[A doubt on how to offer taLigai to perumal]

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Dear Shreemathee Kalyani Krishnamachari,

>A relative said that we should offer food only after making sure

>it is not hot for perumAL.

 

I have heard that the cooked-food-offerings that are made to

perumAL should be neither too hot nor too cold. I believe that

it is more of preethi (love) towards perumAL regarding this

offerings.

>"Avi umakku, amudu emakku"

 

I have not heard of this. But sounds interesting. When

food is offered to perumAL, He accepts the sUkshma amSam

of it.

>aDiyEn's mAmiyAr (late) had said that we

>should place the whole vengalappAnai in which we make

>cakkaraip pongal for pongal day when we offer food to

>perumAL.

 

Yes. All the food items must be placed in full and the

nivEdanam must be done. This is done during bhOjyAsanam.

(which is a part of Bhagavath ArAdhana kriyA). One more

point is that, not only during pongal day, but also

during all days, we have to use only non-ferrous vessels

(those vessels that are NOT having iron in it) to cook

the naivEdyams for Tiru-ArAdhanam. (Stainless steel

(ever-silver) must not be used).

>aDiyEn's aunt (who was very orthodox)

>used to take perumAL SALagrAmam to the kitchen and

>offer amudu there itself after she removed the vessels

>from the fire and placed on the side.

 

This is also done if the number of vessels are more and

transporting all of them to perumaL sannadhi is difficult.

Men who have undergone panchasamskAram can

do tirumanjanam, take Saligramam to places.

>Question is - should we take the whole vessel that is

>hot and offer it hot

 

Yes. all the food cooked is offered to bhagavAn. In fact,

I have seen paramaikAntis not accepting those food items which

where not offered to bhagavAn during ArAdhanam.

>Is there a difference between offering food to

>SALagrAmam and KrishNan(tavazhum KrishNan is what

>aDiyEn's mother offered and we have sALagrAmams

>also)?

 

SAlagrAma ArAdhanam is simple; but mUrthy ArAdhanam

is difficult and has lot of procedures involved in it.

For example no AvAhanam is done in SAlagrAma ArAdhanam

as Lord has nitya-sAnidyam in SAlagrAma. But in vigraha

ArAdhanam, elaborate AvAhanam has to be done. In case if the

vigraha has "pratishtA" as per Agama, then the kriyA becomes

very complicated. Lot of mudras are involved in bhagavath vigraha

ArAdhanam. In Salagrama ArAdhana, the number of mudras are

limited and the kriyA is also simple. Both these ArAdhanams can be

done only by men who have (underwent panchasamskAram) in mAntrika and

tAntrika-mAntrika methods. But women who underwent panchasamskAram

can do the ArAdhanam by offering food to bhagavAn, chanting dwayam, singing

divya-prabanda pAsurams, AchArya's stotras, preparing

flower/tulasi garlands etc. All are qualified to do bhagavath

ArAdhanam but the methods differ.

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI rAmAnuja dAsan.

 

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