QUES ANSW DIVINE 04-2022-02 Dear friends,
These are information compiled as QA by me in1998’s-2004’s and stored in my computer. They are posted by very learnt members. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78,dated 02-04-2022 Q1 What are the legends about Rameswaram temple? A1 According to a popular legend, it was Lord Rama who installed this Lingahere. Story goes that when Lord Ram was on his way to attack Ravana, he reachedthis place where he made a linga of sand and worshipped it. It is said that when Lord Ramawas drinking water on the seashore there was a celestial proclamation -"You are drinking water without worshipping me". Listeningto this Lord Rama made a linga of sand and worshipped it and asked to beblessed so that he could vanquish Ravana. Lord Shivablessed him accordingly. He also requested Lord Shiva to reside eternally hereso that entire mankind should benefit from it. Shiva then manifested himself asthe Linga and got installed there for eternity. According to yet another legend, while returning to Ayodhya, Ram worshipped LordShiva in the form of aShiva Lingam made of earth by Sita. It is saidthat Hanuman wasentrusted with the task of bringing an image of Viswanathar from Banaras. Anticipatingdelay in Hanuman's return from Benares, Rama offered worship to aShivalingam at a pre-chosen auspicious moment. This lingam is referred to as Ramalingam and the town isknown as Rameswaram. There is yet another Shivalingamhere - Viswanathar said to have been brought by Hanuman from Banares. ThisShivalingam is referred to as Kasilingam and Hanumalingam. Prayers are offered toViswanathar before theyare offered to Ramanathaswamy. ’ Q2 What is Ravana samhitha? A2 There is a SAMHITHA written byRAVANA called Ravana, a powerful book on the HINDU ASTROLOGY. I do not remember, but I haveheard that even LORD RAM went to Ravana to know the best time to fight RAVANAand kill him which was told by RAVANA. Apart from this Ravana was an astuteSHIVA BHAKTHA. Q3 Can betels go dry? A3 The common belief is thatallowing vettilai to go dry is not good for the house. Vettilai paakku has tobe given and taken by right hand. Q4 Is there any mention of betels in our puranas? A4 Yes. Kamba Ramayana it appears while in Lanka Sita wasworried who will give Rama folded tender vettilai to chew. In Mahabharata it appears there is a mention that whenYudhishtira started Raajasooya he gave the first thaamboolam to Lord Krishna. There is a story that KaviKaalamekha was working in Thiruvanaikka Temple and one of the maids working inthe temple was his consort. One night waiting for the consort Kaalamekha fellasleep in the temple premises. At dead of night the Goddess appeared beforeKaalamekha and spit the tamboolam SHE was chewing into his mouth while he wasasleep. Fromthat time on Kaalamekha became Kaalamekha Kavi singing praises of the Goddess. Q5 What are chathur yugas? A5 The 4 yugas are Satya Yuga (alsocalled Krita Yuga), Treta Yuga, Dwapara Yuga, Kali Yuga. Q6 What is the wait list of Udayasthamanapooja in Guruvayur temple? A6 The most sought after puja atthe temple, the Udayaasthamana Puja, has a wait list till the year 2049. My note- It may be more than the year mentioned now. Q7What is the annual income atThiruppathi Balaji temple? What is the gold deposit with them? A7 With an annual income of Rs 650crores, TirupathiBalaji is the second richest deity in India. The temple has over3000 kgs of gold deposited in different banks and Rs 1000 crore in fixeddeposits. The temple trust receives around Rs 300 crore, 350 kg of gold and 500kg of silver as donations every year. My note- It may be more than the quantity mentioned now. Q8 What is the financial status of Shirdi Saibaba temple? A8 The famous pilgrim center ofShri Saibaba temple in Shirdi, one of the richest temples in Maharashtra, hasornaments and jewellery worth over Rs. 32 crore and investments running into Rs. 450 crore according toofficial documents Q9 What is the financial status of Vaishno devi temple? A9 MATA VAISHNO DEVI the secondmost visited temple in the country after Tirupathi Balaji, Vaishno Devi has anannual income of Rs 500 crore.Managed by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, popularly called the ShrineBoard, the temple has a daily income of Rs 40 Lakhs Q10 What is the financial status of Siddivinayaka temple in Mumbai? A10 The siddhivinayak mandir Situated in the heart of Mumbai, the second richest temple in the state ofMaharastra has an annual income of Rs 46 crore and has Rs 125 crore in fixed deposits. The temple known for its famous devotees receives around Rs 10-15 crores asdonations every year. As per the financial records of Shree SiddhivinayakGanapati Temple Trust, the assets of the temple stood at approximately Rs.140crore for the year ended March 2009. Q11 What isthe financial status of Guruvayur temple in Kerala? A11 Guruvayur temple run by anine-member committee under the Kerala Dewaswom Board, the most famous LordKrishna temple in South India makes Rs. 2.5 crore annually and has approximately Rs. 125crore in fixed deposits. Q12 Is it correct to propitiate Anjaneya with Vadamalai or Jhangiri? Or bothare correct? A12 Once a devotee from North Indiacame to meet Periyaval. The devoteehesitatingly told that he had some doubt to be cleared about Aanjaneya. Thedevotee continued "devoteesin Southern India propitiate Aanjaneya with a vada maalai made with ulundu,black pepper etc., whereas we in Northern India propitiate with jhangri maalai.Can you kindly explain the reason for this."The devotee fromNorth India as also the other devotees eagerly waited for the response ofPeriyava. With a smile on his face Periyava said:"Ladies of thehouse take the tiny tots outside the house show them the moon and divert themand the tiny tots with the diversion and good air outside eat the food. For the tiny tots, moon was a toybut for Aanjaneya once when he was fed like that , the shining Sun was a ripe fruit and HEwanted to pluck it and consume. Aanjaneya, the son of Vaayu,immediately flew towards the Sun. Devaas were stunned to see baby Aanjaneyaracing towards the Sun and no one dared to stop HIM. At this time Raahu alsowas flying towards Sun to generate Grahana. However, Raahu could not match thespeed of Aanjaneya. Raahu blessed Aanjaneya with arecognition(angeekaaram).Any one who propitiates Aanjaneya with eatable out ofulundu (the favourite dish of Raahu) and worships,they will be free from theaffliction of Raahu and Raahu will not trouble them. Raahu also described that the eatable should have the shapelike him (that of a snake). So people afflicted with Raahu, worship Aanjaneya they willhave lesser affliction. As there is plenty of salt in thesouthern part of the country, ulundu, black pepper etc.,are mixed together andvadai is prepared. There is plenty of sugarcane crop in the northern part ofthe country, and they like sweet, jhangri is made out of ulundu and dipped in sugarcanejuice and Aanjaneya is adorned. As long as Raahu is pleased, it is immaterial whether thevada maalai is salty or sweet." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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