CULTURAL QA01-2021-15 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 According to Hinduism, which goddess helped SrinivasaRamanujan to invent his mathematical formulas in his dream throughout hislifetime & exactly how can we do the same like him? A1 Raivath P 18-1-2021 According to Srinivasan Ramanujam, Goddess Bhuvaneshvari put theintricate and intuitive mathematical answers on his tongue. Now, let uscontemplate the spiritual beauty and significance of Goddess Bhuvaneshvari. 1. Goddess Bhuvaneshvari is an integral part of Adi-Prashakti (FirstGreat Goddess). 2. She is the fourth manifestation of Dasha Maha Vidyas (Ten GreatGoddesses of Knowledge). 3. She is closely associated with Goddess Durga and Goddess Parvati. 4. Her abode is Manipura Chakra, the fourth center of consciousness.5.Manipura Chakra is associated with Samana-Prana. 6. The color of Manipura Chakra is yellow. Yellow is the color inintelligence (Buddhi). 7. After the spiritual awakening, Kundalini first rises to ManipuraChakra. 8. Manipura Chakra is closely associated with the coeliac plexus andupper abdomen. 9. Manipura Chakra is closely associated with the sympathetic nervoussystem and the concrete mind (Manas). 10. As a result, the person develops a keen interest in concretemathematical facts. Q2 What are some good examples of innocence? A2 Guruswamy Sethuraman 16-1-2021 Tenali Raman was suffering from a bad cold. He kept blowing and wipinghis nose. The nose turned red and his eyes swelled with tears. His wife broughtto him a vessel filled with hot water. She put some herbs into it. As Ramaninhaled the steam, the cold subsided slowly. Raman was relieved. There was a reason why Raman was happy to get rid of the cold. Thatevening, he wanted to visit the Kaali temple on the outskirts of the city andpray. It was quite dark by the time he reached the temple. There was no one inthe temple. A lamp was burning before the idol of Kaali Ma. Raman prostratedbefore the goddess, got up and sat before the idol. With eyes closed he startedpraying to Mother Kaali. Such was his devotion that Kaali Ma appeared beforehim with a thousand heads and a thousand pairs of arms. Raman was dazzled to see Mother Kaali in all her glory. He looked at herfrom left to right and right to left with wonder. Then he burst out laughing. Mother Kaali was not amused to see her devotee laughing at her. Sheknitted her brows and frowned. Raman controlled his laughter, folded his handsin salutation, and begged her to forgive him. Mother Kaali was now curious to know what made Raman laugh. “Mother,” said Raman instead of asking for a boon to fulfil his wishes ,“This morning I had cold. I blew my nose and wiped it throughout the day andbecame exhausted. “When I see you with your thousand faces I wonder what willhappen should you ever catch a cold …… you will look funny blowing yourthousand noses, won’t you?” said Raman as he broke into laughter again. Though she was at first annoyed, Mother Kaali laughed at his wit. Yes. Q3 Was it correct of Lord Indra to go to Ahalya disguised asher husband? Then why was he not punished and why that chaste Ahalya waspunished? A3 Mahat Aham Updated January 14-2021 It's correct for Gautama to punish Ahalya along with Indra, because, Ahalyadid know that it's Indra in Gautama's disguise and still she does theunthinkable. This account is narrated to Lord Rama & Lakshmana by SageVishwamitra.When Rama Lakshmana along with Vishwamitra is going to Mithila,Lord Rama asks about the hermitage that is near Mithila. Valmiki Ramayana by Bibek debroy, Balakanda, Chapter 1(47) On seeing Janaka’s sacred city, all the sages had words of commendationand praise for Mithila and worshipped it. Raghava saw that there was ahermitage in a grove near Mithila. ‘This looks like a beautiful hermitage. Whyhas it been abandoned by the sages? O illustrious one! I wish to hear about it.Whose hermitage was it earlier?’ Then Vishwamitra explains the whole story of Ahalya, Indra, and GautamaRishi.Hearing the words spoken by Raghava, the immensely energetic and greatsage, Vishvamitra, eloquent in the use of words, replied. ‘O Raghava! I willtell you with pleasure. Hear the truth about whose hermitage this was and whichgreat-souled one cursed it in rage. O best among men! Earlier, it belonged tothe great-souled Goutama. This hermitage was divine and it was worshipped evenby the gods. Earlier, he practised austerities here, together with Ahalya. Indra disguises himself in Gautama Rishi's form and asks Ahalya to haveintercourse with him. O prince! The immensely illustrious one spent innumerable years here.Discerning that there was an opportunity,360 the thousand-eyed one, Shachi’shusband,361 assumed the garb of a sage. He came to Ahalya and addressed her inthese words. “O one who is well proportioned! Those who seek pleasure362 do notwait for the time of conception to arrive. O slender-waisted one! I desire tohave intercourse with you.” Ahalya knew that the one in Gautama Rishi's disguise is none other thanIndra. Yet she agreed to the request of Indra out of her curiosity (?). O descendant of the Raghulineage! She knew that it was the one with the one thousand eyes in the garb ofa sage. However, because of her curiosity, the evil-mindedone acceded to what the king of the gods wanted. After the intercourse, her and Indra, both are satisfied and satiated intheir heart of hearts and urges Indra to leave that hermitage as immediately aspossible. Satisfied in her heart of hearts, she told the best of the gods, “O bestamong the gods! I have been satiated. O lord! However, leave this spot quickly.O lord of the gods! O one who shows honours! Always protect me and your ownself.” Indra laughed at these words and told Ahalya, “O one with the excellenthips! I am also satiated. I will go back to where I have come from.” After having intercourse with Ahalya, Indra emerges from the cottage andnotices Gautama Rishi's entrance, and gets shit scared. After the act of intercourse, he emerged from the cottage. O Rama! He wasterrified and scared that Goutama might return. He saw that the great sage,Goutama, was entering. He was full of the strength of austerities and the godsand danavas found him impossible to withstand. He blazed like the fire and waswet with water from various tirthas. The bull among sages arrived there, aftercollecting kindling and kusha grass. On seeing him, the lord of the gods wasterrified. His face bore the marks of distress. Seeing the one with the onethousand eyes, attired in the garb of a sage, the sage, full of good conduct,became angry. He spoke thesewords to the one with evil conduct. Sage Gautama curses Indra to losehis fertility and Indra's testicles fell to the ground then and there. “O evil-minded one! You have assumed my form363 and have done this. Sinceyou have done what should not have been done, you will become infertile.” Thegreat-souled sage, Goutama, said this in rage and instantly, the testicles ofthe thousand-eyed one fell down on the ground. He also curses Ahalya to remaininvisible and only live on air. Having cursed Shakra, he also cursed his wife. “You will reside here formany thousands of years. Subsisting on air and without food, you will tormentyourself through austerities. You will sleep on ashes. You will live in thishermitage, unseen by all creatures. When the invincible Rama, Dasharatha’s son, arrives in this terribleforest, you will be purified. O one who is evil in conduct! When hebecomes your guest, you will lose your avarice and confusion. You will thenregain your own form and find delight with me.” The extremely energetic Goutamaspoke in this way to the one who was evil in conduct. He abandoned thishermitage, once frequented by siddhas and charanas. The great ascetic performed austerities on a beautifulsummit in the Himalayas. As you can see, Ahalya knew that it was Indra in Sage Gautama's form &yet she performed intercourse with Indra OUT OF CURIOSITY. That's why Gautamacursed her along with making Indra to remain testicles-less for some time. Afterward, Indra gets a new setof testicles with the help of other gods, who cuts and takes away a ram's a type of sheep's testicles and attaches themto Indra. Valmiki Ramayana, Balakanda, chapter(48) ‘Having been rendered infertile, with Agni at the forefront and with adistressed face, Shakra spoke to the gods and large numbers of rishis and charanas.