Guest guest Posted May 10, 1999 Report Share Posted May 10, 1999 SrI rAmachandra parabrahmaNE namah. Dear bhAgavatas, My humble obeisances to you all. A few days ago some members asked as to which TirumaNN (vadagalai/tenkalai) was older and what was the difference between red/yellow Sri chUrNam.I would like to write a few words in this regard. SrI anandALwAn recommends TirumaNN with a mUlam and a middle SrI chUrNa rEkhA, in his vEnkatAchalEtihAsa mAlA. He also takes note of other varieties of it.He quotes pramANas for both kinds of TirumaNN of our sampradAyam. Though an Urdhva puNdram with a middle line of red/yellow SrI chUrNam is recommended for a VaishNava as well as for the mUrti of Lord VishNu, anandALwAn says it is OK without middle line also (as in GaudIya VaishNavam?). My grandpas were of different kalais but both had a middle red line only. Also if we take VaikhAnasam as a reference, we can have four combinations i.e; Vadakalai/Tenkalai TirumaNN with middle red/yellow line. One of the TTD priests told me that it varies as per dESAchAram and vamSAchAram for them. So there is no reason for me to believe that Tenkalai TirumaNN is older than Vadakalai one or a VaishNava should have yellow SrI chUrNam only. SrI vEnkatESa charaNau SaraNam prapadyE dAsan V.Srimahavishnu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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