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Sri Krishnaya Namah!

Dear Bhavathas,

I was also given to understand that while SV have Srimannarayana as the 
Lord, Vishwaksena as Senapathy and Garuda kambam in temples, as per aagam 
shastras, for those who worship Shiva, Ganapathy is the Senapathy and they 
have Nandi kambam as per aagam shastram. I don't understand why this 
difference.

Infact Linga Puran (one of the tamasic puranas) written by Krishna 
Dwaipayana hails Shiva as Supreme. Do these tamasic & rajasic puranas are 
believalble or are just for entertainment sake that He has written these.

Sukumar

Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah!


-----Original Message-----
From:   manjusriram96 [SMTP:manjusriram96@xxxx]
Sent:   24/04/2003 12:54 AM
To:     ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        [ramanuja] Re: need clarification

--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nagraj" <g_nagraj@xxxx> wrote:
> Dear All
>
> Even i requried some clarification,Infact i have asked several time
> these question but none of them have replied.
> Do Iyengar worship lord Ganesha,But lot of them say no pl let me
> know what wrong in worshiping Lord ganesh/Vinayaka.
>
> Kindly do replay
>
> nagaraj

Respected Sri Nagaraj,
Sri vaishnavas don't worship to Ganesha. On the other hand many
Iyengars who don't follow Sri Ramanuja to the core, do worship to
Ganesha but they are not Sri vaishnavas. I am not highly educated in
this subject, but from what I have learnt in my readings and elders
is following.
We as Sri Vaishnavas follow Sriman Narayana. Vishwaksena is the
senapathi of Sriman Narayana, where as Ganesha is the senapathi of
Shiva. Therefore all our prayers start with praying to Sri
Vishwaksena. This does not mean as Sri Vaishnavas we don't have
respect for Ganesha, but we are not sure if he is a bhakta of Sriman
Narayana or not therefore we are not sure if your devotion should be
to him. This is the highlevel reason, I know.
Sri Velakudi Swami, or Varadhan mama (Mukundan's father) can
shed light in more detail what our Shastras, Vedam and prabandam
state. I request either of these qualified scholars to share the
reasoning in detail.

Sincerely,
Ramanuja Daasi
Manjula



azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam


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