Dear Sri Narayanan Swamy, Just an observation -- > Vinaya worship was no where part of original Hindu worship. MaitrayaNiya samhita of Krishna yajurveda has mantras addressed to "elephant faced deva". Danti gayatri appears in Taittiriya Aranyaka X (in both Andra & Dravida recensions). Ashwalayana parisesha sutras affiliated with Rg veda contains a procedure for worshipping gaNesha. Atharva veda parishishta describes a rite for pacifying the vinAyakas. Ganapathi atharvashiras is used in conjunction with it (though I tend to treat it as post-vedic compilation). Coming to our own pAncharatra agamas, jayakhya & sanatkumara samhitas detail the worship of gaNesha with mula mantra ( with yantra too I believe) among other deities. It also gives details on installing murti of gaNesha in a vishnu shrine (a practice which died out and installing murtis of Azhwars & Acharyas appeared). I haven't looked at other agamas. So the statement that gaNapati worship is not part of Hinduism cannot be true. > On the other hand, Vinayaka worship came in to South only after Chalykya > empire was burnt down by Narasimha Varma Pallava. > One of the 63 Nayanmars, called as 'Siru Thondar' (one the cheiftains of > Palllava) saw a 'Ganesha' idol in Vatapi admist fire and destruction. I've heard this popular myth. Can you point to the source? Regards, Kasturi Rangan .K ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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