QUES ANSW DIVINE 9 Q1 What is the speciality of Sivalinga at Srisailamnear to Ambasamudram and Tenkasi? Whatis the speciality of Nandi there?
A1. The Sivalingawhich is Swaymbhoo has Jada mudi .The temple is facing west. The Nandi was initially not installed in the temple. It was installed by Mayan at the instance ofIndran for getting out of a curse byLord Siva . The Nandi was hundred % perfect.Hence when the idol wascompleted installation it stood up. Mayan pressed with his chisel on its back and made it to sit.The pressed mark of the chisel can be seen on the body of the bull. Q2 What is the speciality with the Navagrahas atTiruppancheeli near Manachanallur –Trichy? A2 There instead ofidols for Navagrahas onlynine holes are there. Ghee lamp is lighted and worshipped the nineholes as navagrahas. Q3 What is the speciality of the Tiruvilakku atEttumanoor temple in Kerala? A3 It is very bigin size. The lamp requires three litres of oil to fill up to top. Q4 What is Karna Manthiram. ? A4 When a persondie the Pranan has to go out by breath only called last breath. If Kapahmis there, there would be difficulty .To ease this conditionKarnamathiram is told via ear. It has to performed by the son of the person. Ayul will go to Pranan,then apanan, then vyanan,the towards the organs- eye,ear,mind,voice,then Udanan, then samanan, thenatma, Earth, Antharee-kham and finally via Akasam to Swarga. This is told in the karna manthra Q5 Which are the five Vayus in the body? A5 The five vayusare 1) Pranan in the heart. 2) Apanan inthe back 3)Spread through out the body-Vyanan. 4) In the neck –Udanan 5) In thethoppul- Samanan. When we do Neivedyaam or Pranahoothi we recall these Vayus-recollect the manthras-Prana yaswaha,Apanayasvaha….. Q6 Is it correct a person eating veppilai can maintaincelebacy? A6. Yes- Thethinking of women and marriage will reduce Q7 What is Panchamirtham? A7 As the nameindicate it is five nectars. Nectars make a man immortal. All the five ingrediants have medicinal values. Pannchamirthamcan be used for Abhishekam and neivedyam.The five ingradients of Panchamirthamare Frits, Vellam, Ghee, Milk and honey. Other things are later additions atour liking A person cansurivie simply drinking milk. Vellam come form sugar cane. Sugar gives strengthto the body. All beings like sugar. Fruitsgives comfort to the body .Honey will reduce kapham. Ghee will maintain Ayul. Abishekam with Panchamirtham is intended to get a sweet life Q8 What is the speciality with Archakar in TiruvattarAdikesava temple? A8 Though the temple is in Tamilnadu theArchakar is appointed for a period of 3 years by the Travancore maharaja. The Archakar is called peria nampi. He has to stayin nampi matam. These three years he should not meet his family members Q9 Which direction has to be used for performing Japa? A9 Except south,most preferable east. Itis not correct to change the direction frequently. Q10 What is the reason behind telling not to sleepwith head towards North? A10 In North thereis Pole star. Meru is there .Pole strength and attraction is more from thenorth. If we sleep withhead facing north we are likely to looseour energy from the body. Q11 It is told the poornahoothi is the completion ofGanapathi homa. What should be the colour of the piece of cloth used for it on different days? Is it preferable to aoidTuesday and Satur day? A11 The details areas follows: Day colour Day Colour Sunday Dark red Monday White Tuesday red Wed day Green Thursday yellow Friday Lightyellow +orange mixed (cream) Sat blue Yes it ispreferable to avoid Tuesday and Saturday. The effect of a homa will be feltwith in 41 days. Q12 What is meant by Upasthanm and raksha? A12 Upasthanammeans respectfully sending back the invoked Gods. Raksha means burning the darbha placed around thehomakunda and mix the ash with the gheeand apply in the forhead.After srardharaksha is prepared and worn by all. Q13 What should be done with the coin used in thePoornahuthi ? A13 It will beburnt. It may be taken out and kept in the almiraha of keeping money. It is an amutha surabhi Q14 What is the speciality with occurring a deathin Benaras? A14 They will not have punarjanma. Lord will advise tharaka manthrain their ears and they gain mukthi. Q15 Which place in Banaras is called Kapalamoksham? A15 Once Lord Sivawhile travelling came to Sathya loka where Brahma reside. Braha received him.Brahma’s four faces welcomed but one face ill-treated. Lord Siva just touched that face. It came outbut did not fell down. It got stuck to his finger. Lord Siva startedfurther journey. When Lord Siva came toKasi it fell down. Lord Siva got pleased and decided to permanently stay there.The place where Brahma’s head fell down is called Kapalamoksham. Q16 At Tirumalai God Venkatachalapathi has twowives- Padmavathi and Mahalekshmi. Who is Padmavathi? Why he had to take loanfrom Kubera? A16 DuringSriramavathara one Vedavathi wanted to marry Srirama. Srirama said in thisAvathar he would have only one wife- Sita. Her wish will be fulfilled in the Kaliyuga whenshe will be born as the daughter of theking Akasharaj. Accordingly Vedavathi was