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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.
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> 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.
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>  Now that I know that the Bagavata Gita says that we
>  should not worship an imperfect Deity;
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>  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 ?
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