VaikAnasa Aagamam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

There has been a pressing need for postings on

the VaikAnasa Aagamam. There is a lot of literature

on PaancharAthra Aagamam.

 

Many Famous temples follow VaikAnasa Aagamam

( Oppiliappan sannidhi, ThirukkOvalUr , ThiruvallikkENi,

Thirumalai et al). VaikAnasam is on the same level of

reverence as PaancharAthram according to our AchAryAs.

VaikAnasam is fascinating because of its unique

emphasis on some aspects of AarAdhanam and anushtAnam .

 

May I request the scholars on VaikAnasam to come forward

and address this information gap? Dr. Mutthu Bhattar of

VivEkAnandhA college, Mylapore , Knowledgable bhakthAs at

ThiruvallikkENi, Melkote (Sanskrit Academy ) , Kaanchi

MadhurAnthakam and Thiumalai are requested to share

their knowledge and point out the differences between

the two AagamAs.

 

We would also like to develop a full list of

the temples following PaancharAthra and VaikAnasa Aagamams

among the 108 Dhivya dEsams.

 

a Listing of the Source books on the two Aagamams would also

be useful. I will start this process.Ultimately , it would be

desirable to have a special web site on these two Aagamaas.

I need some volunteers to create this web site.

 

If a group of dedicated bhakthAs based in India could also

volunteer to contact the Temple archakAs and Aagama schools

and develop this information , it would be a systematic way

to acquire this valuable information . SriMan Krishnamachari of

Chicago , IL has already posted some welcome articles on

PaancharAthra in Bahkthi archives . Please refer to them.

 

I will start the process from here and post some basics

on the two Aagamams soon.

 

Let us join in this educational discovery journey

about our two Aagamams .

 

V.Sadagopan