Guest guest Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 ESTEEMED BHAGHAVATHAS, HOW WE GO ABOUT OFFERING WORSHIP TO HANUMAN? 1.AS A PARAMA BHAGHAVATHA 2.AS ANOTHER DEITY INVOKING HIS BLESSINGS FOR FULFILLMENT OF A DESIRE? KINDLY ENLIGHTEN. India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Dear Sri Arvind: You have written - "If you want you can offer him a garland of vadas. (Vadai Malai)" >From what I have heard in KaalakshEpams in India is that it is NOT a "VaDai maalai" but a "vaDam" of maalai of flowers and that this stems from the incident in which Sri Rama offered a "maalai" to Sri Sita asking her to gift it to anyone she deemed as deserving and Sri Sita gifted it to AnjanEya and that the practice of offering "vaDai" though popular in some local customs is NOT supported by any authority. Can you please cite any authentic pramaaNam for this as also for offering betel leaf maalai? Moderator ================================================================== > ESTEEMED BHAGHAVATHAS, > HOW WE GO ABOUT OFFERING WORSHIP TO HANUMAN? > 1.AS A PARAMA BHAGHAVATHA Read out or recite Hanuman Chalisa. and recite lots of prayers dedicated to Sri Ram. Remember, if you are a Ram bhakt Hanuman is pleased too! If you want you can offer him a garland of vadas. (Vadai Malai). and if you want something done .. try a garland of Betel leaf. ( Vettalai Malai). All these things go well with the culture and customs only! Nothing wrong in doing all this for hinduism is a way of life. Remember, the absolute truth is still very far away. Thanks Arvind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 SRIMATE RAMANUAJYA NAMAHA In Hanuman chalisa we come across a verse which states that "Aura devata chitta na dharayi ,Hanumat se hi sarva sukha karaihi" meaning I will not worship any other God & will get all the pleasures from Hanuman".This does not fit well into srivaishnava siddhantam.Hence is it right to recite Hanuman chalisaa? On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 Arvind Rangan wrote : > > >Dear Sri Arvind: >You have written - >"If you want you can offer him a garland of vadas. (Vadai Malai)" > > From what I have heard in KaalakshEpams in India is that it is NOT a "VaDai maalai" but a "vaDam" of maalai of flowers and that this stems from the incident in which Sri Rama offered a "maalai" to Sri Sita asking her to gift it to anyone she deemed as deserving and Sri Sita gifted it to AnjanEya and that the practice of offering "vaDai" though popular in some local customs is NOT supported by any authority. > >Can you please cite any authentic pramaaNam for this as also for offering betel leaf maalai? >Moderator >================================================================== > > > > > > ESTEEMED BHAGHAVATHAS, > > HOW WE GO ABOUT OFFERING WORSHIP TO HANUMAN? > > 1.AS A PARAMA BHAGHAVATHA > >Read out or recite Hanuman Chalisa. and recite lots of prayers dedicated >to Sri Ram. Remember, if you are a Ram bhakt Hanuman is pleased too! > > >If you want you can offer him a garland of vadas. (Vadai Malai). > >and if you want something done .. >try a garland of Betel leaf. ( Vettalai Malai). > >All these things go well with the culture and customs only! Nothing >wrong in doing all this for hinduism is a way of life. > >Remember, the absolute truth is still very far away. > > >Thanks >Arvind > Links > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Dear Bhagavathas, You all may be delighted to visit the web-site www.panchamukha.org Kind regards, narasimha dasan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 In on of HIS Tele-Upanyasam, Srimad Azahgiya Singar told that we should not pray Sri Anjaneya, if he is Installed Alone (like seperate Anjaneya Temple) He should be prayed only when he is seen along with Sri Sita Rama Ghosti. Pls. correct me if my understanding was wrong. Gopi - "Dr. V. NARASIMHAN" <shanaras "Vasan Sriranga Chari" <vasan_chari_hk; "Arvind Rangan" <arvind Cc: <> Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:02 PM Re: Re: ANJANEYA WORSHIP Dear Bhagavathas, You all may be delighted to visit the web-site www.panchamukha.org