QUES ANSW DIVINE 06-2022-05 Dear friends,
These are information compiled as QA by me in1998’s-2014’s and stored in my computer. They are posted by very learnt members. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAYBE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 07-06-2022 Q1 Are there Ganesha temples in Japan? A1 Yes.-There are around 250 temples of Ganeshain Japan. Kangiten, Shoten , Daishokangiten , Ganabachi, Binayakaten – are theJapanese names of Lord Ganesha there .In Japan Ganesha is the God of fortunewho brings happiness and prosperity. The QA isbased on a posting by Sri "RaviNarasimhan" [email protected] on Oct 21, 2013 Q2 Is there a difference between anasthika and atheist? A2 Yes. As per the Sanskritdictionaries, an Astika is one who believes in God or existence of something, apious person or a faithful person. nAStika isa person devoid of the above attitudes. As per theEnglish dictionaries, atheist is the one who does not believe in the existenceof God. Thus,it may be a misnomer to term a nirIshwaravAdin as nAStika since he may on the other hand may be pious and faithful excepthis disbelieving the God. We may betteruse nirIshwara vAdi. The QA isbased on a posting by Sri "Srinivasan" [email protected] on Oct 22, 2013 Q3 Can you give some informationabout Sahasralinga Linga Sirsi Karnataka A3 Sahasralinga is an importantpilgrimage place about 12km from Sirsi in Karnataka. The river flowing here is Shalmala. ManyShivalingas and Basavannas are carved on rocks in the river. Sahasralingameans "Thousand Lingas" but Idoubt that many can be found now. I heard that river Shalmala's birth place isin Dharwad, very close to Someswara Temple. The QA isbased on a posting by Sri "RaviNarasimhan" [email protected] on Oct 27, 2013 Q4 Have we got a Valley of lingas inCambodia? A4 yes.Just as a matter of information, near Siem Reap in Cambodia, where the famous Angkor Wat complex is situated. there isalso a "site (which) consists of a series of stone carvings in sandstoneformations carved in the river bed and banks. It is commonly known as the"Valley of a 1000 Lingas" or "The River of a ThousandLingas". Themotifs for stone carvings are mainlymyriads of lingams (phallic symbol of Hindu god Shiva), depicted as neatlyarranged bumps that cover the surface of a sandstone bed rock, and lingam-yoni designs." The QA is based on a posting by Senior informative member Sri :"Narayanan" [email protected] on Oct 27, 2013 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/911541568.413369.1654615116178%40mail.yahoo.com.
