Guest guest Posted October 9, 2001 Report Share Posted October 9, 2001 Dear Arvind Raman, As a clarification to your querry abt Rama worshipping Lord Siva at Rameswaram, let me share my own knowledge abt this with other readers to the extent I am aware of & which I believe must be true to form a part of Valmiki Ramayanam. Immediately after vanquishing Ravana, Rama with his entire retine has retd to the mainland after crossing Lanka over the same varadhi constructed by the vanara sena before entering Lanka, Sri Rama & his consort Sitamai, in consultation possibly with the rishis present to erect a suitable memorial at the site & what best they could think of than doing the Pratishta of Loed Siva? Immediately Hanuman was summoned to procure a suitable linga all the way from Himalayas as described by the rishis & he flew of as fast as he could to fulfil his missdion. But unfortunately he was delayed in search of the reqd Linga & was a bit late in returning & in the meanwhile, the Muhurtham time was to expire when the rishis advised Sitamai to make out a linga with sand & go ahead with the pratishta at the appropriate muhurtham time. Soon after Hanuman arrived & he was rather disappointed & regretted for the delay. Sitamai, in order to please Hanuman has requested ri rama to go ahead with the pratishta of the Lingam brought by Hanuman which was duly done at another site. So whoevervisits Rameswaram they r supposed to have darshan of lord Siva's linga brought by Hanuman first & then enter the nmain temple to have darshan of the Linga ( supposed to be of sand made skilfully made by Sitamai) of Lord Siva. And in order to show to the future generations that there is absolutely no difference between him (Rama) & Siva, what name did he give to this? His own name viz., RAMESWAR. Rama always adore Siva & conversely Siva always adores Rama.This I could say, call it grandmother's tale or Mom's tales, is as far as I know abt this which makes me feel that this must be a part of the great Ramayana epic. I stand corrected by Sri Ramanuja Jeer Swamy for any errors inadvertantly commited by me in narrating this episode, Abburi balakrishna Rao ( Detroit, USA ) --- wrote: > Jai SrimanNarayana > ------ > > There are 3 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Clarification needed > "Aravind Raman" > <raman_aravind > 2. Azhwar/Acharya Vaibhavam > "Mohan Sagar" <msagar > 3. The power of the media - some thoughts > "L. Suresh Kumar-LSK" > <lskumar > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 1 > Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:50:12 +0530 > "Aravind Raman" <raman_aravind > Clarification needed > > Jai Sriman Narayana: > > adiyaen needs clarification on the Rameswaram > episode of Ramayana where > Lord Rama is supposed to have worshipped Shiva. Is > this part of Valmiki > Ramayana? Can HH Shri chinna jEyar swAmi throw some > light on this? > BhaktAs having knowledge on this subject can share > their views too. > > Jai Sriman Narayana: > > > adiyaen rAmAnuja dAsan > > aravind rAman > > > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 2 > Mon, 08 Oct 2001 10:48:04 -0600 > "Mohan Sagar" <msagar > Azhwar/Acharya Vaibhavam > > Respected bhaktas, > > On behalf of the International Ramanuja Society, > Vedics, and Denver > ISKCON, I am blessed to announce and extend this > invitation to > participate in the Azhwar/Acharya Vaibhavam > Conference and Vijaya Dasami > Utsavam, which is being held in Denver on October 27 > and 28 at Sri Radha > Govinda Temple in Denver. > > The theme of the event is to honor the first three > AzhwArs and several > of our revered AchAryans in light of their > connection to Bhagavad Sri > Ramanuja and his teachings. It is also markes the > first utsavam hosted > by the two educational and humanitarian > institutions, the International > Ramanuja Society and Vedics. > > Here is the current draft of the agenda: > > Saturday, October 27: > > 8:00 AM thiruvAradhanai > > 8:00 - 11:00 AM - thiruvArAdhanai (salagrama pooja): > > Chanting of: > > Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatam > Pancha Suktam > NityAnusandhanam > mudalAzhwAr pasurams > UpadEsa rattinmAlai > thiruvAymozhi nooRRandhAdi > selected verses from Swamy Desika Prabhandam and > selected dEsika > stOthrams > > 12:00 Prasadam > > 1:00 - 3:00 Acharya Vaibhavam > > Talks on the greatness of the lives and teachings of > our pUrvAchAryans > > 3:00 Sri Vishnu sahasranAmam > > Sunday, October 28: > > 8:00 - 9:30 thiruvAradhanai at the home of Madhuri > and Mohan > > 4:00 PM - Palenquin Procession for Sri Sita-Rama, > azhwArs and AchAryas > > chanting of: > > Pancha Suktam > Siriya Thirumadal > kaNNinuNsirutthAmbu > > 5:00 PM - thirumanjanam (abhishEkam) and alankAram > for Sri Sita-Rama > > 6:00 PM - bhajans and children's cultural program > > I request those of you who are interested in > attending to please confirm > > by sending an e-mail to the address shown below. > Please provide your > name, names of family members who will be attending > with you, and your > contact e-mail address and telephone number. Also > please provide flight > details if they are available, so that arrangements > can be made to > receive you at the airport. > > aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan > Mohan > on behalf of > the International Ramanuja Society, Vedics > and Sri Radha Govinda Temple > > e:-mail: > > > > > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 3 > Sun, 7 Oct 2001 00:45:50 -0400 > "L. Suresh Kumar-LSK" <lskumar > The power of the media - some thoughts > > Dear Friends > > This mail below is some food for your thoughts. > > We Hindus/Indians need to understand the power of > the media, > the public relations exercise, the need to spend > more time with > our kids right from young age, the need to be proud > of our > culture, traditions, languages, religion and more. > > (1) The foreign policy mistakes of USA > (2) The Israeli-Palestinian-Arab world conflict > -- these are all only the deeds of the recent times. > > What needs to be looked deep is, where and how, > do these terrorists of OBL and his network, > get their spiritual inspiration from ? > > Thank You > Suresh > > ================================================ > [ corrected for some spelling / typo errors - > it/8468 ] > > Rajiv Malhotra > Sat Oct 6, 2001 9:57 am > > probir raya > > did anyone watch the oprah show on Islam 101 > today - I just > caught the tail end of it. Can any organization > take a lead > and put together a package out of the past postings > in this group > and ask few questions/ points on Islam? E.g. > giving === message truncated === Make a great connection at Personals. http://personals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2001 Report Share Posted October 9, 2001 sri: Humble Pranams: Valimiki Ramayan: The only version of Ramayana cross checked and certified by Lord Sri Rama himself (Sung by Lava & Kusha to Lord Sri Rama and His acceptance) In Valmiki Ramayana (This incident is not there). We await HH Chinna Jeeyar Swami's comments on this regard. a:zhwa:r emberuma:na:r Jeeyar thiruvadigale: saranam adiye:n ra:ma:nuja da:san Mukundan Vankipuram Pattangi http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/products.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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