Guest guest Posted February 4, 1999 Report Share Posted February 4, 1999 Dear Sir My reply was based on a research made after examining the position occupied by Sri Sita in the various Divyadesams and not on pictures by picture artists who may do whatever suits their imagination. It was noticed that invariably in almost all the DDs, the Piraatti is seen on the RIGHT side of Lord Rama. This, I believe, has nothing to do with which hand she holds the flower. There are however two exceptions: 1. In Pattaabhisheka Thirukkolam, Sage Vasishta placed her on the left side of the Lord. Only he will know why. If in any particular instance, she is found on the left side of the Lord, the presumption would be that it represents this Pattaabhisheka Thirukkolam. 2. Even in our marriages, we can notice that the Vadhoo is placed on the left of the Varan BEFORE Maangalya Dhaaranam. Once this is over, she is directed to occupy the RIGHT side of the husband. When Dhampatis do Pranaamams to elders, the lady is always required to be on the RIGHT side of the husband. I even mentioned that this has nothing to do with the saying "Pendaattikku Idam Kodukkak Koodaathu"- meaning "Do not give indulgence to the wife" 'Idam' also means Left side. On the other hand, it is a recognition of the fact that on marriage, the wife becomes (or should be) the RIGHT HAND person of the huband. Hope this helps. Dasoham Anbil Ramaswamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 1999 Report Share Posted February 4, 1999 > --------------- MESSAGE bhakti.v003.n254.8 --------------- > > Ramanbil > Fwd: rAmar sannidhi Agamam > Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:00:14 EST > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; > boundary="part0_918061214_boundary" > Ramanbil > Return-path: <Ramanbil > vcs > Re: rAmar sannidhi Agamam > Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:14:07 EST > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > Dear friend, > The very same question was raised before by Sri Vijay Srinivasan at the > time > of Prathishtai of Sri Rama Parivaram in Buffalo temple and I answered the > question. > > Except in the case of Pattabhisheka Kolam Sri Sita is always seen to be > on > the RIGHT side of Sri Rama. I do not recollect the exact date when this > was > answered but you may refer to Bhakti archives or better still contact Sri > Vijay Srinivasan himself. > Dasoham > Anbil Ramaswamy > > --Related to the question that was raised on this a few days back, the > priest at our temple here informs me that sItA pirATTi holds a lotus > flower in one of Her hands, and Lord rAma is always on the side of pirATTi > where She holds the flower. I have found this to be consistent with all > the pictures I have seen. I do not know the explanation for what decides > which hand the flower is held in. > -dAsan kr*shNamAcAryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 1999 Report Share Posted February 4, 1999 Dear Bhaktas, Sri. kr*shNamAcAryan wrote... > --Related to the question that was raised on this a few days back, the > priest at our temple here informs me that sItA pirATTi holds a lotus > flower in one of Her hands, and Lord rAma is always on the side of pirATTi > where She holds the flower. I have found this to be consistent with all > the pictures I have seen. I do not know the explanation for what decides > which hand the flower is held in. I think both Sri. kr*shNamAcAryan & Sri Anbil Swamy are RIGHT. Sri Sita Piratti holds the lotus flower in her left hand and is on the Right side of Sri.Rama. We (our family) are caretakers of Sri. Rama temple in Nellore, for the past 40+ years and the temple is believed to be in existence for over 80+ years. The Vighrahams date back to more than 100+ years and as Sri. kr*shNamAcAryan points out Sri. Sita Piratti holds a lotus flower in her left hand and is placed on the right side. I have also observed this in many other Sri Ramar sannidhis. Usually Thayar moolavar vigrahams, are such that, the left hand/palm points down to the Thiruvadi, and the right hand/palm in blessing posture, indicating surrender to me and I will take care. Period. -Regards Sriram Ranganathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 1999 Report Share Posted February 8, 1999 >Usually Thayar moolavar vigrahams, are such that, the left hand/palm >points >down to the Thiruvadi, and the right hand/palm >in blessing posture, indicating surrender to me and I will take care. >Period. >-Regards >Sriram Ranganathan Dear Bhakthi list members, This is my first mail to this group. I am just a reader of the postings. I just found this yesterday and felt like sharing it. When I visited the Malibu temple near LA, I found that in the Sri rAmar sannidhi at one of the corners of the temple, the Thayar vigraham had the left hand/palm pointing down to the ground, instead of the Thiruvadi (as the Thayar vigraham was placed to the left of Sri rAmar) and the right hand/palm in blessing posture. regards, Anantha Krishna ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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