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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Posted through Grouply, the better way to access > your Yahoo > Groups like this one. Check out Grouply here. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs 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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