Pranam The English professor writes, "Questuion-; curse others; let me have my way; why all useless tantrums? 2 Lot of errors and will defend that " dont know; do not blame me; someone write it; i am not responsible; yet will say that he is not I & S? 3 Kasi and Rameswaram is connected and not Kanyakumari. 4 Devi Kanya Kumari has been mentioned in Ramayana <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana>, Mahabharata <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata>, and the Sangam works Manimekalai <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manimekalai>, Puranaanooru and Nārāyaṇa (Mahānārāyaṇa) Upanishad, a Vaishnava Upanishad in the Taittiriya Samhita of Krishna Yajur Veda <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yajur_Veda>. The author of *Periplus of the Erythraean Sea* (60-80 A.D.) has written about the prevalence of the propitiation of the deity Kanyakumari in the extreme southern part of India; "There is another place called Comori and a harbour, hither come those men who wish to consecrate themselves for the rest of their lives, and bath and dwell in celibacy and women also do the same; for it is told that a goddess once dwelt here and bathed." 5 The idol has a nose-ring which gives the deity the name "Mookuthi Amman" (Nose-ringed goddess). The idol's nose ring shines brightly since, the stone studded in the nose-ring is made of diamond <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond>. Once, the diamond in the nose-ring shined so brightly, it attracted a ship from the British Empire <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj>, with the captain of the ship, mistaking the temple for a lighthouse. The British, stormed into the temple through the eastern door and stole the nose-ring. The British set sail for London <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London> to give it to Queen Victoria <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria> (a similar fate to the Koh-i-Noor <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh-i-Noor> diamond), but on the way, a miracle happened. The nose-ring began to increase its weight which gradually sunk the ship, killing all on board. The nose-ring was found by the locals and returned, to the temple. This is why the eastern door of the temple is opened only on certain days of the year. 6 The Bhagavathi Kumari Amman Temple is one of the 52 Shakti Peetha <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti_Peethas> ( Shakti by Alka Pande). 7 In 1864, "The Mammals of Madagascar" by zoologist <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoologist> and biogeographer Philip Sclater <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sclater> appeared in *The Quarterly Journal of Science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quarterly_Journal_of_Science>*. Using a classification he referred to as lemurs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur>, but which included related primate groups, and puzzled by the presence of their fossils <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil> in Madagascar and India, but not in Africa or the Middle East, Sclater proposed that Madagascar and India had once been part of a larger continent (he was correct in this; though in reality this was the supercontinent <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercontinent> Gondwana <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondwana>).The anomalies of the mammal fauna of Madagascar can best be explained by supposing that... a large continent occupied parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans... that this continent was broken up into islands, of which some have become amalgamated with... Africa, some... with what is now Asia; and that in Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands we have existing relics of this great continent, for which... I should propose the name Lemuria. Sclater's theory was hardly unusual for his time; "land bridges <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_bridge>", real and imagined, fascinated several of Sclater's contemporaries. Before the acceptance of continental drift <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift>, biologists frequently postulated the existence of submerged land masses to account for populations of land-based species now separated by barriers of water. Similarly, geologists tried to account for striking resemblances of rock formations on different continents. There is another name as"kumarikkandam" also. KR IRS 131221
On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 at 07:28, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > QUES ANSW DIVINE-73 > > Dear friends, > > These are information posted by members compiled as QA by me in > 1998’s-2007’s and stored in my computer. At this date I have no information > of the members posted. > > BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. > > Sincerely, > > *R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, Former AGM Telecom Trivandrum dated 13-12-2021* > > Q1 Whether any body was eager to take up the creation? > > A1 During this period, Prajapati Kardama who was born from Brahma’s own > shadow, worshipped Lord Narayana for ten thousand years. He was eager to take > up the work of ‘creation’ of the species, as instructed by Lord Brahma. > > Lord Narayana appeared before Kardama in the form contemplated upon by him, > seated on the