Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 Camp: Iskcon Pretoria, South Africa DaNDavats Dear All. Jaya Krishna-BalarAma! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sreela PrabhupAda. > In most ISKCON temples Krishna and Gaura Nitai are usually dressed in > salwar khameez, the Muslim trouser suit nowadays in human society almost > exclusively worn by women of the Indian subcontinent. There's no reason > that Krishna cannot be dressed in His natural preferred attire which > includes cloth wrapped like a dhoti. > > At least in ISKCON we should not dress male Deities in saris as we have no > precedent from Srila Prabhupada or our acaryas to do so. Srila Prabhupada told Partha Sarathi dasa in Johanesburg in 1975 (when He was serving as the pujari), that Gaura-Nitai should be dressed "in Bengal style" with dhotis. like Visnupriya and Saci mata would like to see Them. Not how the local seamstress would prefer to see Them. Gaura_nItai had Their lilas in Bengal, why dress Them as Punjabi's in salwar kammeez? Looks like a modern adjustment away from TRadition. Yours in the service of Krishna-BalarAma, Vaishnavadaasaanundaasaha, TridaNDi BhikSu, Bhakti Visrambha MAdhava Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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