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Respectful SwAmin, No denial of the Para one. Why not
we restrain ourselves to talk about other deities who
may be dear to others?
dAsan
Anbil SrInivAsan
--- madhavandoraiswamy <madhavandoraiswamy@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> ---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  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
> 



      
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