Dear Sri. RangarajanAdiyen is not sure about the first question on the size. But w.r.t the number of saligramams that should be in a house here is the following detail:
1. One can have one saligramam for worship. Two and three saligramams are not allowed. If in case, someone has two saligramams, then one has to perform a regular aradhanam to one saligramam and one can do another aradhanam if he has time. Otherwise, for the other saligramam one has to peform thaligai hamsegithal. This is the similar case for three saligramams.
2. In the even nos, 4, 6, 8.....n where n is even, one can have that many number of saligramams. If one has 12 saligramams, then it is called a Kshetram.
3. Odd nos from 3,5,7,....n where n is odd is not allowed. In case, if somebody has say 5 saligramas, then one can perform one aradhanam for 4 saligramams at a time, and then for the other saligramam, another aradhanam has to be performed. This can be done till the numbers are synched to 6, or 8 etc.
This information is taken from Sri. U.Ve.Melpakkam Narasimhachariar's kelvi-bathil from Srinrusimha Priya and the present H.H. Srimath Poundarikapuram Andavan Swami's article in Perarulalan journal.
Regards Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan Lakshminarasimhan S. ---------------------------------------------------------- Srimathe Lakshminrusimha divya pAduka sevika srivan satakopa Sri Narayana Yathindra MahadesikAya Namaha ----------------------------------------------------------
From: "A.L.RANGARAJAN" <alrangarajan2001@xxxx>To: "Sadagopan" <sgopan@xxxx>,<v_raja_ram@xxxx>,"Madhavan Ramabhadran" <rammadhav@xxxx> CC: <oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<saranagathi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<Srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<desikasampradaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<Parakalamatham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<tiruvengadam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] Re: Fwd: essence of saligramam worship: Part I Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:36:26 +0530 SrI: Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha: Dear Bhagavathotamas, Adiyen would like to enlightened on the size of the Saligramam murthy to be worshipped in our grihas. Some say that saligrama murthams which are big insize should not be worshipped at home. Is it true? How to determine the size of saligrama murtham to be kept at home? How about the number of saligramamsto be kept? Is there any restriction / niyamam on that as well? with pranams, Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan Asuri Rangarajan ----- Original Message ----- From: Madhavan Ramabhadran <rammadhav@xxxx> To: Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxx>; <v_raja_ram@xxxx> Cc: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <saranagathi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <desikasampradaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Parakalamatham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Tiruvengadam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] Re: Fwd: essence of saligramam worship: Part I > > OM NAMO NARAYANAYA. > SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA. > > Dear Bhagavathas, > One can well understand the longing of a Devotee when he feels separated from Emberumaan. Our Acharyas, Azhwars and Bhagavathas have time and again taught us that EMBERMAAN IS EVER PRESENT - EVERY WHERE, especially in the heats of His Bhaktas.> Bhakta Prahalaada established that EMBERMAAN IS PRESENT everywhere and atall times beyond doubt. Such being the case, why then we should ever feel that we are separated from HIM. > THIRUVARANGATHU AMUDHANAAR has conclusively told in RAMANUJA NOOTRANTHADHI that : > " IRUPPIDAM VAIKUNTHAM VENKATAM > MAALIRUNJOLAI ENNUM PORUPPIDAM MAAYANUKKU ENBAR NALLOR > AVAI THANNODUM VANDHU IRUPPIDAM MAYAN RAMANSAN MANATHU > INDRU AVAN VANDHU IRUPPIDAM > ENDHAN ITHAYUTHULLE THANAKKU INBURAVE."> So long as one has the Blessings of the Lord and keeps chanting His Divya Namas OR keeps remembering HIS DIVYA ROOPAS , The LORD is always with usat all times and all places. There is no need to carry His Photo or anything physically with us as HE is Happily Enjoying residing in our Hearts. > Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan, > Kombur Vankeepuram Madhavan. > > Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxx> wrote:Dear SrI Raja Ram: > > I respect your longing to be near BhagavAn > in Saaligrama Roopam at work as well as at home. > > I will be posting few more articles on the subject. > HH PoundarIkapuram Andavan has written on ther vaibhavam > of SaaLagrama AarAdhanai in the PeraruLALan journal . > > SrIman Narasimhan of Bangalore has sent them to me . > > Those articles would be most interstign with > quotations from authentic sources. > > A direct answer to your question would be > to state that the asuddhi of the work environment > that one can not control from an AchAram point of view > would recommend against the travel of the Saaligraa Moortham > to work areas . One will be wearing shoes to work > and carrying the Sacred Moorthams with shoes on > while transporting yourself in public and > private vehicles is not also recommended. > > The best place is the box (Petti) in which the Moorthy > reside at home in PoojA room and perform aarAdhanam there > after bath and sandhyA vandhanam . > V.Sadagopan > > > > > > > > > >dear sri sadagopan, > > > >i apologze if the following question is inappropriate : is it okay to carry > saligramam on one self while going to work just as one would carry the > picture of the lord in one's purse ? > > > >yours humbly > > > >rajaram v. > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > A SMILE is worth the whole world and can make everyone your BEST FRIEND. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > > >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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