RE: general queries

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QUESTION)

"vookalgarutman"

1) Why do we do kalyanam on sriramanavami, instead of celebrating birthday of

rama ?

 

ANS:

THERE ARE 2 REASONS FOR PERFORMING KALYANA UTSAVAM TO LORD SRI RAMA ON

SRI RAMA NAVAMI DAY.

A) THERE IS A SLO:KA IN A:GAMA SCRIPTURES SAYING "YASYA AVATHA:RA DIVASE: THASYA

KALYA:NA MA:CHARE:TH" ' kalya:na utsavam should be performed to those particular

incarnations on their birth days itself '. THE REASON FOR THIS IS, THAT THE VERY

PURPOSE OF INCARNATION ITSELF, TO DO GOOD TO THE WORLD. THAT GOOD CAN BE

ACHIEVED ONLY THROUGH HIS MERCY. GODDESS IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE MERCY

(DAYA:) OF GOD. SO WHEN HE COMES DOWN TO THE EARTH, IMMEDIATELY MERCY, THE

DIVINE MOTHER, ALSO SHOULD COME AND JOIN ALONG WITH HIM. THEN ONLY HE CAN START

HIS WORK. THOUGH, BOTH OF THEM ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER, YET, WE FEEL SATISFIED WHEN

WE SEE THEM BOTH JOINED TOGETHER. THAT JOINING FUNCTION ONLY IS CALLED

'KALYA:NO:TSAVAM'. IN SUPPORT OF THIS STATEMENT WE QUOTE AN INCIDENT FROM

SRIRAMAYANAM FROM AYO:DHYA KA:NDA. "WHEN SRI RAMA REFUSED TO TAKE SITA ALONG

WITH HIM TO THE FOREST, THEN SHE GAVE MANY ARGUMENTS AND AT THE END SHE

CONCLUDED SAYING "GACHHA RA:MA MAYA: SAHA" ' THUS O RA:MA!, GO TO THE FOREST

ALONG WITH ME ONLY'. THEN LORD RAMA ACCEPTS TO TAKE HER WITH HIM. This is the

reason why we perform kalya:nam and keep both of them together, on the day when

the avatha:ra maho:tsavam is done.

 

B) ESPECIALLY FOR SRIRAMA, PERFORMING THIS ON SRIRAMA NAVAMI, STARTED FROM

"BHADRACHALAM" ONLY. FOR THE PRA:NA PRATHISHTTA OF THAT TEMPLE WAS DONE ON

SRI:RA:MA NAVAMI DAY BY SRI RA:MADASJI, DURING HIS TIME. SO AUTOMATICALLY

KALYANAM WAS STARTED BEING DONE ON THE SRIRAMA NAVAMI DAY, WHICH LATER, BECAME

PRACTICE THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY OR AROUND THE WORLD.

 

IN ALMOST ALL THE TEMPLES, KALYANOTSAVAS ARE PERFORMED DURING THE BRAHMOTSAVAS

ONLY, LINKED WITH THE PRATHISHTTA DAY OF THAT PARTICULAR TEMPLE. IN OTHER WORDS,

BRAHMO:TSAVAM MEANS, BIRTH DAY CELEBRATIONS OF THAT PARTICULAR TEMPLE OR DIETY.

 

 

2) what is the significance of ADHIVAASAMS that we doto the vigrahams at the

time of pratishtha.

ANS:

ADHIVA:SAM, IS A PROCESS OF PURIFYING THE STONE OR METAL THAT IS BEING USED AS

VIGRAHA OR DIETY. KEEPING IN THE PADDY IS CALLED "DHA:NYA ADHIVASAM". KEEPING

IN THE WATER TANK OR RIVER IS CALLED "JALA ADHIVASAM". SOME PEOPLE MIX UP MILK

ETC, AND CALL IT "KSHEERA ADHIVASAM". A FEW DO IT SEPERATELY ALSO. KEEPING ON

THE BED ARRANGED IN A FEW LAYERS OF CERIALS ORGANIZED IN A PARTICULAR WAY IS

CALLED "SAYYA ADHIVASAM". SOME DO SOME OTHER ADHIVASAS ALSO. ALL THIS PROCESS IS

TO TEST THE STONE OR METAL STATUES TO QUALIFY THEM TO BECOME THE DIETY.

 

 

3) who revealed the saiva , sakti and gaanaapatya agamaas to the world

ANS:

THOSE PARTICULAR DEVATHAS ONLY ADVISED THEIR DEVOTEES TO DO THEIR PUJAS IN A

PARTICULAR PROCESS, BECAME AGAMAS OF THOSE PARTICULAR DEVATHAS. IT IS THE SAME

EVEN WITH LORD VISHNU ALSO. AND THAT BECAME 'VAISHNAVA AGAMA' MORE PARTICULARLY

"SRI PA:NCHA RA:THRA A:GAMA". But for vaikha:nasa system, it is the sage

'vikhanas' ordained his 4 disciples viz., atri, bhrugu, marichi & ka:syapa, to

do the worship of Lord Vishnu only, and then they in turn, wrote some books on

how to do the worship of Lord Vishnu. People started calling them as 'vaikhanasa

agama'.

 

 

4) is it not good idea to post the authentic significances of all the

festivals on our website.

ANS:

IT WILL BE WONDERFULL TO DO SO. WE WILL TRY TO DO THAT, ATLEAST FOR A FEW

IMPORTANT COMMON FESTIVALS.

=Chinnajeeyar=