SrI: Dear Sriman Vythilingam : it is not proper to continue to worship a archA Vigraham ( Uthsavar or Moolavar ) if there is a damage is experienced due to willfulness or accident . Some times archakAs cause the damage due to carelessness or fear of the Ugra Nature of the Moorthy. In the case of Ugra kalai of the Moorthy , the ill-advised archaka takes a chistle and breaks a nail or finger and thus removes the power of the Moorthy . Although , he suffers , the saanidhyam ( presence ) is gone. Cases in point are : Narasimha Moorthys at ThirukkOshtiyUr , Sudarsana Bhaghavaan at KumbakONam ( a golden nail was hammered into the chin of that Moorthy to cause damage) , AkhilANDEswari at ThiruvAnaikkA , where Adhi Sankara prayed for the reduction of Ugra Kalai and placed a consecrated vigraham of Her son ( GaNapathy ) to reduce the ugram aspect . Another case is that of Ugra Narasimhar at Thiruvananthapuram temple , where archakAs fearing the ugra kalai of the Lord conspired to remove it by wilful damage of the nail and then restored the power . These days , Bhagavaan is "afraid " of the ugra kaalai of the temple servants and would like to run off ! There are cases like ThiruveLLUr , where the Moola Moorthy suffered a damage in the right elbow and appeared in the dream of Sri Ahobila Matam AchArya and complained about His pain . That worried AchArya inspected the hand/elbow and "repaired " the damage , reconsecrated the Moolavar for regular worship . One can pull out the powers of the ArchA Vigraham in BaalAlayam , repair the damges and then have a reinvocation of power ceremony . Same thing happened to Uthsavar Andal at Sri VilliputthUr ( Peetam got losse) and was fixed and reconsecrated . Aagamaas permit such steps in case of damages . In the case of Saaligrama shilAs alone , the Lord resides permanently even if some damage happens . Covering with a kavacham and going on as if nothing happened is not right . If you need any additional help in restoring the situation so that the Lord has Saanidhyam ( Divine presence ) , please consult with the PaancharAthra Aagama expert , Sri Seemaa Bhattar of South Maada St , Chinna Kaanchipuram . He is the heriditary archakar of Lord VaradarAja of Kaanchi. The other source for help is the PaancharAthraa aagamaa experts at Melkote Temple in KarnAtakA . V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jegajothy Vythilingam" <v_jothy@xxxxxxxxx> To: <SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 1:21 PM Subject: [SriRangaSri] How would one handle this? > I am confused and thus am seeking the views of the learned > ones who could quote the scriptures to back their views. > > The Problem: > If you know that the main Deity in a Temple has been > mutilated through no fault or wilfulness of anyone: > And on the advice of the Temple architect covered the > mutiliated foot with a kavasam; > And conducting temple services as usual as though nothing > happened. > > Now that I know that the Bagavata Gita says that we > should not worship an imperfect Deity; > > And if a Devotee is aware of all the above: Is he > doing the right thing by going to a different temple > to worship, even though from day one he had always been > going to the same former temple ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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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