QUES ANSW DIVINE 2022- 19 Dearfriends,
Theseare information posted by members compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2004’s andstored in my computer. At this date I have no information of the membersposted. I have reduced the number of questions toabout 15/about 10 pages. This avoidsa lot of strain on me for converting the QA already prepared using colourletters and background to black andwhite and highlight. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 18-01-2022 Q1 What are the attributes ofParthasarathy temple at Mylapore? A1 It issaid that for at least 5,000 years Sri Parthasarathy temple has been a resting place for pilgrims whocome down from Tirupati to have a bath in the sea on the days of Solar andLunar Eclipses and on other auspicious days. According to Brahmanda Purana, the 5 deities in the temple ofParthasarathy are said to have been worshipped by the Sapta Rishis, Bhrigu,Marichi, Atri, Markandeya, Sumati, Saptorama and Jali . The front gopuram and other structures are said to have been built firstby Tondaman Chakravarti who ruled these parts having his seat of government atKalahasti and to whom Sri Tiruvengada of the Seven Hills appeared in his dreamas the Charioteer of Arjuna. Srimati Rukmini and Satyaki, Krishna’s younger brother, are installed on his rightand left respectively. Hiselder brother Balarama is seen on the right side of Rukmini facing north andhis son Pradyumna and his grandson Aniruddha are seen on the northern side ofthe Garbhagriha facing south According to Bhagavata Purana, Sri Krishna carried away Rukminiwhen she was returning from the Gauri temple where she had gone for worship onthe eve of the proposed marriage with Sisupala. Satyaki, the younger brother, wasdriving the chariot and Balarama, the elder brother, was in the rear part of itto ward off the attacks of the disappointed suitor Sisupala and his friends. Thetemple is also famous for the tank in front of the temple known as Karveni.According to Puranic literature a bath in the tank would give all prosperityand happiness . The peculiar feature of the tankis that it does not get dried up at any time and also that fish do not thrivein it Sarvakrati Kesava Dikshitar, the father ofSri Ramanuja, performed Putrakameshti Yagam in the shrine for being blessed with a son and Sri Parthasarathyappeared in his dream andblessed him that He would Himself be born as his son under the name of Ramanujain order to give the real import of the teachings of His Geeta for the benefitof humanity. Q2 What is the legendbehind Kapalleswar temple? A2 Once Brahma out of vanity and pride remained aloof and did not pay respect to Lordshiva and Parvati Devi, when he met them at Mount Kailas. Lord Siva flewinto a rage and pinched off one of Brahma's heads on order to teach him alesson. Brahma got frightened, felt sorry for what had happened and came to Mylapore to worship theLord. He installed a Sivalingam and conducted penance. As lord Siva tookaway one of the heads, i.e., kapalams, of Brahma, the Sivalingam installed herecame to the known as Kapaleeswarar. About 60 years ago, when there was seaerosion near Santhome area, many pillars and beamsbelonging to some old Siva temple lying buried in the mud were washed ashore. These bear ample testimony tothe belief that the original temple of Kapaleeswarar must have been locatedsomewhere near the seashore. Whetherthe present temple of Kapaleeswarar is the original one, or was built in recentyears, it is a famous Siva temple attracting thousands of pilgrims and devoteesthroughout the year. Q3 What is the legendbehind Mylapore kalpagambal temple at Chennai? A3 Once Parvati Devi allowed herattention to be diverted from Siva on seeing a peacock dancing beautifully at adistance. Siva got vexed and cursed her to turn a peahen.Parvati Devi incarnated as a peahen, came to Mylapore then known asKapali-Nagar and started penance as advised by Siva. After many years of rigorous penanceParvati got rid of her sin and rejoined Siva. As Paravati conducted penancehere in the form of a mayil. (Peahen) the place came to be known as Mylapore. The Mother in this temple is known asKalpakavalli. Q4 Why Mylapore is calledSukrapuri? A4 Mahabali