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Dear Ram
Certain upanishads are said to be much older than the avatarams i.e after the matsya avatar which is considered first avatar. What is refferred to as a recital of prahalada is that Krishna, Vasudeva, Govinda and so on is one of the names of Lord Narayana. All the names of the protector are available from the creation. The names gained popularity as and when the avatars took place. Further We see the name of Goivinda. This became popular only after Thiruvengadamudayans darshan to devotees.
 
Let us take the celebration of Deepavali. Jokes go around in southern part of India especially Tamil Nadu that how could Lord Rama celeberate Deepavali if it is celeberated after Naragasura Vatham which is said to have happened in Lord Krishnas period. Actually the fact is that Deepavali was the worship of Godess Lakshmi and after the destruction of Naragasura the festival gained more and additional importance.
 
The evidences are found in Ramayana about Deepavali ( Reffered to as Diwali meaning festival of lights )
 
This is my interpretation and probably scholars like sadagopa swamy can enlighten us more with facts and quotes.
 
Adiyen ramanuja Dasan
 
Ranga

SOURIRAJA RAMADURAI <tkmangaidurai@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
dear saranagathi group members,
i am curious to know the following. in our house
tradition, we recite the following upasthana mantra
slokham towards the end of trikala sandhyavandhanam. i
think it is from prahlasda stotram. `namo brahmanya
devaya.....jagattidaya, krishnaya, govindaya nama:'.
my doubt is if it is from prahlada stotram, how can
krishna avatara be mentioned by prahlada, when the
krishna avataram is a much later one. i hope my
question is not silly or answerted already by swami
sadagopan in his numeropus expositions clarifying our
doubts. om namo narayanaya
ramadurai(of Tirukkannamangai)
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