divine Garuda. > > The Lord blessed him to marry DEVAHUTI, daughter of Manu. He also blessed > him to beget nine daughters. The Lord Himself would thereafter, be born to > him as a son as the tenth child under the name of KAPILA. > > Swayambhuva Manu came to Kardama and got his daughter, Devahuti married to him > > Thereafter he got nine daughters and was awaiting the arrival of the Lord in > the form of Kapila. Instructed by her husband, Devahuti engaged herself in > devout worship of Narayana. In due course, the Lord Himself was born as > Kapila to teach mankind the means for attainment of salvation. Kardama then > left for the forest for doing penance as a means for his salvation. > > Kapila then became a great philosopher and taught the essence of his > teachings to his own mother, Devahuti. The essence of Kapila’s philosophy > as given out to his mother forms the subject matter of the entire *Dasaka*-15 > > > > Kapila had by then left with other *Yogis *to the North Eastern region near > the Sagar Islands. It is believed that he still lives there for the good of > the people > > Q2 What is the importance of Uttarayana? > > A2 The Path of the Northern Solstice or *“Uttarayana” *in which one performs > actions, surrendering everything unto the Lord and without attachment to the > fruits of their actions. This path leads to liberation from the circle of > birth and death. > > Q3 Whether sage Kapila was a stopover?If so how the creation got continued? > > *A3 Yet another daughter of Swayambhuva Manu was PRASUTI. She was married to > the son of Brahma-DAKSHA PRAJAPATI.* > > Daksha and Prasuti had 16 daughters. Out of these 16, thirteen were married > to DHARMA DEVA. One was married to PITRUS; one to AGNI and another named SATI > was married to SIVA. > > Q4 What is Nara narayana story? > > 4 Out of the thirteen daughters of Daksha married to Dharmadeva, one was > MURTHY by name. > > She gave birth to the divine twins - - NARA and NARAYANA. These twin > brothers were the forms of the Lord and they were always together > > After the killing of the *Asura Sahasra kavacha *, Nara and Narayana went > to Badarika Ashrama where they settled down for teaching and practicing the > path to *“MOKSHA* > > Indra, the king of Gods, became envious of the pre-eminance of Nara and > Narayana. He wanted to see their spiritual downfall. *He commissioned the God > of Love, KAMADEVA with his retinue of celestial beauties *to tempt the > ‘Twins’ and cause their fall. All the efforts of the commission to tease and > tempt them were in vain. They could not tempt Nara and Narayana even > slightly. On the other hand, they were really frightened by the strength of > their will. > > *The Lord then created a projection of his mind in which the invaders had a > vision of Nara and Narayana attended by a number of maids.* > > The beauty of the maids in attendance enchanted even Kama Deva and his bevy > of celestial damsels. The tempters who came to overpower were themselves got > tempted and enchanted by the beauty of those who served the Lord. > > *Q5 What is origin of Urvasi?* > > A5 The Lord thereafter presented them a gift to Indra, “URVASI”, whose beauty > put to shame the beauty of all the celestial damsels. Indra was thus > humiliated forever by the Divine Twins. > > Q6 Why did Daksha got angry with Lord Siva? > > A6 In a conference called for by Daksha only two persons did not stand up > from their seats nor did they applaud like the rest of the audience when > Daksha entered. > > They were Brahma and Siva. Daksha noticed it and he excused Brahma, as he was > his father. But he could not tolerate his son-in-law, Siva, who was never in > his good books at any time. > > Daksha was infuriated by this ‘insult’ and punished him then and there. He > decreed that henceforth, no one would ever give to Siva any share in any > sacrificial oblations. > > He deliberately performed another big *YAGA *shortly just to prove the > veracity of his decree. > > Q7 Every body know Daksha yaga story. DO Sati Juped in to Yagya fire? > > A7 NO. Sati burned herself in the fire created by her *Yogic* power. > > Q8 Every body know Daksha yaga story. What happed after Sati burned herself? > > A8 Lord Siva became very angry. With a loft of his hair, he created a > terrible spirit, VEERABHADRA to avenge her death. *The ferocious Veerabhadra > disrupted the entire Yaga of Daksha*. > > *The head of Daksha was cut off and offered into the sacrificial fire. * > > Later, Siva listened to the requests of Gods and allowed the *YAGA* to > continue by transplanting the head of a goat on the severed body of Daksha. > Daksha thus attained peace and tranquility by getting rid of his vices like > anger, haughtiness and arrogance. > > Q9 What is the importance of Sradham and Tharpanam as per Vaishanavic > thinking? > > A9 We have to perform "Chratham" or at least Tharpanam in all punya > kalams. There are 96 best Punya Kaalams have been defined by our > ancestors. From all the above this period of *"Mahalayam" is very > significant for Pithru Pooja. * > > *So, It is not compulsory to perform, but it will yield a large amount of > punyam and pithru Asirvatham to our account.* > > *To perform a "Mahalaya Tharpanam" in any one of the day during the > Mahalaya Paksham is Nithyam, performing it for the whole duration is > Naimithikam.