“I have caused an obstruction in the austerities of the great-souled Goutamaand have ignited his rage, but I have accomplished a task for the gods.364 Inhis rage, he has rendered me infertile and has banished her. Because hereleased that great curse, I have been able to rob him of his store ofausterities.365 I have helped the cause of the gods. O best among the gods! Olarge numbers of rishis! O charanas! Therefore, all of you should strive torender me potent again.” HearingShatakratu’s words, the gods, with all the Maruts and with Agni at theforefront, went to the ancestors366 and spoke these words. “This ram hastesticles and Shakra has lost his testicles. Quickly take away the testiclesfrom this ram and give them to Shakra. To cause you delight, if humansoffer you rams without testicles, even then, you will grant them supremesatisfaction.”367 HearingAgni’s words, the assembled ancestors severed the ram’s testicles andgave them to the thousand-eyed one. O Kakutstha! Since then, the assembledancestors enjoy rams without testicles and discard the testicles if those areoffered.368 O Raghava! Since then,Indra possesses the testicles of a ram. This is as a result of the power ofausterities of the great-souled Goutama. O immensely energetic one!Therefore, enter the hermitage of the performer of auspicious deeds.369 Savethe immensely fortunate Ahalya, who has the form of a goddess.’ Q4 What are some powerful Devi temples? A3 N. S. Srivatchan Updated February 28, 2020 Ph.D from Sathyabama University (Graduated 2019) There are many powerful temples are there 1. Kaaliagambal Temple,Chennai. (Near Chennai Port -Parry’s Corner), Tamilnadu. This temple was devoted by, Maratha Warrior “Shivaji”, he has own manybattles with the blessing of kaali and he always taken care of this templeduring his tenure. 2. Devi Karumariamman Temple,Thiruverkadu, Chennai, Tamilnadu 3. Kamakshi Amman Temple,Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu. The Shankara Madam was Established by Adi-Shankara in Kanchipuram 2000years ago, and the lineage still continues till date 4. Vakra Kaali Temple,Thiruvakkarai. (Chandra MouleswararTemple), Tamilnadu. 5. Thillai Kaali Temple,Chidambaram, Tamilnadu. Extremely powerful temple remove all negativity. Chozha Kings always getsthe blessings of Thillai Kaali who protected their kingdom. 6. Bhgawathy Temple,Chottanikarai, Kerala. 7. Kamkya Temple, Assam. 8. Vaishno Devi Temple, Katra,Jammu & Kashmir. 9. Chamundeshwari Temple,Mysore.Karnataka. 10. Ranganayaki Temple,Srirangam temple, Tamilnadu11. Puruhutika Devi,Kukkuteswara Temple, Pithapuram, Andhrapradesh. 12. Kanaka Durga Temple,Vijayawada, Andhrapradesh. 13. Shri Chowdeshwari DeviTemple, Nandavaram,Andhrapradesh. 14. Mahalakshmi Temple,kohlapur, Maharashtra. 14A. Mokhambika, Kollur,Karnataka Such a Beautiful powerful temple in the middle of the Reserve forest.Adi-Shankara Spent considerable time here, as it found natural surrounding forcontemplation and Meditation. 15. Maa Sharda Temple, Mahihar,Madhyapradesh. 16. Bijasan Mata Temple,Salkanpur, Madhyapradesh. 17. Sharada Devi Temple,Shringeri, Karnataka 18. Shamlaji Temple, Gujarat 19. Devi Talab, Jalandhar,Punjab 20. Surkand Devi Temple,Dhanaulti, UttarKhand. 21. Jwala Devi Temple, HimachalPradesh 22. Kaila Devi Temple, Karauli,Rajasthan 23. Hangseshwari Temple, WestBengal. 24. Maa Chandi Temple, Cuttack,Odisha 25. Meenakshi Temple, Madurai,Tamilnadu 26. Lalitha ambigai Temple,Thirumeyachur, Tamilnadu (Lalitha Devi Wearing Anklet, which is beautiful, makes beautiful sound,People who practice Dance form, can get blessing from Lalithambigai here) I can keep adding more temple, but I have added temple where peoplereally felt and feel powerful vibration of Jaga- janani! Devi is the creator of this Universe, She is the creator of us, she iseverywhere, she is with in us.Even if we couldn’t visit this temple described,Just a thought of her or meditating upon her, she will take over us. She will guide us from darkness to light, she make our life, fulfillingas well as contributing.I have written the answer, because she is guiding mefrom inside to write this answer, to spread the message of her. All the above QA are based onQuora digest to me on 20-1-2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 21-1-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/444787558.23899.1611188818381%40mail.yahoo.com.
