana> and puja <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_%28Hinduism%29>, one has to ascend the to the mandapam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandapa>. The Deity is visible through three doors – the visage of the reclining Lord and Siva Linga underneath the hand is seen through the first door; Sridevi and Divakara Muni in Katusarkara, Brahma seated on a lotus emanating from the Lord's navel, hence the name, "Padmanabha", gold abhisheka moorthies of Lord Padmanabha, Sridevi and Bhudevi, and silver utsava moorthi of Padmanabha through the second door; the Lord's feet, and Bhudevi and Kaundinya Muni in Katusarkara through the third door. Only the King of Travancore may perform sashtanga namaskaram, or prostrate on the "Ottakkal Mandapam". It is traditionally held that anybody who prostrates on the mandapam has surrendered all that he possesses to the Deity. 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