SRIMATE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA
According to agama shastras ,you can have shrines of parivara devatas of the
main deity.Shiva cannot be parivara devata of
Vishnu.Garuda,Vishvaksena,Dhanvantri,Chakratalvar,Hanuman are the parivara of
Vishnu.Similarly other deities have their own parivara devatas.Hence it is
totally against the agama shatras to have multiplex form of temples.It is a
sorry state.This is done please everybody at the cost of agama praamaniam.
dasan
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 Sudarshan K Madabushi wrote :
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> >> I think it's unlikely you'll find a "Vishnu-only" temple in
>the > UK (apart from ISKCON temples) - but I could be wrong.
>However, the > sizeable Sri Lankan Tamil community in many parts of
>London have > retained their Shaiva temple culture to a relatively
>high degree and > have constructed many 'south-indian' style temples,
>if you were > interested in seeing them for interest. Many have a
>sannidhi for > Lakshmi/Naaraayana as well.
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>Dear members,
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>This is a very interesting thread of discussion and I like your
>exchanges.
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>One of the odd things I have noticed about Hindu temples abroad is
>this: they are designed to accommodate and built to serve the
>sentiments of all denominations of Hindu religous society. Such
>design and architecture is no doubt well-intentioned but the results
>are sometimes a mixed bag.
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>I toured parts of USA East Coast last year. My host was kind enough
>to take me to a very beautiful temple in Maryland. It was called
>Shiva-Vishnu temple but inside I was surprised to see many more
>special "sannidhi-s" (shrines or sanctums) for a number of other
>deities in the Hindu pantheon -- Ganesha, Murugua, AmbAL, AyyappA,
>Venkateshwara, Krishna... I saw devotees come in throngs and each
>proceeded straight to that shrine he or she wanted to particularly
>worship. Thereafter he or she spent a few moments at other shrines
>before exiting. I couldn't help thinking it all vaguely resembled the
>modern and convenient "multi-cuisine cafeteria" concept applied to
>temple architecture i.e. you come shuffling in a long queue with a
>plate in hand, go slowly around the table and help yourself
>generously to the dish you particularly like, and just a little bit
>of everthing else in the spread.
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>Don't get me wrong. It's not that I want to be critical of "Shiva-
>Vishnu" temples, I hasten to add. Who knows, perhaps the "Agama
>sAstras" themselves do, in fact, permit such "cafeteria" design of
>temples. But I must say this: I cannot help sometimes wondering if
>the presence of more than one Deity within a temple-precinct does not
>go against the essentially monotheistic grain of Hindu religious
>thought and practice. My own personal experience is that when I am in
>the presence of the main Deity inside a temple I'd rather fully
>concentrate on worshipping that one Divine Entity alone. But instead,
>I often find that, at the back of my mind somewhere, I'm being
>distracted by the anxious thought of having to rush for "darshan" to
>the "next crowded counter" -- viz. other satellite shrines
>or "sannidhi-s". The result is that a temple visit, far from
>affording one an opportunity for experiencing a certain sense of
>abiding One-ness with God, leaves the devotee with a strange feeling,
>instead, he's just concluded a long and hectic series of business
>appointments.
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>Let me confess to one more thing. I always come away from a temple
>feeling a little guilty and disappointed if, after I've had "darshan"
>of the main Deity first, for some reason or other, I've been unable
>to offer worship at subsidiary "sannidhi-s". I've never relished such
>a feeling. It has always robbed the first experience a little of its
>joy.
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>An exclusively Vishnu temple (with His other divine forms serving
>perhaps as smaller satellite "sannidhi-s") seems to me OK. An
>exclusive Shiva temple too seems OK. An exclusive Devi or AmbAl
>temple is OK too. But a "Shiva-Vishnu temple", and many of similarly
>newly-built, multi-themed, composite "designer temples" (in India and
>abroad we come across these days) -- they all seem to me to be
>somehow straying far from the central monotheism of that very Faith
>they are actually meant to reflect and enshrine.
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>What do members think? I'd like to hear your learned comments.
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>respectfully,
>dAsan,
>Sudarshan
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