QUES ANSW DIVINE 04-2022-08 Dear friends,
These are information compiledas QA by me in 1998’s-2014’s and stored in my computer. They are posted by very learnt members. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 10-04-2022 Q1 Where do we have Uttara guruvayurappantemple? A1 Sri Uttra Guruvayoorappan templeis one of the famous temples in Ramnagar,Nanganallur Chennai 600061. The temple built in 1975 by SriGuruvayoorappan Asthiga SamajamNanganallur is a replica in miniature to the original Shrine at Guruvayoor Kerala. The temple has slight differencesand was built on the basis ofAshtamangala Prashnam the usula practice in Kerala. This shrine has LordGuruvayoorappan as the presiding deity and the others include Godess Bhagavathi Vinayakar Sri Shashtha PrasannaVenkeswar Sankrishnar Nava -griham andVilvamangal in front of Guruvayoorappan in Namaskara Mandapam. Second Kumbabishekam was performed in 1987 thethird was performed in the year 2000 andthe fourth during April/May 2012. All the festivals in the temple arevery similar to Guruvayoor temple and all prarthanas can be done here likeThulabaram, Annaprasanam Vennaikappu etc Chithri Festival Gokulashtami GuruvayoorEkadesi Onam Navarathri DeepavaliMakaraJothi are celebrated in a grand manner. It is a membership temple and all are done bymembers for the member devotees. Whatever is prayed here it is fulfilledand devotees come to visit this templefrom far and wide. Q2 Whatis Guru Purnima? In which month it is celebrated? A2 On every full moon in July isthe "Full Moon of the Guru" or Guru Purnima, an ancient tradition onthe eastern calendar. It is a radiant time when all the celestial teachers,light beings, ascended masters, angels and illumined ones open channels intothe earth plane and act as conduits to deliver increased levels of energy andlight into the world. It represents spiritual renewal of theplanet. Q3 Why is the Atharvana Veda not accordedas much importance as the other three Vedas? A3 Anwer by Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji: The important purpose of theSamhita portion of the Vedas is the performance of Yagnas. The three Vedas Rig, Yajur and Sama Vedas themselves coverthe performance of Yagna completely. Atharvana Veda does not have any unique mantra to aid theYagnas (it does not have any mantra which is not in other Vedas). Hence importance is givenonly to these three Vedas. Q4 Why does Lord Vishnu call the SamaVeda the best of all the Vedas? A4 Anwer by Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji: Sama veda is the Stuthi portion ofVedas. It sings the praises of devas. Thiscould be the reason that it is liked by the Lord. Q5 Do women have right to realize the Self? A5 Anwer by Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji: Why not? Starting from the Upanishads (Maitreyi in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)down to the recent past, there have been so many women who have realized the Self, Andal, Meera,Andavan Pitchai, Janaki Mata, AvudaikkaAmma, Anandamayee, Saradha Devi to mention a few. Q6 Where do wehave a Brahma temple near Trichy? A 6 Brahmais an idol in Uthamar Koil also known as Bikshandarkoil, off Tiruchy Salem Road, near to what is known as toll gate after onecrosses Kollidam or coleroon river Q7 Where do Aditya Hridayam appear in theRamayana? A7 Aditya Hrudayam appears in the YuddhaKanda of Srimad Ramayana by sage Valmiki. Sage Agastya initiates Sri Rama intothis Mantra extolling Surya (the Kula Devata of Sri Rama). Sri Rama recitesthis and goes to kill Ravana, by Brahmastra. S.C. Iyer 30 Sept 2011 Q8 Where do we have reference to RadhaRani role with Krishna in detail if not told in Srimad Bhagavatham? A8 In Bhagavatham there is nospecial mention about Radha and it saysKrishna had been spending his time mostly with one gopi, dear to him There is a mention and full story givenin Brahma Vaivartha Puraanam, TenthSkando,where Krishna (in the form of Madhava) exists with his consort Radhika in Golokam. Radhika, had to come to the world due to acurse by a Bhaktha and Krishna toldher to go to Brindavan and wait for him to arrive. Thus, Radhika took birth first and wasrearing up Krishna, when he was a child. Thus, the nearness ofKrishna with Radhika increased. Finally in the Radha MadhavaKalyanam Choornikai, it is clearly said that Nandagopa while taking Krishna (6 years about) tocattle field there came thunder and rain and Nandagopa was searching for someone to fetch Krishna home. At that time Radha was comingand Nandagopa gave the child Krishna to Radha to take home safely. She was carrying him (rather hugging him) andwalking when Krishna thought that it isthe time to make Radha remember about her poorvaashramam and brought before herthe scene of Golokam and its surroundings. Radhika, suddenly got a glipse of herpoorvashrama life and ran to hugKrishna (with both hands wide open) appearing before her in his original Goloka form, when the child onher hip disappeared. Krishna called Brahma and arranged for the proper marriageritual and took radha again unto himself. This is the story in the choornika in the Radhakalyana padhathi. This is also stated in Jayadev aAshtapathi in a nutsell in one sloka Meghair Medhuram Ambaram Vanabhuva: ShyaamaThamaaladumaihi ....etc.) Thus only in Jayadeva Ashtapathi andKalyana Choornikai there is mention about Radha Krishna Sallaapam. Q9 Do Radha was older than Krishna? A9 Yes. Radha came first in the world and was rearing up Krishna as achild. That means she is older than Krishna by about 3 years, as per therecord. Q10What is the interesting legend behind navarathri? A10 According to legend, Durga sat on the tip ofa needle for nine days, doing a severe penance to destroy the evil AsuraMahisha. On the first three days, shemeditated as Herself, the next three days as Mahalakshmi and the last threedays as Sarasvati. This signifies progression from tamsik, to rajasik to satvikand eventually obtaining liberation. The tenth day during Sharada Navaratriis called vijayadashami to signify the victory on the day of dashami. Q11 Which books are read duringNavarathri? A11 It is, however, a long tradition that onereads the devi-bhagavatam or the devi mahatmyam (Durga saptasati, 700 verses onDurga) during this period. Devi bhagavatam notes that Ramameditated and fasted for nine days after Sita was kidnapped by Ravana. There arenumerous such incidents on how people's wishes were granted. -- 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/1064993842.206549.1649581047682%40mail.yahoo.com.
