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

 

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