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Opening of Vishnu Sahasranamam...

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Shreekrishna Akilesh • Wed Sep 18 2002 - 19:44:24 PDT 


Dear Sri Vaishnavas,

Everyone is quite familiar with the opening lines of Vishnu Sahasranamam,
which is a salutary verse to Lord Ganesha. The role of Lord Ganesha isn't
quite clear to me, especially when it comes to the tradition of Sri
Ramanuja. I have lived in Bombay for many years, and I visited the Ahobila
Mutt Temple in Chembur on many occasions. This temple is truly charming,
and my grandparents even withnessed the inagural kumbabhishekam of this temple.

My query is about a puzzling observation. This temple has a sannidhi for
Ganesha in the prakaram. However, many other temples dedicated to the Lord
do not (at least to my knowledge of the ones I have visited). Does anyone
have any idea why this could possibly be? My knowledge of the writings of
the alwars is limited, so I'm not sure if I am simply ignorant about
something that is scholarly well-known...

adiyen Ramanuja daasan,

Krishnan





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