Guest guest Posted June 13, 2000 Report Share Posted June 13, 2000 In a message dated 6/13/00 12:22:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bhakti-list writes: Sriman Mysore Srikanth wrote: << Due to continuous influence of kannadigas and their cultures, they celebrated vinayaka pooja as well as gaNapathi pooja, perhaps in their attempt to find oneness and hence stability in their state of domicile >> Couple of points: vinayaka and gaNapathi are same. gaNapathi is worshipped in other States of India, including Tamil Nadu (not by just Kannadigas). We have been Mysore Iyengars for several generations. My grand father's grand father (Sri Raghunatha Tatachar) moved to Mysore area (on Mysore Maharaja's support). Sri Raghunatha Tatachar's (RT) great grand daughters son is Sri Ranga Guru of Hedatale, the founder of Ashtanga yoga vignana mandira, which Sri Ranga priya swami is currently heading. Sri RT's great grandson's son is my father. We have never worshipped Vinayaka or gaNapathi. Growing up in Bangalore, where the Ganesha festival is quite common and nearly everyone celebrated, we never ever had Ganesha festival in our house. We are quite much assimilated in Karnataka. We used to visit friends and strangers house to view Ganesha but never celebrated the festival in any fashion in our house. So the two are not mutually necessary. Kannadigas (of old Mysore, the area we are used to) are among the most hospitable and accopmodating people. Perhaps would be insulted, if someone did something just to please them. People have lived for generations, without having to speak or learn Kannada, if they did not want to. However, as Mr Srikanth pointed out, we are more familiar with Kannada than Tamil. This is of our own choice and not forced on us. This is less likely in almosy any other part of India. Daasan, Koti Sreekrishna Tatachar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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