SrI: Dear SrIvaishnavas, SrI Venkat svami has said everything. aDiyEn would like to caution Srivaishnavas on getting genuine Salagrama Silas. 1. Please note that Salagrama Silas available within an approximately 25km circle around muktinath, which stretches from damodarkund on one side and upto jomsom and pokra (the accessible places) on the other side - are to be collected and worshipped. (based on pramanams) 2. Some commercial oriented people send Salagramas by 'courier' around the globe. And they 'demand' some amount for them... Strictly avoid them. 3. Silas looking like Salagramas are available in triveni region, badrinath and elsewhere (even in USA)... but we should not worship them as per Saastraas. 4. There are small-scale industries which make Silas looking like RARE Salagramas such as 'ratnagarbham', 'Lakshminrusimhan with vadanam' and many other easily available forms of the Lord. VERY DIFFICULT to differentiate them. 5. Silas with the prescribed form, name and colour should be acquired in dAnam and worshipped... (I've seen Silas with odd shapes and too many spirals etc...) 6. Normally we keep small size Salagramams (those which can fit within a closed palm) and those not 'karALam' (rough) for ArAdanam. 7. But genuine Salagramas... even if they are broken by nature/ or very small portion of it can be kept at home. Then what is the solution...? a) Nowadays it has become very easy to travel to Muktinath. Please go by trekking (walking along gandaki) from Jomsom and collect the Silas from the river bed. Else, in Muktinath request the bhattar to give you Silas in dAnam, which he does normally. (There are some methods to segregate normal Silas from Salagrama Silas after you've collected them) b) Please ensure to give Salagramams in dAnam to atleast 10 Srivaishnavas (who are longing to get one for everyday ArAdanam). aDiyEn had the bhAgyam to give in dAnam to 12 Srivaishnavas, who are doing Aradanam daily nowadays. (Please announce in the lists if you want to give Salagrams in danam & follow the procedure of giving them in danam) c) It may not be wrong if you give some cereals like rice or wheat to the villagers in Pokhra or Kagbeni region and get Salagramam from them... if you are unable to get Silas in the river bed. (although this method comes last, as there is an 'exchange' instead of dAnam ) c) Those who are not able to visit Muktinath, please approach those who just return from this divyadesam and get a Sila in dAnam d) Please show the Salagrama Silas to your Acharyan, get His blessing and start doing ArAdnam everyday with atmost bhakti and bhAvam. Please take a look at : http://www.pbase.com/svami/muktinathsalagramam (aDiyEn stands corrected, if anything mentioned here is not correct.. AND apologise for mentioning the sacred archa form of the Lord as 'SilA' here, as it has become necessary to differentiate Them from the duplicates.) dAsan Mukundan Singapore Posted by: "venkat kanumalla" <BLOCKED::mailto:sridhardikshit@xxxxxxxxx?Subject= Re: salagramam> sridhardikshit@xxxxxxxxx Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:13 am (PST) Hello, Authentic Saalagraamas are available only from the River Gandaki in Nepal. Please request any devotees going to Nepal, to get you some Saalagraamas. Generally, devotees following Sishtaachaaram and / or saampradaayic worship, will not buy Saalagraamas, but get them as daanam from other similar devotees. Well, in these days, where anything and everything is on sale, there are some shops in Madras ( Chennai ), near Sri Parthasaarathy Swamy Temple and also in Mylapore, selling Saalagraamas. By the way, traditionally, Saalagraama worship is only done by those who have Yajnoopaviitam and do Gaayatri Japam regularly during Tri-kaala sandhyaa-vandanam. Srimad Azhagiyasingar Thiruvadigale SaraNam, adiyen, Venkat Kanumalla ( of Sri Ranganatha Temple, New York ) sridevispb < <BLOCKED::mailto:sridevispb@xxxxxxxxx> sridevispb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Dear SriVaishnavas, I need a saligramam. Anybody know where and how i can get one in Hyderabad or chennai or anywhere in India?? Thanks for your reply. Sridevi Suresh PB. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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