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Re: Opening of Vishnu Sahasranamam...

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Shreyas Sarangan • September 19, 2002 


Sri:

Dear Sri Krishnan:

This is a common misconception....
Pls. see the translation of the first two verses:
http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/mar96/0037.html

While it true that the deity in the Chembur Temple is indeed
"eka-dantha" vinayakar (naivedyam is not offered to all except 
this deity) and not Vishwaksenar/ Gajananar nita-soori ,
this may not be the right forum to debate the 
reasons why it is so.

Very often the planning of temples are "influenced" more by 
the local donors rather than the appropriate 
religious authorities.

daasan,
-Shreyas

--- In bhakti-list@y..., Shreekrishna  Akilesh  wrote:
> 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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