---Garudan is the embodiment of Vedhas. His wings represent each Vedha. His breath is full of Vedhic sounds. His sound is Pranavakaram. So when Garudan carries Sriman Narayana on his shoulders, he delares to the world that the Sriman Narayana is the Supreme Deity; in other words, the Vedha Purushan declares that the Supreme Deity is none other than Sriman Narayanan. That is why, Garuda Sevai in the temples is considered important. This is the explanation given by PBA Swamy. Incidentally, have we ever come across any vahanam of any other deity possessing even rudimentary knowledge of Vedhas? Dasan, Madhavan In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dr. Sadagopan" <yennappan@...> wrote: > > SrI: > > Daer Sangeetha : > Garudan is found in the standing position with folded hands or in Kneeling position or with folded > hands or in flying position with the Lord on His back . He carries the Lord's sacred feet in His > palms during Garuda Sevai to reveal those feet as our sole protection . Four forms of Garuda > are seated on the walls of the temples like Taarkshyaa et al .They are for the protection of the Lord's temple . > Some times Garudan will have 2 hands and other times , He will have four hands ( two carrying VishNu > lakshaNa of Disc and Conch) . Most of the times , He will be placed opposite the Lord and in rare cases , > He will be on the same peetam with the Lord (SrivilliputthUr , ThErazhunthUr) . > > Please refer to the e-books on Garudan in the Sundara Simham series ( Garuda DaNDakam) and > Ahobilavalli series ( Garuda PanchAsath) for more details on Garudan & His glories . > > V.Sadagopan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sangeetha Santhanagopal > To: Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 1:22 AM > Subject: [Oppiliappan] Garudan > > > Greetings all, > > What are the different postures of Garudan that we can find? Is there any significance for each posture? > > Regards, > Sangeetha > > > > > > > Posted through Grouply, the better way to access your Yahoo Groups like this one. Check out Grouply here. > Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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