Saligram

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Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrhmane Nama:

Srimate Ramanujaya Nama:

Srimate Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Nama:

Srimate Athivan Satakopa Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

Srimate Srivan Satakopa Sri Vedantadesika Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Dhivya Padhukasevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs

 

In all Sri vaishnavAs home, we do worship Lord Narayana in saligramam. I would

like to know

how to find the form of deity in saligramam. Some elders say it is

gopalakrishnan and others say

Nrsimhan depending on their findings. Is there any specific method to know the

exact form of

the deity in saligram. I request BaghavatAs to enlighten me in this regard.

 

Adiyen

K Balaji

 

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At 04:46 PM 11/21/00 +0530, you wrote:

>Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrhmane Nama:

>Srimate Ramanujaya Nama:

>Srimate Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Nama:

>Srimate Athivan Satakopa Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

>Srimate Srivan Satakopa Sri Vedantadesika Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

>Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Dhivya Padhukasevaka

>Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

>

>Dear BhakthAs

>

>In all Sri vaishnavAs home, we do worship Lord Narayana in saligramam.

I would like to know how to find the form of deity in saligramam.

Some elders say it is Gopalakrishnan and others say

>Nrsimhan depending on their findings. Is there any specific method

to know the exact form of the deity in saligram. I request BaghavatAs to

enlighten me in this regard.

>

>Adiyen

>K Balaji

 

Dear Sri Balaji :

 

The identification of SaaLagrAma Moorthy is a complex

subject for Experts. There are many forms of the Lord

associated with individual SaaLigramams . There is a

mnograph (may be out of print)on how to identify them

and which one are not to be acquired for house hold AarAdhanam.

 

SaaLagramam worship is easy to perform .

 

Usually , Sri VaishNavite households have their SaaLigramams

handed thru generations .At the time of Family celebrations ,

the elder blesses the next generation with the present of

a SaaLigrAmam . Lot of people today have SaaLigramams in

their poojA Grahams and do not know what Moortham they have.

 

Outstanding collection of SaaLigramams are at

MalOlan Sannidhi , which have been in AarAdhanam by

the revered Jeeyars of Ahobila matam for centuries.

Next time , You visit MalOlan Sannidhi , You can

have the darsanam of these SaaLagrAma Moorthams ,

Some of them are very rare forms like having

Sri Narasimhan on one side and Sri Sudarsanam

on the Other side.

 

At Kanchipuram VaradarAja perumAL Koil ,

you will have the opportunity to haev the darsanam

of many Sudarsana SaaLigraamams at Sudarsanar

Sannidhi.

 

You can acquire them at SaaLigrAmam , a dhivya

desam . It is not easily reached however by most of us.

 

Hopethis helps,

V.SatakOpan