Kind regards, narasimha dasan Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Asmath Gurubhyo Namaha Shrimathey Ramanujaya Namaha Shrimathey Nigamantha Maha Deshikaya Namaha Respected Bhagavathas, It is indeed very interesting that Shrimad Azhagiya Shingar has made this observation. On the one hand, we have Swami Deshikan saying that we have to worship Hanuman as a Parama Bhagavata but at other places, like in Hanuman Chalisa itself, we see that Hanuman is considered to be the avatar of Shiva. We also see that Swami Deshikan has not composed any separate poem/stotra on Hanuman like he has done for Andal, Periya Thiruvadi or Sudarshanar. In the light of all this, in the Shrivaishnava tradition, it is clear that Hanuman should not be worshipped independently but only as a bhakta of Lord Rama or may be Lord Krishna. While going through one of my acharyan father's several hand-written notebooks, I remember to have seen a note made to the effect that the great scholar Shriman D.T.Tatachar was of the opinion that Hanuman should not be worshipped without the Dhivya Dhampathis Rama and Seetha. This is exactly what the varthamana Azhagiya Shingar has conveyed too. Therefore, my humble opinion is that while we can recite shlokas in praise of Hanuman from Shrimad Ramayanam, it may not be proper for us to recite shlokas like "buddhir balam..." Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan Gopinath Varadharajan <vgopinath wrote: In on of HIS Tele-Upanyasam, Srimad Azahgiya Singar told that we should not pray Sri Anjaneya, if he is Installed Alone (like seperate Anjaneya Temple) He should be prayed only when he is seen along with Sri Sita Rama Ghosti. Pls. correct me if my understanding was wrong. Gopi - "Dr. V. NARASIMHAN" <shanaras "Vasan Sriranga Chari" <vasan_chari_hk; "Arvind Rangan" <arvind Cc: <> Saturday, April 23, 2005 1:02 PM Re: Re: ANJANEYA WORSHIP Dear Bhagavathas, You all may be delighted to visit the web-site www.panchamukha.org Kind regards, narasimha dasan / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 I did not mean to open a can of worms. I just wrote what i have seen in most temples here in Delhi and similar such rituals taking place in various other cities and villages. Since i have been seeing these rituals since childhood, i assumed that it was the normal Anjaneya worship. As for someparts of hanuman chalisa clashing with our tradition... i only answered the question of offering prayer to Hanuman, and not to offend any of our traditions. I am extremely sorry, if i hurt anybody's feelings. Arvind Arvind Rangan wrote: > > Dear Sri Arvind: > You have written - > "If you want you can offer him a garland of vadas. (Vadai Malai)" > > >From what I have heard in KaalakshEpams in India is that it is NOT a > "VaDai maalai" but a "vaDam" of maalai of flowers and that this stems > from the incident in which Sri Rama offered a "maalai" to Sri Sita > asking her to gift it to anyone she deemed as deserving and Sri Sita > gifted it to AnjanEya and that the practice of offering "vaDai" though > popular in some local customs is NOT supported by any authority. > > Can you please cite any authentic pramaaNam for this as also for > offering betel leaf maalai? > Moderator > ================================================================== > > > > > > ESTEEMED BHAGHAVATHAS, > > HOW WE GO ABOUT OFFERING WORSHIP TO HANUMAN? > > 1.AS A PARAMA BHAGHAVATHA > > Read out or recite Hanuman Chalisa. and recite lots of prayers dedicated > to Sri Ram. Remember, if you are a Ram bhakt Hanuman is pleased too! > > > If you want you can offer him a garland of vadas. (Vadai Malai). > > and if you want something done .. > try a garland of Betel leaf. ( Vettalai Malai). > > All these things go well with the culture and customs only! Nothing > wrong in doing all this for hinduism is a way of life. > > Remember, the absolute truth is still very far away. > > > Thanks > Arvind > > > > > ------ > * Links* > > * > / > > * > > <?subject=Un> > > * Terms of > Service <>. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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