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Date: Sat Mar 02 1996 - 16:02:45 PST
Namaskaram, I would like to know if there is any reason for doing the alnkaram of sri padmavathi thayar as sri durga or as sri annapoorni and also i am wondering if a new cult or group is in formation. The newsletter i just recieved from jackson ms. temple "amarvani" has a picture of sri venkateswaraWITHFOUR ARMS POSING AS SRI NATARAJA. ONE RIGHT HAND IS HOLDING UDUKKAI AND TRISHULAM.,THE LEFT HAND IS HOLDING A DHANUS AND ONE RIGHT AND ONE LEFT HAND ARE HOLDING THE FLUTE IN SRI KRISHNA POTURE.THERE IS A HALF MOON ON THE HEAD OF THE KREETAM OF SRI VENKATESHWARA.AND A SNAKE AROUND THE NECK. It looks rediculous. All of us expect ourselves to be broad minded but this is rediculing both saivism as well as vaishnavism. kanaka