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ks_venkat • November 12, 2002 


 
 About anya devatas, is their worship forbidden in the Sri Vaishnava
 tradition? 

>>>> Exactly SrEVaishnaVas (infact those who claim to be VEdAnthins)
must not worship anya DevtAs.This is SAsthra Sidham.

However during any VaidEka KarmAs..... SrEvaishnava POrvAcharyas have
established that the manthrAs are directed towards the antharyAmi of
these devathAs,who is none other that Shriya Pathi Sriman NArAyanan.

How is this reconcilled is another topic of discussion.
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I am curious as to why Sri Maha Vishnu himself worships Siva on two
specific occasions. If any ones can explain these to me, I would be
 grateful...
 
1) In the Ramayana, Are Ramar performs Siva puja before entering
Lankapuri.

>>>>>> No this is not true.. rAmA never performs pOja to shivA
anywhere and it is not mentioned anywhere in ValmEkE RAmAyanam or
KambaRAmAyanam.

This may be a later "Shaivaite" intrepretation ... or based on some
Sthala PurAna which are not considered to be absolute PramAnas.

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2) Sri Anathapadmanabha in Thiruvananthapuram- the moolavar reclines on
Adisesha, and his right hand places a flower on a Siva Linga.

>>>>>> I am not sure about this... as I havent had the oppourtunity to
visit Thiruvananthapuram.
 
Those who have had the BhAgyam of visiting this Dhivya DEsam please
clarify.

regards
Venkat



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