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At 08:47 PM 5/27/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Pranams
>
>I request the bhagavathals to kindly tell me more
>about "bali peedam". Does this have any connection
>with "Mahabali"? I heard that perumal in srirangam
>is called dasa perumal and before namperumal
>purappadu, this perumal goes for bali. 
>
>pranams once again
>rajalakshmi


Dear SrImathi Rajalakshmi:

Bali Peetam has nothing to do with MahA Bali.

Yes, there is a PerumAL known as Selvar , who
goes around for supervising Bali (Offering of
cooked rice and curd) at the Bali Peetam and
other specific areas of the temple. There is 
a percussion instrument known as DavaNDai 
that is beaten to accompany Selvar on this procession. 
In GuruvAyUr , the SeevALI ( icon of Lord
GuruvAyUrappan on the temple elephant ) accomplishes
this function in addition to offering the darsanam 
to the devotees. 

At Bali Peetam , the offerings are made and 
the food is deposited in the Nirruddhi direction .
The offerings are to the deities that guard
the temple of the Lord . Bali Peetam is adjascent
to the Dhvajasthambham (Garuda Sthambham) in
the VishNu Temples.Some believe that the Bali is
offered to the divinities of the temple to counter
the negativities that many bring in to the temple.

For VaishNavAs, ShAshtAnga NamaskAram in front 
of the Bali Peetam must be done for two reasons:

1) Guru ParamparA vandhanam rites are
observed thru the ShAshtAnga NamaskAram
( Bali Peeta sameepE thu namEth Guru paramparAm).
Guru ParamparA( all the way from the Lord 
to the current AchAryan ) dhyAnam is vital
for all of us inview of the MahOpakAram
that the AchAryans bless us with . Therefore , 
such a Vandhanam at Bali Peetam is an act of 
immensely grateful acknowledgement of
their help by us , which can never be repaid. 

2) ShaasthAnga NamaskAram at the Bali Peetam also
symbolizes the total and unconditional surrender of
the JeevAthma before the ParamAthmA . Prayer is made to
the ParamAthmA to remove all dhOshams of ahankAram 
and MamakAram before proceeding to have the darsanam 
of the Lord .

V.Sadagopan 








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