Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Srimathe Ramanujaye Namaha Srimathe Ranga Ramanujaye Namaha Why Yellow and Red colours alone are used for Sricharanam and white for ThiruNamam. I suppose yellow being the colour of Sri: it is used. Any other reasons available . please clarify. Adiyen Srikrishna dasan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Red Srichoornam is used by both Vadakalai and Tenkalai Sampradayam. Yellow (manjal) is used only by people of Vadakalai sampradayam. I heard that Yellow (by vadakalai people) are to be used only if they had Baranyasam. Can any one tell me about this? Dasan Srinivasan Kannan.P ( Sr.Executive - Systems - HDC) wrote: >Srimathe Ramanujaye Namaha >Srimathe Ranga Ramanujaye Namaha > >Why Yellow and Red colours alone are used for Sricharanam and white for ThiruNamam. I suppose yellow being the colour of Sri: it is used. Any other reasons available . please clarify. > > >Adiyen >Srikrishna dasan > > > > >azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > > > Links > > > ramanuja/ > > > ramanuja > >Your > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Respected devotees, The significance of the colors of Thiruman and Sri:chu:rnam were explained to me as follows: To strive towards the Good and to serve and realize God, human beings need to experience and express Love. In order that this Love truly brings benefit to God's Universe, it must not be born not out of mere mundane desire; but, should be the Divine Love that naturally emerges from inner peace and knowledge. This peace is expressed in the white color of the Thiruman, which is placed in its unique shape as a symbol of our having found peace in surrendering to the Feet of the Lord through the Mediation of the A:cha:rya. Divine Love emerges from this Peace, just as the Sri:chu:rnam emerges from its place within the Sri:chu:rnam. Since the universal color of love is red, the Sri:chu:rnam is usually reddish in color. The color is created by mixing turmeric powder and other ingredients with calcium carbonate, which according to sa:stras, is the material required to purify the turmeric such that it can be applied to the body. All the lines of this unique and sublime symbol of SriVaishnavam are pointed upwards, indicating that Peace and Love should be ever-growing in our mind and heart. I have not been taught the reasons why the use of yellow Sri:chu:rnam has been adopted by many followers of the Vadakalai tradition. Perhaps others can shed further light on this. adiye:n Ra:ma:nuja da:san Mohan Srinivasan Narayanan wrote: >Sri: >Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: > >Red Srichoornam is used by both Vadakalai and Tenkalai Sampradayam. > Yellow (manjal) is used only by people of Vadakalai sampradayam. I >heard that Yellow (by vadakalai people) are to be used only if they had >Baranyasam. Can any one tell me about this? > >Dasan >Srinivasan > > > >Kannan.P ( Sr.Executive - Systems - HDC) wrote: > > > >>Srimathe Ramanujaye Namaha >>Srimathe Ranga Ramanujaye Namaha >> >>Why Yellow and Red colours alone are used for Sricharanam and white for ThiruNamam. I suppose yellow being the colour of Sri: it is used. Any other reasons available . please clarify. >> >> >>Adiyen >>Srikrishna dasan >> >> >> >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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