* > > Q10 What is the importance of Madhyannikam? > > A10 When performing the morning sandhya, the sins since yesterday evening > through the night in any form will be vanished and become pure for that day > to perform any activity *one can get the punyam that equals to chant all > the four vedhas by performing the 'Madhyannigam'*. > > Q11 DO there any sanctity in lighting lime lamps by ladies? > > A11 *Reply is negative as per Ahobilamatam who answers the question as*- > Who told you about lighting lime lights during rahu kalam? Are they taught > you the sankalpam for that? Any action requires a sankalpam in the world of > anmikam/vaideekam. > > The sankalpam only reaches the devatha/god. The sankalpam will be kept > for the perusal of the particular devatha. The way you perform the action > will tempt the devatha to consider that application(sankalpam). > If the performance really pleased that devatha your ambition will be > fulfilled (subject to the availability with your poorva janma punya bhalam). > > My note- There may be varying opinions about it. > > Q12 Do creation is a mystery? What is Hamsa? Why do temples necessary? > > A 12 Yes. Creation is a mystery. The questions as to what is creation, > what is the cause for this creation and what is the purpose of this > creation, are more controversial ones > > *. When anything moves, there must be a mover. Who is that mover, unseen > and little known to make the earth, the sun and the moon move?* > > Our great sages have named the mover as ‘God’; whose will commands all > movement. The experience of day and night we undergo every day is at His > will only, the Sun rises every morning and so too the Moon every night and > there is also the eclipse of the Sun and the Moon, at scheduled times which > have been meticulously calculated by our great sages long long past: Till > today we have not seen any difference in their calculation which was based > on the soundest theory of Ajapa Gayatri. > > It is based on the Mantra or Hymn called Hamsa, which is connected with > the inhalation and exhalation of a human breath. > > Every human being starts chanting this Mantra the moment he is born into > this world and it ends when he ceases to exist. The sound Ha' represents > inhalation, i.e. the sound caused while inhaling breath, and the sound > 'sha' is caused while exhaling. > > Control over this breath is the basic principle of Pranayama. When breath > is controlled mind is controlled too. The fleeting nature of mind being > controlled, it can be concentrated on divine thoughts. > > As a swan (Hamsa) is to be kept under control for utilizing its services, > the mind is to be brought under sway by controlling the breath, the hymns > of Hamsa or Ajapa Gayatri. > > According to medical investigation, the normal healthy man has 15 > breaths per minute > > Just as all water raining from the skies goes to the ocean, *worship of > all Gods goes to Kesava" (Mahabharata) * > > Hindus conceived Temples as places to which the God minded may repair to > escape from the detractions and disturbances of mundane life and commune > with the Spirit by meditating on God's image and singing His name. > > Q13 Why it is told to visit Kanyakumari after worshipping at Kasi? > > A13 It is stated in the Puranas-that those who make a pilgrimage to > Banaras should also visit Kanvyakumari to complete their pilgrimage. > > As the Virgin Goddess is a part of the Sakti of Kasi Viswanatha, it is > ordained that to fulfil their vows pilgrims should visit both Banaras and > the Cape to cornplete their pilgrimage to the shrines of Siva and His > Sakti. > > The extreme southern point of India is marked by Pitru Tirtha and Matru > Tirtha > > Every Hindu believes that if he takes a holy bath in the sea at the Cape > and makes his offerings to the manes of his father and mother, they would > attain salvation. A visitor to Cape Comorin rarely misses this holy bath. > > At the confluence of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Indian > Ocean *a fairly big hill shoots up facing the temple*. Swami Vivekananda > used to plunge in meditation seated on that hill facing the Goddess. He > prayed there for the salvation of mankind. Hence the Hill is called the > Vivekananda Hill. > > Q14 Everybody knows about the Parasurama axe story and creation of the > present Kerala. Questuion-Had he any boon for it? > > A14 Yes. Parashurama, the son of Sage Jamadagni, *obtained a boon by > propitiating the Sun God that the area of the sea covered by the throw of > mighty axe would be reclaimed as an inhabitable country*. Accordingly, > the sea receded and the rich and luxuriant Malabar Coast came into existence > > The one distinguishing feature of the sand at the Cape is that it is of > various colors. The modern scientists call it monozite sand. At present, > Uranium, which is most valuable for generating atomic energy, is being > extracted from this sand. > > Q15 What is the convincing version about the origin of the Kanyakumari > temple? > > A15 Another convincing version about the origin of the Kanyakumari > temple is as Follows: - > > There was a virgin by name Pushpakasi. She was very much devoted to Lord > Siva and by her stern penance attained Sayujya Moksha. Sayujya Moksha means > entering heaven with human body and remaining in human form with the > Supreme lord. > > Bana the Asura had won a boon that he could not be killed by anyone other > than a Kannika (virgin). It became a problem how to arrest his depredations > and save mankind. People approached Lord Siva for redress. Lord Siva knew > that only a virgin could kill this Banasura. ! > > *Immediately he chose Pushpakasi for the task and sent her back to earth*. > She killed the demon and restored peace in the land. *She did not like to > stay on earth after fulfilling her mission and so made further penance > praying to Siva to call her back to Heaven.