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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