The Significance of Pradakshinam.

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  1. Apr 12, 2007 #11
    Chitvish

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    Dear Vijee,
    An occasional F B from you in this column does make me happy !:wink:
    More than north, you should avoid south. All the other 3 directions are O k.
    My new year write up is quite short !
    Love,
    Chithra.

     
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  2. Apr 12, 2007 #12
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    Dear Chithra,

    The article was too good. I make my sons aged 18 and 13 read them so that they will also understand the significance and value of our culture.

    Your contribution in my life through IL is making me a better person. :yes:
     
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  3. Apr 12, 2007 #13
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    Dear Chitra,
    Thankyou for the feedback.
    Please make the boys read all culture articles. They must know the answers for most of our " Why do we" !
    Love,
    Chithra.


     
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    hello

    a story i read long back
    no idea if it is true...
    a thief was caught
    tried and given a punishment
    ...............
    to go around the guruvaayur temple
    .........108 or more.....times
    and sure enough he did
    people were watching him
    and there came behind him
    a little boy
    following him in all the rounds..
    people tried to stop the little one..
    but he wouldnt..
    finally the little one said
    this thief
    is my baktha..
    whenever he stole anything
    he deposited half of it
    in the hundi in my temple
    so half the blame/punishment
    is surely mine...
    the great guruvaayurappan himself
    taking blame..

    perhaps this story is just to remember......
    although HE takes the blame for what u have done
    remember you are not only punishing yourself but the lord himself..

    sathya

    ingeyum mookkai nuzhaithuvitteno?
     
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  5. Apr 12, 2007 #15
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    அன்புள்ள ஸத்யா,
    உங்கள் வரவு நல்வரவாகுக !
    உங்கள் அழகிய மூக்கைப் பாந்தமாக நுழைத்ததை வரவேற்கிறேன்.
    எனக்கு அந்த குணம் இருக்கும்போது, மற்றவரைக் குறை கூற, எனக்கு, மூக்கே, மன்னிக்கவும், வாயே இல்லை !
    நீங்கள் எழுதியதை மிகவும் ரசித்தேன்.
    உங்கள் வருகையால், கௌரவிக்கப் பட்டதாக நினைக்கிறேன், அம்மணி !
    அன்புடன்,
    சித்ரா.
     
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  6. Apr 12, 2007 #16
    gayathriar

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    Thanks for bringing up pradakshinam as this week's topic which is very typical of Hindu culture.

    Many thanks for MahaPeriva's prescribed way of doing Pradakshinam. I am one of those that does a lightening speed Pradakshinam barring the last 'Adi Pradhakshinam'. I shall correct myself from the next time I do pradakshinam.

    Also thanks for the clarification - 'In case it is otherwise, always face north and only then do the namaskaram' - The main deity ParaShakthi amman in the temple we visit regularly faces east so we will have to do namaskaram facing north, with the diety in the left hand side.

    Interesting explanation on the clock-wise direction too. My grandma used to say that we should do everything in clockwise direction - like serving food, even filling the idli plates with batter ( the exception being twisting murukku, in which the anti-clockwise twist is supposed to yield aesthetically beautiful result!!! ).

    -Gayathri.
     
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    Dear Gayathri,
    Thankyou for the feedback.
    In some houses, swami padam is kept facing north. But we should do the namaskaram, facing east. Anyway, jusr remember, no south !
    Murukku anticlockwise is new to me !!
    Love,
    Chithra.
     
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    Thanks for the beautiful write up on the signifance of Pradakshinam.

    Everytime I read ur post, it is like a refresher and I always learn something new from it as well.

    Thanks !
     
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    Dear Radha,
    Thankyou for the feedback.
    You feel like learning something new because, I give you old wine in a new bottle. So the taste is very mature !
    Love,
    Chithra.

     
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  10. Apr 12, 2007 #20
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    Dear Chitra
    A couple of more thoughts on Namaskara
    Just as breaking a coconut in the temple symbolises destruction of our attachment to body and surrender of Soul to Him, Namaskara also implies surrender of our Soul or Athman to the Lord. The prostrate body in a Sashtang Namaskara symbolises the body sans life.
    It is called Sashtanga Namaskara because six limbes touch the ground during the Namaskara, viz. the feet, knees, stomach, chest, forehead, and arms.
    There is difference between the way a Saivite offers his Namaskara and the Vaishnavite. Ladies are not supposed to do Sashtanga Namaskara, though I dont know why. Can you throw some light on it?
    sri
     
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