Dear Sri Vishnu and Sri Mohan : TTD has some absurd ideas , which are not backed up by GaaNapathyam , one of the six Mathams founded /supported by Adhi Sankara . The 16 (Shodasa ) Ganapathis are at the court yard of ThiruvArUr Thyagaraja Temple . Sri Mutthuswamy Dikshithar has composed many krithis on Ganapathy but none on "Lakshmi Ganapathy " . The Siddhaas and Taantrics have "Lakshmi Ganapathi" . The SiddhAs even have a tithi to worship this form of Ganapathi ( DhwAdasi) . Other Tantric forms of Ganapthi worshipped by GanEsa UpAsakars are Neela , Ucchishta, Raktha , Sakthi Ganapahti . There might be a mix up between Sakthi and Lakshmi . Some one cleverly combined Lakshmi for wealth and Ganaapthi for obstacle removal . Mudgala PurANam and Skandha PurANam list 32 and 56 forms of GaNapathy and Lakshmi GaNapathi is mentioned there . It should be " Lakshmi Daasa GaNapathi " Like " Guru Guha vanditha " Raamachandran . SrI MahA Ganapathy will be comfortable with this salutation for His aunt ( according to PurANams) . VaishNavAsa who have done Prapatthi at the sacred feet of Sriman NaarAyaNan and MahA Lakshmi will not engage in writing PiLLayAr Suzhi, ThOppukkaraNam , which are acts of reverence by GaNapathy BhakthAs and have no sanction in Aagamam or SaasthrAs . They recognize GaNapathi and respect Him as the writer of MahA BhAratham ( yEka Dantha GaNapathy) and recognize Him as the First son of Paarvathi ( ShyAma KrishNa Sodhari in Sri ShyAmA SaasthrigaL Tradition ) and Lord Sivan , who has performed SaraNAgathy to Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan as per Ahirbudhnya Samhaitha is trhe Father of GaNapathy . Things get complicated , Do n't they ? Let us not get into the complex motives of TTD and its administration as they reach out to produce revenue producing schemes for their own purposes , which will dismay Lord VenkatEsa . One thing fro sure , the TTD administration tries to meet the needs of all SEvArThis , many of whom are not necessarily Sri VaishNavAs or ParamaikAnthis . The Shodasa GaNapathy Krithis are lovely and some of them in rare raagAs : SvEtha Ganapathy: Raagam : Raaga ChooDAmaNi Ucchishta gaNapahty "RAAGAM : KAASI RAAMAKRIYa RAKTHA GANAPATHY: MOHANAM Sakthy GaNapathy : SankarAbharaNam Dear Members: Pursuing this topic any furhter would be counter productive . V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vishnu" <vsmvishnu@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:30 PM Subject: [Oppiliappan] Fwd: Re: My email to TTD > --- In ramanuja_society@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Vishnu" <vsmvishnu@...> > wrote: > > Dear Sriman Mohan, > > Only vested interests are trying to make it popular. > > Even according to non-Vaishnava schools of thought, Lakshmi is a > form of the universal mother Parvati. Hence identifying lakshmi with > Ganapati is unethical and abusive by any yardstick. > > The way TTD have printed it is rather ridiculous and humiliating. > They have written in sequence "Sriyai namah, Sri mahalakshmi > ganapataye namah, Sri lakshmi Venkateswarabhyam namah", thus > questioning the supremacy of sarvEsvara Lord Srivenkateswara and > anayArha Seshtavam or exclusive belonging of Mother Lakshmi to > Srimannarayana. > > This is how the official Thirumala temple panchangam which enlists > various festivals and thirunakshatrams is published, pooh-poohin at > the very fundamental traditions that are followed in the temple. > > adiyen ramanuja dasan > Vishnu > --- In ramanuja_society@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mohan <mohan0128@> wrote: >> >> The concept of "Lakshmi Ganapathy" has become popular of late, with >> virtually no justification at all within Vedic thought. Lakshmi > is said to >> be the embodiment Compassion of the Supreme Being, whose Love is >> Unconditional just as the love a mother has for a child. Such a > quality of >> Unconditional Love rests only with Supreme Being, Sriman Narayana, > and is >> not used to describe any other form of the Divine Mystery. I can > only >> compliment Sri Mahavishnu in taking a firm stand on this. >> >> adiyen >> Mohan >> >> > > --- End forwarded message --- > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hOt0.A/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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