Guest guest Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 || Jai Sadguru Dutta || Dear learned members, Is there a mention of Shri Santoshi Mata and her puja kalpa in any of the classical texts?. I recently learnt that the devi is the daughter of Lord Ganapathy and that her worship became prevalant only after the release of the Hindi movie " Jai Santoshi Maa " in 1975. Is " Santhoshi Matha " , only a fictious deity or a tantric deity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Dear srinath, There is no basis for Santoshimata / Vaibhava Lakshmi / Ashta Lakshmi in classical texts. It is a recent trend introduced. Also, the vratas of these deities were of recent origin. Santoshimata vrata & Vaibhava Lakshmi vrata is becoming popular among andhraites also as these get spread in kitchen from household ladies chit-chat. regs, sriram , " Srinath Ram " <srinath_atreya wrote: > > || Jai Sadguru Dutta || > > Dear learned members, > > Is there a mention of Shri Santoshi Mata and her puja kalpa in any of the classical texts?. I recently learnt that the devi is the daughter of Lord Ganapathy and that her worship became prevalant only after the release of the Hindi movie " Jai Santoshi Maa " in 1975. Is " Santhoshi Matha " , only a fictious deity or a tantric deity? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Hi, can we ever have a fictitious deity? really, with so many variations, I believe that every deity gets absorbed in the hindu pantheon. Most temple sthala puranas are in the same vein as the story behind the Vaibhava Lakshmi Vratam, what I gather about these vratas are that they are some variation of the 16upachara puja, and if we assume that the principle God head is one then it all gets to Her what I would like to know is where is the basis for all the naivedhyams regards Vishwam ________________________________ sriram <sriram_sapthasathi Monday, May 4, 2009 2:13:05 AM Re: Shri Santhoshi Matha mantra, puja vidhi, kalpa etc Dear srinath, There is no basis for Santoshimata / Vaibhava Lakshmi / Ashta Lakshmi in classical texts. It is a recent trend introduced. Also, the vratas of these deities were of recent origin. Santoshimata vrata & Vaibhava Lakshmi vrata is becoming popular among andhraites also as these get spread in kitchen from household ladies chit-chat. regs, sriram @ .com, " Srinath Ram " <srinath_atreya@ ...> wrote: > > || Jai Sadguru Dutta || > > Dear learned members, > > Is there a mention of Shri Santoshi Mata and her puja kalpa in any of the classical texts?. I recently learnt that the devi is the daughter of Lord Ganapathy and that her worship became prevalant only after the release of the Hindi movie " Jai Santoshi Maa " in 1975. Is " Santhoshi Matha " , only a fictious deity or a tantric deity? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Dear vishwam, Necessity is the mother of invention. As the greed in human being increases, he invents *new gods* & *goddesses*. My grandfather never heard of santoshi mata / vaibhav lakshmi vratam etc. But now we hear a lot of them. Now my grandchildren would hear the puja kalpa of Mata Vijayeshwari Ashtottara / Sahasranama / Kalpa which eventually become *new gods*. Similarly X babas. It is high time we should introspect ourselves what is the purpose of invention of new gods / goddess. OK, for financial gains - Vaibhav Lakshmi is granted. But is not Kanakadhara Stotram enough which is a very potent sloka. Is not Satyanarayana Vratam enough which is a very potent vrata / puja which can be performed by all the castes. Infact, Satyanarayana Vratam (my personal experience as well as my gurunatha's) when performed on every pournami for 25 pournamis, can grant wonderful results. On the 25th pournami, a small udyapana is performed and annadana is done. Just see the result which is miraculous!! These *new gods* exploit our weaknesses especially gullible household ladies. with regs, sriram , vishwanthan Krishnamoorthy <krishvishy wrote: > > > Hi, > > can we ever have a fictitious deity? really, with so many variations, I believe that every deity gets absorbed in the hindu pantheon. > Most temple sthala puranas are in the same vein as the story behind the Vaibhava Lakshmi Vratam, > what I gather about these vratas are that they are some variation of the 16upachara puja, and if we assume that the principle God head is one then it all gets to Her > > what I would like to know is where is the basis for all the naivedhyams > > regards > Vishwam > > > > > > ________________________________ > sriram <sriram_sapthasathi > > Monday, May 4, 2009 2:13:05 AM > Re: Shri Santhoshi Matha mantra, puja vidhi, kalpa etc > > > > > > Dear srinath, > > There is no basis for Santoshimata / Vaibhava Lakshmi / Ashta Lakshmi in classical texts. It is a recent trend introduced. > > Also, the vratas of these deities were of recent origin. Santoshimata vrata & Vaibhava Lakshmi vrata is becoming popular among andhraites also as these get spread in kitchen from household ladies chit-chat. > > regs, > sriram > > @ .com, " Srinath Ram " <srinath_atreya@ ...> wrote: > > > > || Jai Sadguru Dutta || > > > > Dear learned members, > > > > Is there a mention of Shri Santoshi Mata and her puja kalpa in any of the classical texts?. I recently learnt that the devi is the daughter of Lord Ganapathy and that her worship became prevalant only after the release of the Hindi movie " Jai Santoshi Maa " in 1975. Is " Santhoshi Matha " , only a fictious deity or a tantric deity? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 I cannot remember this devata(santoshi)appearing anywhere in standard texts.Not even any mention as a parivara (i.e. attendant deity) devata of any major devata. I am willing to change my opinion if any standard text mentions it. But if you popularise it, it will probably become famous like shirdi sai baba or some other baba and you will see temples and stories like him being avatara of dattatreya and what not...But hey if this baba is dattAvatAra why not worship datta himself?? , " sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi wrote: > > Dear vishwam, > > Necessity is the mother of invention. > > As the greed in human being increases, he invents *new gods* & *goddesses*. > > My grandfather never heard of santoshi mata / vaibhav lakshmi vratam etc. But now we hear a lot of them. Now my grandchildren would hear the puja kalpa of Mata Vijayeshwari Ashtottara / Sahasranama / Kalpa which eventually become *new gods*. Similarly X babas. > > It is high time we should introspect ourselves what is the purpose of invention of new gods / goddess. > > OK, for financial gains - Vaibhav Lakshmi is granted. But is not Kanakadhara Stotram enough which is a very potent sloka. Is not Satyanarayana Vratam enough which is a very potent vrata / puja which can be performed by all the castes. Infact, Satyanarayana Vratam (my personal experience as well as my gurunatha's) when performed on every pournami for 25 pournamis, can grant wonderful results. On the 25th pournami, a small udyapana is performed and annadana is done. Just see the result which is miraculous!! > > These *new gods* exploit our weaknesses especially gullible household ladies. > > with regs, > sriram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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