srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha srImadh varavara munayE namaha Dear Sri Srinivasa Raghavan swamy, I would try to answer your question to my knowledge. The left out questions mean, I do not know the answer. 1. Upto entering the temple, paying obeisance near the dwajasthambam and praying to garudAzhwAr is okay. To my knowledge I haven't heard about going to Gajananar mandatorily. As Sri garudAzhwAr is standing opposite perumAL, signifying that the vEdAs will always be looking at the perumAL, we should not stand in between perumAL and garudAzhwAr and also after paying obeisance to the vEda swaroopi, we should go towards thAyAr sannidhi first. This is what I heard of. Interestingly, in ThiruvallikkENi, there is a Gajananar in entrance and I have noticed, not a single Sri Vaishnvaite going to him after praying to Sri GarudAzhwAr. 2. The Gajananar whom we see in Sri Vaishnavite temples are not the Son of Siva, but the commander-in-chief of Sri ViswaksEna, who in turn is the commander-in-chief of emberumAn Himself. 4. This pAsuram talks about the bhAgavatApachAram. It should be noted that, the AzhwAr says, If one talks ill about His 'adiyAr', no matter even if that man is born in the Brahmin family, he will be treated as "pulayar" or untouchable. Here the word adiyAr carries a deeper meaning in that, the "adiyArs" are not just those who pray Sriman nArAyaNan, but are "maRandum puRam thozhA mAndhar". The mahAviswAsam that they have on Sriman nArAyaNan is unparalleled. 5. Yes, in the first two pAsuram that I had referred, the reference is to Jains and Buddhists. But please remember that this can be extended to anya dEvathAs also, as our poorvAchAryAs have equally chided the anya dEvatha worship. Unfortunately, the term Hinduism is now being interpreted as one religion by the westerners. Actually our poorvAchAryAs have classified, even the advaitha and dvaitha as different religions. Similarly Saivism is also considered as a separate religion only by our poorvAchAryAs. So we can conveniently tell that though the two pAsurams were for Jains and Buddhist, it is applicable to other Vedic religions too. However, the third pAsuram, beyond any doubt, clarifies our question of justifying anya dEvathA worship as a long followed family tradition. 6. The answer for first portion is correct. I do not know dEsika prabhandam and hence I do not want to comment on it. However, coming to the first part, the question itself is the answer. Yes, Thirumazhisai AzhwAr did follow all other religion and came back to our fold. Why? He was completely convinced beyond any doubts that Sriman nArAyaNan is the parathatvAm and hence He can give every thing that we need. 7. This question has to be viewed with correct mindset. If memebers will pArdon me, I would like to ask a very rough looking question! This is like a kanyA sthree asking (having known, I repeat, having known, it is wrong to do) 'can I go to anybody until I get married. I will become a true wife after I get married'. Any answer to this? Dear members, I would like to convey here, that though I have asked a rough question in 7 above, my intention is never to hurt anybody. I was only trying to bring out the logic in it. So if you feel, you are hurt by this question, I beg you all to pardon me kindly. AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh Thondar Uhakkum Nin Thunai Adi Vaazhi Can I be enlightened on the following 1. As we enter our temples, after paying obeisance at Dwajasthambam, we worship Garuthman and go to Gajanar (equivalent of Pilliayar). Is it OK ? 2. What is the role of Gajanar in our temples 3. Is it true that on Vinayaka Chathurthi day, kozhukattai is being offered to the Gajanar in Sri Ranga Vimanam ? 4. In Thirumaalai, I want our friends to elucidate on pasuram "Saadhi Andhanarhalelum, numarhalai pazhipparahil..." 5. In the pasurams mentioned by Shri Venkatesh swami, the reference is to Buddha, Samana, i.e. other Religions. It is correct ? 6. Thirumizhisai piran was in our faith and then switched over to other faiths before coming back to our fold. Thereby he established the supremacy of our faith. correct ? Swami Desikan's pasuram "Thai Magathi varum.......Matrai samayangal pala therindhu" 7. For a person who has not had a Bharanyasam (only of course Samasrayam), can he continue his own way till he comes forward for Baranyasa. It is only with a view to generating interest in the topic and ensure that the message percolates down to the last srivaishnavan, I am raising them. Please forgive me if I am wrong. 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