Guest guest Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 SrI: Smt. Saranathan, Adding to your query, I would like to see if there are any sastric conditions that Silk MUST be used to adorn the Lord, or should be worn by all of us in funcitons/rituals. dasan, Kidambi Soundararajan. jayasartn <jayasree_saranathan wrote: SrI: If one goes into the genesis of koorai-p-pudavai, it gives another set of shocking revelations, as with silk vasthrams. It is infact kora-naattu-p-pudavai, obtained from a place called kora-naadu known for expert weavers. Initially only cotton was woven and worn during marriages, a practice that still continues with other South Indian communities, such as Malayalis, Telugus and Kannadigas. Most communities in tamil naadu still wear cotton saree only as muhoortha-p-pudavai. Only Brahmains have changed to pattu-p-pudavai. Perhaps the result of new found riches and status while working under the British. Writer "kalki's" old social novels bring out this desire for flaunting affluence. It depends on the two parties involved in marriage to discourage this practice of wearing silk. Another question is about how madisaar came into vogue and the taatparyam of methods of wearing it. This is similar to the taatparyam of pancha kachcham - the specific number of folds and prana-apana sandhi naabhi. Madisaar seems to be the reverse of the prana-apana sandhi and is about kundalalini. This makes me think that the regular 6 yards saree fulfils the rationale better. Wish someone throws more light on this. - Jayasree saranathan. ramanuja, Sreenivasan Ramanujam <sreenivasan wrote: > > > That is a good point. But somehow Adiyen feel that those silkworms have done more punyam than us since they adorn the supreme lord. > > Adiyen certainly feel that we should discourage our women folk from wearing pattu pudavai and if at all we buy then it should be used allways to adorn the lord. > > The biggest problem would be in our sampradayam kurappudavai needs to be replaced with a cotton pudavai if this has to be done. > > Dasan > > > asa gopalan <arulmari wrote: > Dear All., > > thanks for the link. as mani said the photos look > great > and good as said in 'Poliga, Poliga!!'. > > But, I cant help notice the Ummachis without any > vasthrams. It is 101 of any temple or aradhanam that > there should be some vasthrams on the > perumal/thayar/acharya even before prathistai. > > it is all about Bhavam in bhakthi. One need not be a > master of Agama sastra/vedas to know this. > > Of about 100 or so people present on the occasion, > tragic, it occured to no one to adorn some cloth on > them regardless before or after prathishtai. > > -Uppili > > Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Visit your group "ramanuja" on the web. ramanuja Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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