Dear SrI Raghavan :
Thanks for your questions .
I have provided some answers and am
inviting others to shed additional light
The application of Paccha Karpooram
is not sanctioned by VaikAnasa
Aagamam.
Yelam , Lavangam , Karpporam are recommended
for Thirumanjana Theertham .
ThirumaNN made of Paccha Karpooram is
unique to Thirumala . DakshiNa Venkataachapathy
,
Sri Oppiliappan or Nadu Naattu
SrinivAsan
( Thiruvaheendhrapuram Devanathan ) or
SrinivAsa PerumAL of ANNan Koil do not wear
Paccha Karpoora ThirumaNN . They wear
standard
ThirumaNN and the eyes are not covered either
for the dhruva bhErams at these dhivya dEsams
.
The areas between the eyes is the location
of
Aj~naa chakram , which has a very
important role
in Yogic practises
.
One can only speculate that Paccha Karpooram
got into the picture at Thirumalaa from the time of
AnanthALvAn ,
the sishyar who volunteered to do pushpa Kaimkaryam
at Thirumala , his hitting the Lord with a crowbar
in
anger and the wound on the chin of the Lord , which
was treated
by the perturbed AnanthALvAn to heal the wound
.
He might have applied the Green Camphor paste
with KasthUri , Sandal paste to cool the forehead
of
the Lord , which might have been smarting
from
the wound created on the chin and the bleeding
that had to be stopped . It is an ancient
custom
unique to this dhivya dEsam , where the Lord
came to help the pregnant wife of AnanthALvAn
,
who was helping her husband in his task
(earth
moving ) to create
the flower garden forthe Lord .
Other devotees and students of the customs at
Thirumala are requested to shed some light
on
this Pacchai Karpoora dhAraNam at Thirumala
.
The coolness of the AakAsa Gangai
Theertham
is complemented by the heat extraction attributes
of
Paccha Karpooram , which has been used
in
medicine for a long time .
NamO SrI VenkatEsAya ,
V.Sadagopan
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