born as the daughter of Akashraj. Shewas named Padmavathi. Perumal married Vedavathi now known as Padmavathi takingloan from Kubera. The reason fortaking loan was that he had to marry aking’s daughter and Mahavishnuis left with no wealth, since Mahalekshmi left him on sage Brighu incident Mahalekshmi wholeft Mahavishnu on the sage Brighuincident was at Kolhapur. All devas went to her with request to join Mahavishnuand sage Brighu too lay flat on her feet. She got pleased and came withthem to Tirupathi where she was welcomed by Mahavishnu and togetherwent to Tirumalia where Padmavathi welcomed them. Q17 Why it is told the bell used while performingPooja should be held over the middle level of the person? Why it should not beused for children’s play? A17 Itis believed devas reside in the bell used during the pooja. Hence therestriction. It is believed tbe sound of the bell will ward of evil effects. Divinitycannot be used for child’s play. Q18 What is the difference between Rasa panch-amritamand pala panchamritam used for Abhish-ekam? A18 Raspanchamritam is made up using Milk, curd,ghee, honey sugar and tender coconut water. If mango ,jackfruit and plantainare added in addition it is called palapanchamritam . Q19 What do the combination of the three petals of the vilva indicate? A19 They indicateIcha,kriya and Jnanm Q20 How to close a well and open a new well? A20 it is suggested to take 5 or 9 pots of waterand keep safe from the old well before closing. After taking the new well whengood water has started coming these pots of water has to be added to the newwell. it is preferredthe owner of house not to see the closure of the well. Q21 What is the story of Raghavendrar got back the diamondgarland from the fire? A21 OnceRaghavendrar was doing Yagas as requested by Chola king and got rain in thedried lands. Pleased chola king gave Raghavendrar a diamond chain. Raghavendra put the chain in the Yaga Agni. TheRaja got disappointed seeing the hereditarychain was put on Agni. Feeling the disappointment of king Raghavendra prayed toAgni deva. The chaincame out more glittering and raghavendra gave it back to the king Q22 Why do it is told a Guru is necessary for learning? A22 Whateverstudied without a guru will give the feeling of learned something - but not therequired output(Palan) Q23 What is Amasomavaram? What is the benefit of observing it? A23 Co joingAmavasi in the Monday morning is called Amasomavaram. It is told Ladies barren of children will begetchildren if they circumambulate Banyan tree 108 times on the day morning Q24 What is the benefit of feeding the crow firstbefore taking food? A24 ILL effects of Saturn will vanish. Pitrus willbecome happy. Unity will prevail in the house. Q25 What is the benefit of purchasing salt on Friday? A25 You will getlekshmi kadakhsam. Q26 Which days are to be selected for receivingguests? A26 Monday, Wednesday Friday and Saturday. Days to be avoidedare Sunday, Tues day,Thursday Q27 What are the rulings regarding cutting of nails and hair? A27 Hair has gotextra power to grasp manthras. Tuesday and Friday should not be selected forhair cutting. Hair andnails should not be thrown as seen by some body Q28 Why Panchagavyam is used for Pooja and homams? A28 Five items arethere. Their effect is as follows: because of these divine effects Panchagayamis used. Milk-Remove thedifference Curd-Progency Ghee-Salvation Kochalam-lekshmikadaksham Komayam- health Q29 Every body know about sakthipeetams like Kanchi inTamilnadu .Which Sakthipeetam is in Bangaladesh? A29 It is Dakkeshawari .Fromthis name Dakka has come Q30 When we go to temple we do circumambulation.Normally one or three . There are fixednumber of circumambulations specified for achievingparticular benefits .What are they? A30 The details of circumambulationand purpose is as follows:- No of circumambulation Purpose achieved Three Ishtasiddhi Five Success Seven Enemieswill vanish Nine Progency Puthrabhagyam Eleven Longivity Thirteen YourPrayer will succeed Fifteen Achieving wealth Seventeen Plentyof Dhanyams Nineteen Relieffrom disease Twenty one Improvementin education Twenty three/five Allpleasures and wealth Onehundred eight Whatyou prayed will be acheived Q31 Why do the polestar is taken for guidance, not thebig moon? A31 Moon has itsphases . It grows up and again go down. Some days absent. But the pole star is constant. Q32 What is the speciality of Ganapathy atKottarakkara? A32 .The maintemple is for Lord siva and Ganapathy is in a small mantapam outside the innerMoolagraham and facing south. The idol is made of jack fruittree. It was carved by acarpenter who was doing repair works in the temple on getting a dream. The main vazhipaduis appam. If a prayeris made and vazhipadu of Appam is done it is believed the prayer will becarried out successfully. These are information posted by members compiled asQA by me in 1998’s-2000’s and stored in my computer. At this date I have noinformation of the members posted. Posted on 28-9-21 by R Gopala krishnan -- 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/1985799747.1543416.1632792223251%40mail.yahoo.com.
