Guest guest Posted October 20, 1995 Report Share Posted October 20, 1995 there has bee a lot of discussion about he improtance of Vishnu over Shiva. I was brought up in a Srivaishanvite family. Our forefathers worked in Tirupathy, one of them composed the Suprabhatham for Venkateshwara and also severl deities in the divya-sketras. Anyway, when we woke up in the morning we rubbed our palms and looked into it and uttered the morning sloka : Kara-gray Vasathe Lakshmi! Kara-madhye Saraswathi ! Kara-moo-lay sthi-the Gowri ! Prabhath-ay Kar-dharsanam. The three goddesses ar the consorts to the tri-moorthys. One probably prayed for wealth, knowledge and health. Then a shower ( muttering river names ) and after anointing oneself, we bowed dow to our home idols and shaligrams. Dad did aradhana and we learnt some of the slokas. Friday was a prayer night and we read the Shasranama and visted Parthasarathy Koil. I suppose this did not include SriBhasyam, but the concern for differtiating the moorthys never arose. So I do wonder why we have to raise the issue. I do hope Mani posts the main lectures of Ramanuja. Till now we have learnt his rebellion against castes, but that was known by all Vaishanvites, who mostly ignored it. So did the historians who felt Ghandhi was the first to point it out. Krish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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