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Re: a whole set of hindu rituals and why so

madam,

it is wonderful. iam trying all these days to get from internet but i could not get it. Many thanks for posting these for women like me to under stand our hindu customs regarding prayers and perdorming pooja,

with regards

Padmaiyangar

 

Krishna Janmashtami

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<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1lace>Krishna</st1lace> Janmashtami
THIS IS THE birthday of Lord Krishna, the eighth Divine Incarnation. It falls on the 8th day of the dark half of the month of Bhadrapada (August-September). This is one of the greatest of all Hindu festivals. Lord Krishna was born at <st1:time Hour="0" Minute="0">midnight</st1:time>. A twenty-four hour fast is observed on this day, which is broken at <st1:time Hour="0" Minute="0">midnight</st1:time>.
<st1:City><st1lace>Temples</st1lace></st1:City> are decorated for the occasion. Keertans are sung, bells are rung, the conch is blown, and Sanskrit hymns are recited in praise of Lord Krishna. At <st1:City><st1lace>Mathura</st1lace></st1:City>, the birthplace of Lord Krishna, special spiritual gatherings are organized at this time. Pilgrims from all over <st1:country-region><st1lace>India</st1lace></st1:country-region> attend these festive gatherings.
The Lord appeared when the moon entered the house of Vrishabha at the constellation of the star Rohini, on Wednesday, the 8th day of the second fortnight of the month of Sravana, which corresponds to the month of Bhadrapada Krishnapaksha according to the Barhaspatyamana, in the year of Visvavasu, 5,172 years ago (from 1945), which means 3227 B.C.
Study the Bhagavatam and the Pancharatras, which are equal to the Upanishads

LORD <st1lace>KRISHNA</st1lace>
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
On the holy Krishna Janmashtami, the ladies in <st1lace>South India</st1lace> decorate their houses beautifully, ready to welcome the Lord. They prepare various sweetmeats and offer them to the Lord. Butter was <st1lace>Krishna</st1lace>’s favorite, and this is also offered. From the doorway to the inner meditation room of the house the floor is marked with a child’s footprints, using some flour mixed with water. This creates the feeling in them that the Lord’s own Feet have made the mark. They treat the day as one of very great rejoicing. There is recitation of the Bhagavatam, singing and praying everywhere.

 

Re: Tharpana Manthram

Madam suncan,
very useful information you have posted as tharpana mantram, but it is only sankalpa mantram. i discussed with my husband and he informed that the tharpana mantras are elaborat one and he used to spend about half an hour to perform . Generally for any preformance of any cermony sankapa is must. your collection is pertaining to the sankalpa only for tharpaam. I will post shortly the method of in detailed for the benefits of the members and their spouse
with warm regards
padmaiyengar:goodidea:

 

Re: a whole set of hindu rituals and why so

Madam PADMAIYANGAR,
I have gone through your artcle about the Hindu rituals and about krishna janmasthami. they are very nice.I too appreciated the presentation of the Thread "a whole of hindu
rituals and why so"By madam sunkan. I down loaded the file
into my computer.In my view every Hindu or atleast every
educated person must know these things to enable himself/herself to explain to those who are interested to know about these things.
Namasthe Sd/Nischel

 

Shankasti Vrat

A big Hi to All of you.....

After a long hibernation, I wake up only to ask another question.....

This time it is about "Shankasti Vrat".

Can anyone give me the details, as to how to go about it... fom start to finish.

Thanks in advance.

Anita

 

Re: a whole set of hindu rituals and why so - sankasta vrata

This vow is taken by devotees on fourth day of second fortnight of every month. On this day devotees fast for whole day and break their fast after having darshan of moon and worshipping Lord Ganesh. This vow is observed strictly by devotees to get rid of problems in their life. On this day in the evening first of all bath is taken and Lord Ganesh is worshipped, offered 21 'Durvas', perform 'Aarti', show 'Naivedyam' and prayed for fulfilling the desires. Then moon is viewed, by the devotee

 

rules regarding tharpanam

rules regarding tharpanam

The regular tharpanam, which is supposed to be done on all amavasyas. Four Month beginnings viz mesha, karkidaga, thula and makara and eclipses. Our ancient scripts advise us to perform tharpanam on 96 days in a year but this is not being done nowadays.
There are several rules regarding tharpanam though many of them are not being followed by most of the people.
On the day of Tharpanam, till tharpanam is completed we are not supposed to drink/eat anything.
on the day of tharpanam, the daily rituals like Sandhya vandhana have to be first performed. Then before tharpanam one more bath has to be taken.
Wet cloth should not be worn during tharpanam nor is it right to wear cloth which was washed a day before and dried. The cloth has to be made wet the same day and dried. Pure white silk cloth can also be worn, but wearing this silk cloth you should not have eaten any food. If wet cloth is not dry, it should be seven times shaken dry in wind before wearing it
Except the tharpanam during eclipse all other tharpanams are to be done after <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:time Hour="12" Minute="0" w:st="on">12 noon</st1:time>. Considering the difficulty, our lawgivers have agreed that it can be done after <st1:time Hour="8" Minute="30" w:st="on">8.30 AM</st1:time>.
As mentioned earlier nothing should be eaten or drunk before performance of Tharpanam
Oblations should be done with hand full of water and not drops or spoon full of water.
The water should be poured out using the space between the thumb and the four fingers
every time a pinch of black till (Gingili) has to be taken. Care should be taken not to take it using the thumb and the index finger. (Joining Index finger with Thumb is considered as Rakshasa Mudra or the sign of demons)
Pithru tharpanam should always be done with poonal hanging from the right shoulder to the left side of the body. 10). The pavithram for pithru tharpanam should be made out of three durbha and the koorcham should be made of 5 or 3 durbham leaves.
We should preferably sit on seat made of durbha (durbhasanam) while doing tharpanam and in its absence put few durbhas on the place we are going to sit,
Silver vessels are prescribed for used during tharpanam. If not available copper vessels can be used. Under no circumstance should steel or other metal vessels are to be used.
Tharpanam should be done facing east or south. It is believed that it either should be done in our homes or in public holy places like shore of the river, sea active you happen to do it in the place belonging to some one else. We are supposed to compensate the owner of the property.
If Amavasya and the first of the month in which tharpanam has to be performed comes on the same day, then tharpanam for the sankramanam (first of the month) should be done.

 

Re: Realisation Of God

Dear Sunkan,

Great post... I agree with ur lines - "Bhakti, Karma, Jnana are just means to the same end. Each charts out for us a route towards God."

In real life situations, instead of realising the GOD... we hold on to the means.... Forget to realise or reach the end....

Veda