* > > *Parashurama, who happened to note the austere penance in which this > virgin was engaged, installed her image together with a Vinayaka, in tile > firm belief that she alone could save the land, which had been reclaimed > from the sea, from being swallowed by it again*. > > In this connection, it is necessary to mention here that the mainland of > Bharata Varsha had in ancient times extended far beyond the present > southern-most point. > > *The land was known as the continent of Lemuria and it probably connected > Madagascar and Africa in a contiguous strip*. The ocean gradually > swallowed up that area. Now, at the request of Parashurama, this virgin > Mother faced the South and arrested the further march of the sea. > > Banasura is believed to have been killed near about Pothia Malai, north of > Kanyakumari. *From this mountain two rivers flow-one called the > Tamravarni on the northern side, created by Sage Agasthya, and the other, > the Kulithurai River, in the south.* > > It was stated earlier that Parashurama established a Vinayaka at > Kanyakumari just before establishing the Kanyakumari Amman. It was done > with the idea that Vinayaka would help retaining the Amman there with all > Her glory and get Her fulfil his purpose. > > Indra established another Vinayaka when he arrived there, called > Indrakantha Vinayaka. > > Q16 What is the Sani Gayathri and the importance of Sani gayathri? > > A16 Oriental astrology is connected with nine planets. Out of these *Saturn > is one. Its position in the Zodiac at the time of birth is considered to be > very important* for predicting the future of the newly born man or woman. > > Saturn is universally worshipped, more out of fear than reverence. > > He, who directs his energies to propitiate Siva, circumvents the malefic > influence of a wrathful Saturn. Invariably, in a Siva temple of the South, > a portion of the temple is dedicated to the nine planets (Navagraha) > including Saturn. > > Saturn will give a clear idea of its parentage, and reverential recitation > of -the hymn allays the fears of a malefic Saturn: > > Neelaanjanasamaabhaasam > > Raviputram Yamaagrajam > > Chhaayaa Maartaandasambhootam > > pranamaami Saneeswaram. > > > Q17 What were the name of Tirunallar in different yugas? How Saturn is > placed in Thyagaraja temple? > > A17 Tirunallar temple was known as Adipuri in the Krita Yuga; in the > Treta Yuga it was known as Darbharanyam; in Dwapara it was known as > Vedapuri and in the Kali it is known as Naleswaram. > > As Saturn cannot exercise its evil influence on any person inside the > precincts of the Tyagaraja temple, Saturn has been enshrined only at the > entrance to the temple, having no connection with the main temple of the > Lord, so as to illustrate the perfect immunity that a devotee attains from > the influence of Saturn once he enters this temple > > Saturn then promised to touch none that mentioned the name of Nala. A > Marakata Sivalingam is seen here kept in an iron safe inside Tyagaraja's > shrine and worshipped daily > > Q18 What is the back ground behind Picking up Kunnikkuru by children at > Guruvayur? > > A18 You can offer this to *develop your children’s intelligence and > smartness. * > > A handful of these seeds (Abrus precatorious) are picked up and dropped > thrice in the vessel kept for the purpose and an amount desired by the > devotee is deposited in the hundi. > > Q19 What is the most lasting festival at Guruvayur? > > A19 The most important festival during the Mandalam period, lasting for a > month. It was on the Guruvayur Ekadasi day that Lord Krishna revealed the > Gita to Arjuna. An udayastamana Pooja is conducted by the Devaswam. > > Q20 What is the speciality of Vishukkani at Guruvayur? > > A20 Seeing the kani at Guruvayur is considered very auspicious and hence > millions of devotees stay overnight, blindfold themselves and set their > eyes on the Kani and the glorious deity as the doors are as usual opened > for the dharshan at 3 AM. > > *My note- Now with covid 19, there is restriction of the number of > devotees.* > > Q21 What is the speciality od idol in Tirumandan kunnu? > > A21 The idol of Thirumandham Kunnilamma in Mathrusala is of Daru (wood). Even > though idols of deities made of Daru can be found in a number of Devi > temples in Kerala, the one at Thirumandhamkunnu excels them all in size and > workmanship. > > The idol is about 6 feet high, in a sitting posture, with the left leg on > her lap and the right hanging as usual and touching the ground In most > temples the Deity is placed in front of the entrance so that devotees can > have a clear view. However, at Thirumandhamkunnu, the Deity sits slightly > to the left of the entrance > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" 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/iyer123/622744347.862519.1639360692688%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/622744347.862519.1639360692688%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAL5XZorHgL0mZCJbWnNE8gxS-WMu2dXiHkKKT%2BeMCkM_xO1a%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