legend…. Then the Brahmin (Vishnu) took a Darbha andinserted it into the nozzle so as to clear the passage. In this operation Sukra lost one of his eyes. Thenhe went to Mylapore and prayed to Kapalesswarar. He got back the lost eye andat last attained salvation. So this place is also known asSukrapuri. There are no inscriptions in Mylaporetemple whereas in the temples at Tiruvottiyur and Tiruvanmiyurand other places, which are more than 1000 years old, inscriptions are found. The tank opposite the temple isbelieved to have been constructed bydevas and hence the water is considered very holy Q5 What is the story associatedwith Vasishta, Kamadhenu and temple at Tiruvanmiyur? A5 OnceSage Vasishtha decided to offer worship to Lord Viswanatha of Kasi for oneMandalam (45 days). He therefore requested Indra to spare Kamadhenu, the divinecow, for the purpose. Indra granted the request of Vasishtha and with KamadhenuVasishtha reached Kasi where he performed pooja for Lord Viswanatha. One day, while grazing,Kamadhenu was attracted by the hillside and spent a day there. As aresult, sage Vasishtha's pooja was interrupted. He became angryand cursed Kamadhenu to turn into a wild cow and wander about. Kamadhenuroamed about many places and at last came to Tiruvanmiyur. The moment the cow stepped in this place, which was a forest, it got aspiritual revelation. It found a Shivalinga in a bush in the forest and dailypoured its milk on the linga. This went on for a long time. One day KingSadayur, in the course of his hunting expedition, chased a lion, whichdisappeared, in a dense forest. There, the wild cow challenged the lion and killed it.When King Sadayur came to know of this phenomenon, he went in search of thatwonderful cow. Afternoticing it in a bush, he sent an arrow at it. The cow immediately jumped outof the place. In that act, thehoof of the cow unintentionally hit the Shivalinga. The cow feltextremely distressed for the sin of neglect and wanted to atone for it. ButLord Siva, full of grace, came out of the linga and said, "I look upon youas my son Skanda", and lifted the curse on the wild cow which became Kamadhenu immediately. Q6 How did Tiruvanmiyur gotthe name so? A6 Valmiki started Pradakshina and when he came to the west of RiverPalar along the seacoast of the Bay of Bengal, a voice from above cried out,"I am here". Valmiki stayed on there and offered worship to LordSiva. Lord Siva was pleasedwith the worship of Valmiki and gave him darsan on the 'sacred bull by the sideof the Vanni tree. Valmiki was very happy and from that day onwardsthe place was ordained to be named Tiruvanmiyur. Q7 Whatar the attributes of Kamakshi temple at Kancheepuram? A7 Kamakshiis said to be the Supergoddess, Parasakti, having Saraswati, Lakshmi andParvati as her eyes. Sheblesses all that dedicate themselves to her The tradition says that there was adelightful grove of Champaka trees around the main temple now known as GayatriMandaparn. The Devas took the form of parrots and worshipped Sri Devi here The Kamakoti Peetham is enshrined in the Sri Chakrajust in front of Sri Devi and all pujas and sacrifices are offered to theSri Chakra. It is said that Sri Devi after giving protection tothe Devas enshrined herself in the Sri Chakra in Sookshma (subtle) form. Thereis a great concavity to the right of Sri Devi. It is said thatSri Devi appeared through the great concavity called Bilakasa to save the Devasfrom, the Asuras. Sankaracharya whoprayed devotedly to Kamakshi appeased her wrath and extracted a promise that she would not go out to the townwithout his permission. Even now whenever processions of Kamakshi aretaken out from the temple, they are halted before the shrine of Sankaracharyawith the intention of getting permission from him to go outside the temple, in a true spirit offulfillment of the promise once given to Sri Sankaracharya by Kamakoti Amman Q8 Dothere was any occasion Lord subramonia took creation in his hand? A8 when LordBrahma was unable toexplain the meaning of the sacred letter OM, Lord Subrahmanya putBrahma under custody and took charge of the work of creation -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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