Fwd: Re:reply to mail by shrikrishna akhilesh on 20 nov 2002

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vmkrishna26 <vmkrishna26 wrote:Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:31:21

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Re:reply to mail by shrikrishna akhilesh on 20 nov 2002

 

this is in reply to mail by shrikrishna akhilesh which says...

> I agree that one does not perform puja in the reclining position

> (logical). But... can't Sri Vishnu do this? I have actually had the

> privilege of visiting this Divya Desam (Thiruvanantapuram), and

remember

> the pose of the Lord and it's relation to the Siva Linga.

 

1) generally a temple exists for the deity who is being worshipped,

and not for the worshipper( it is equally applicable to any vishnu or

shiva temple).....so in this contest, the temple is a vishnu temple

and not a shiva temple. Hence your contention that vishnu is

worshipping siva doesn't arise at all.

 

2)The town is known as thiruvananthapuram, which also proves that it

is purely a vaisnava shrine.

 

3) in this shrine lord vishnu is in reclining posture with his hand

above siva linga...This implies that he is blessing the siva linga

and is not worshipping it.

 

The third point doesn't intend to offend anyone, but just present the

other side of the coin...

 

Rgds

Murali krishna

 

 

 

 

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