QUES ANSW DIVINE 04-2022-18 Dear friends,
These are information compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2014’sand stored in my computer. They are posted by very learnt members. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 18-04-2022 Q1 How the different Vedas were divided andgiven by Veda vyasa? Who are all the presiding deities for the Vedas? A1 The Vedas were divided by sageVedavyaasa intofour parts- the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. The presiding deity for the Rigveda isAgni, For Yajurveda it is Vaayu, for the Samaveda it is Ravi(soorya). Sage Vyaasa gave the Riksamhitato his disciple Paila. The Yajur samhitawas given to Vaishampaayana and the Sama which was divided further into twowere distributed to two of the disciples.The one with chandas (chandosamhita)was given to Jaimini and the Atharva angeerasaa samhita to Sumanthu. Jaimini divided his portion totwo and taught his son Sumanta and hisgrand son Susvaan each one portion. One of Jaimini's disciples,Sukarma created one thousand subgroups from the original samaveda. Q2 Do there are Hindu temples in Pakisthan? A2 Yes . Recently oneHindu temple in Pakistan reopened after10 years closure.The news item is as follows Islamabad, Oct 31-2011 (IANS) A historic Hindu temple has reopenedafter 10 years in Pakistan's Peshawar city after a woman devotee fought a longlegal battle. The Hindu community celebratedDiwali in the temple at Gor Khutthriarea. The temple was reopened for worshipafter 10 years, reported Dawn Monday. Kamla Rani, grand daughter of a templepriest, was happy that the temple was reopened for worshippers. 'Iam very happy that my mother, though very old, fought legal battle to reopenthis temple for Hindu worshippers,' she was quoted as saying. Her mother PhoolWati had filed an application with the Peshawar High Court to reopen the templefor worship. Kamla Rani said- the temple wasreopened due to the efforts of the Hindu community. 'You can`t imagine howhappy we feel today,' she said on the day Diwali was celebrated. Peshawar High Court ordered reopeningof temple for worship only and the archaeology department has control over it. Q3 In nut shell who was Karaikkal ammayar? A3 In the centre of KARAIKKAL in BharathiarStreet a girl child was born to DANA DATHAN AND DHANALAKSHMI AMMAYAAR of VAISYACASTE who was named as PUNITHAVATHI. Since DANA DATTHAN was fromMerchant Community, he was very wealthy. PUNITHAVATHI from childhood itself wasa devotee of Lord SHIVA. The life time ofPUNITHAVATHY is estimated as 6th Century when it was part of CHOLA Empire. Punithavathi grew up as a veryattractive girl endowed with beauty, and as she attained marriageable age ofthose days, her father married her toPARAMADATHAN who was the son of a rich merchant of NAGAPATTANAM. After marriage also PUNITHAVATHIwho was a Lord Shivas devotee did not leave chanting of the SIVA MANTHRA calledPANCHAAKHSHARI which she used to chant from childhood. She was such an ardentdevotee of LORD SHIVA. One day her husband, PARAMA -DATHTHAN who hadgone on tour for selling his merchandise sent her two ripe mangoes. It sohappened as if a coincidence, that a Shiva devotee went to her house. As customary she was to feed thedevotee. However the meals were notready. She then remembered about the mango fruits her husbandhad sent. She took one out ofthem and gave it to the Shiva devotee who ate it with pleasure and wentaway. When her husband, PARANTHAMANcame home, he was very hungry and asked his wife to give him the mango which hehad sent. She gave him one mango which was left. The mango was so delicious that he asked hiswife to give him the other mango also. Now Punithavathi was in a greatdilemma as she had given one mango to the Shaiva devotee and hence prayed toLord Shiva to help her in this dilemma and LO! One mango fruit appeared in her palms which she gave toher husband. It was tastier than the previousmango fruit which he ate and asked PUNITHAVATHI as to from where she obtainedthe fruit. PUNITHAVATHI told her husband all theincidents which occurred from the arrival of the Shiva devotee. He could not believe this and hence asked herto get a mango in his presence. She thenprayed to Lord Shiva to help her in this precarious occasion and another mangoof the same type appears in her palms which she gave to her husband. When PARANTHAMANreceived it, the fruit disappeared. On seeing this PARANTHAMANstarted shivering with fear thinking that his wife was having some divinepowers and cursing his arrogance intesting her chastity by asking for another mango fruit. He then thought that he was worthless to beher husband and withoutannouncing left her feeling that she was worthy of worshipping and he was not asuitable husband to her. He married another girl and begota daughter to whom he named as PUNITHAVATHI in memory of his first wife. On hearing this news, the ElderPunithavathi’s relatives took her in a PALANQUIN to her husband, PARANTHAMANwho hearing that she was going to him saw her and prostrated before her andtold all who had accompanied the PALANQUIN that he was not worth to be herhusband and also told all who had assembled there, that he considered her asGoddess. On hearing these wordsPINITHAVATHI prayed to Lord Shiva todeprive her from her beauty and to bestow her with an ugly look. Immediately she transformed asshe wanted. Aftergetting transformed as an ugly woman she went on pilgimige to KAILASA. theabode of LORD SHIVA . As she was about to reach KAILASAshe thought that keeping her legs in the abode of Lord Shiva was the greatestsin and hence went on her head to Kailasa. The lord withhis consort PARVATHY welcomed her and asked her to take a boon from Him. Onseeing Lord with His consort Punitha vathi prostrated before them and told OhLord of Mercy, give me sincere, pure, unalloyed, eternal and overflowingdevotion unto You. Iwant no more birth. If, however, I have to take birth here, grant me that Ishould never forget You.Whenever You dance, I must be at Your feet singing Your praise. This is my onlywish. Lord SHIVA granted this boon toher and asked her to proceed to THIRUVALANGADUwhich is known as RATHA SABHAI among the FIVE IMPORTANT TEMPLES OF LORD SHIVAwhere he is known as NATA RAJA She spent her rest of the life at thisplace singing in praise of Lord Shiva. She is later known as KARAIKKAL AMMAYAR. She has written two importantworks called ARPPUTHA THIRUVANTHAATHI and THIRU ERATTAI MANI MALAI Q4 Who are Nayanmar? Do among them any ladies? A4 There are 63 slaves called NAYANMAAR of LordShiva among whom there are three ladies. Karaikkal Ammayar occupies the prime place among them. Q5 Is there any temple for Karaikkal ammayar? A5 In the year 1929 , one Sri.Malai Perumal constructed a temple in memory of KARAIKKAL AMMAYAR known asSHRI. PUNITHAVATHI KOIL in BHARATHIAR STREET OF KARAIKKAL the birth place ofPunithavathi Ammayar. There is also atemple inside this temple which is dedicated to Lord Vigneswara. During theTamil Month of AANI which falls in Juneor July month a festival called MAANGAAITHIRUNAL in memory of KARAIKKAL AMMAYARsgiving a mango fruit to the Shaiva saint and even now ANNA DANAM WITH MANGO is distributed at thenearest and adjacent hall of the temple on that day. Friends, this is the AITHIHYAM on KARAIKKAL AMMAYAR ONE OF THEGREATEST AMONG THE 63 NAYANMARS. -- 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/339802944.413816.1650250257342%40mail.yahoo.com.
