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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 . 
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> Adiyen ramanuja dasan
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