Some questions regarding some of our customs ...

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Dear BhakthAs : Srimathi PraveeNA Anand is

right , when she says the prostration should be

done by us at the Dhvajasthambham .There are records of

AchArya RaamAnujA offering his DhaNdavath praNAmam at

the dhvaja sthambham of ThiruveLLarai PerumAl Koil

and then once again at Bali Peetam (before Garudan Sannidhi)

prior to entering PerumAL's garbha graham .

 

AdiyEn invites the comments of learned bhakthAs

about the location in a temple to do shAshtAnga

namaskaraNam , when one visits .

 

V.Sadagopan

 

> Srimathi Praveena Anand wrote:

>AdiyEn would just like to add the following point to this discussion.

>In the Varaha puranam it is mentioned that one should not

>prostrate in between the sanctum. There are several deities around

>the temple. When we prostrate in specific sannidhi's we might

>extend our feet towards the other deities. This leads to Bagavad

>apacharam and hence has to be certainly avoided. In fact this is one

>of the 32 Bagavad apacharams mentioned in Varaha puranam.

>

>Dvajhastambam is hence constructed with the view in mind that

>when we prostrate at the dvajhastambam we do not end up doing

>apacharam to other deities.

>

>Acharyan ThiruvadigalE saranam

>Praveena nAmni rAmAnuja dAsi