Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Dear Shri Balagopalji, Om Namo Narayanaya I am not very sure but i think 'chandanam' is pure sandalwood with nothing else added to it except water and the colour is creamy yellow, but in 'Kalabham' a bit of saffron too is mixed along with the chandan paste and water and it has a light yellow red hue. humbly, Jayashree balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpalguruvayur To: gvr <guruvayur >[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] doubtTue, 13 Mar 2007 11:10:13 +0000 (GMT) HARI AUMWhat exactly is the difference between 'chandanam' and'kalabham'though both originate from sandalwood?Recently I received them from our Guruvayur temple andfound them materially very different. RegardsBalagopalNARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA________ India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something newhttp://in.answers./ Spice up your IM conversations. New, colorful and animated emoticons. Get chatting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Radhe Krishna! So far as my memory goes, Chandanam is pure paste of Sandalwood, used in "Chandana-kappu" of the Lord, i.e., used to cover Unnikrishnan's form, whereas Kalabham is the liquidised paste containing five unguents, used to perform Abhishekam. The five unguents are, saffron, sandal, musk, frankincense and Gorochana. The prasada chandanam we get normally at the Guruvayoor temple does not carry the smell of the other ingredients, but smells of only sandalwood. This may be confirmed. Probably the Guruvayoor temple website can be referred to. (?) Regards KVG. jayashree menon wrote: Dear Shri Balagopalji, Om Namo Narayanaya I am not very sure but i think 'chandanam' is pure sandalwood with nothing else added to it except water and the colour is creamy yellow, but in 'Kalabham' a bit of saffron too is mixed along with the chandan paste and water and it has a light yellow red hue. humbly, Jayashree balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal (AT) (DOT) co.in> guruvayur gvr <guruvayur > [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] doubt Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:10:13 +0000 (GMT) HARI AUM What exactly is the difference between 'chandanam' and 'kalabham'though both originate from sandalwood? Recently I received them from our Guruvayur temple and found them materially very different. Regards Balagopal NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA ________ India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers./ Spice up your IM conversations. New, colorful and animated emoticons. Get chatting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 HARI AUM If any of our members are going to Bhagavan's temple shortly, they may check it out and post the information. This way we can know how kalabham is prepared for our Bhagavan. Regards Balagopal NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA --- " K.V Gopalakrishna " <gopalakrishna.kv wrote: Radhe Krishna! So far as my memory goes, Chandanam is pure paste of Sandalwood, usedin " Chandana-kappu " of the Lord, i.e., used to cover Unnikrishnan'sform, whereas Kalabham is the liquidised paste containing fiveunguents, used to perform Abhishekam. The five unguents are, saffron,sandal, musk, frankincense and Gorochana. The prasada chandanam weget normally at the Guruvayoor temple does not carry the smell of theother ingredients, but smells of only sandalwood. This may beconfirmed. Probably the Guruvayoor temple website can be referred to.(?) Regards KVG. jayashree menon wrote: Dear Shri Balagopalji, Om Namo Narayanaya I am not very sure but i think 'chandanam' is pure sandalwood withnothing else added to it except water and the colour is creamyyellow, but in 'Kalabham' a bit of saffron too is mixed along with thechandan paste and water and it has a light yellow red hue. humbly, Jayashree balagopal ramakrishnan<rbalpal guruvayur gvr <guruvayur > [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] doubt Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:10:13 +0000 (GMT) HARI AUM What exactly is the difference between 'chandanam' and 'kalabham'though both originate from sandalwood? Recently I received them from our Guruvayur temple and found them materially very different. Regards Balagopal NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA ________ India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers./ Spice up your IM conversations. New, colorful and animatedemoticons. Get chatting! ________ India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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