Dear Sri Vaishnava:
I will resopond to your question to start
the discussions . Others are requested to
add their inputs .
V.Sadagopan
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From: "chitra_vidya" <chitra_vidya@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:47 AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] dear srivaishanava perunthagayeer!
> Dear Sri Vaishnava Perunthagaiyeer
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> Adiyen request you to clarify the following doubts:
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> 1. Why Sri Vaishnavas shall not eat Onion and Drumstick? Is
> there any special reason behind this? After Samasrayanam I have
> stopped taking food cooked outside i.e. hotels and in abrahmanas
> houses, if in vaishnavite houses no onions and drumstick. But I
> have been mocked for sudden change in my food habits.. please clarify
Sri Vaishnavas seek a Saathvic life . Food ingredients take
an active part in this scheme of maintaining that Saathvic
status . Saathvic food helps to develop Satthva GuNam .
Onion , Garlic , Drum stick etc have been included in the list of
vegetables as unacceptable by our ancestors , who lived long
disease free lives . Most of our AchAryAs lived over
the Veda PrAyam of 100 years thru such regulated lives .
Swamy Desikan's aahara Niyamam is the best text
on Nishiddha annams ( not trecommended foods ) .
It was written in 13th century . It still holds good.
> 2. if a lady is under her menstrual circle - she is not
> allowed to enter inside the house for 3 days and perform day to day
> work for 3 days. But now-a-days ladies after taking bath, do all
> work including cooking - but hide the Perumal Sannadhi with screen at
> their houses!! Is it good? In our houses, we follow the old
> practices which was followed from our paatti kalam.
It is good that you are following the old customs although
it is becoming difficult in modern day city-based , apartment
style living with both spouses going to work . In the old time ,
there were seperate rooms in the section of the houses and
support system were available to provide meals etc . This is
increasingly diffiuclt these days .
The best compromise is for the ladies to stay away from the room ,
where pooja graham is and let the husband of the house or male
members take care of nivEdhanam etc . dhyAnam and mental worship
is fine during this time .
> 3. Recently I had the bagyam of doing Srivari service at
> Thirumalai. One of the duty is adoring the baghavathas with
> Thirunamam kappu. But the Thirunama kalavai (white) provided to us
> was prepared with Plaster of paris and Srisurnam was with local red
> powder .. it made me sad .. but I could not help.
I am not too familiar with the above service . Why can not BhagavathAs
adorn their own ThirumaNN Kaappu ? The ingredients that you refer to
are harmful to place for extended periods on the forehead .
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> We get thiruman - sri surnam from the shops at Sri Rangam Koil.
> Please let me know how is thiruman made up of - what is the material
> used for the real thiruman - we - sri vaishnavites use?
Thirumannn is a sacred clay , white clay from specific places
like Melkote in Karnataka , the best among . Clay is a comples silicate
mineral . Geologists and mineral engineering people can
throw more light .
I am sure that it can be synthesized . The powdered version
available in stores is brighter and I have an intution that it
is synthetic .
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> If adiyen know, adiyen can procure pure Thiruman and take along
> with me for distribution when adiyen go for service during this
> month end.
Depending on where you are living , you can get ThirumaNN
at the shops near ParthasArathy Temple at Triplicane ,
Melkote , Srivilliputthur et al.
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> Hope adiyen's ques would be clarified suitably.
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> Thanks a lot in advance.
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> Adiyen ramanuja dasan
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