Pranams to all respected members,
I am a smartha, settled in Kerala for long time(Yajurda follower, Kundanya Gothra). It is said that our ancestors are from Thanjore.
We are having shiva pooja, which is being continued from Great Grandfather of my father. My ancestors were all sastrikals and my Grandfather was also a Ghanapadikal.
My father, is a retired college professor, and is continuing the rituals associated with the Nithya Pooja, and when ever he is out of town, I am stepping in his shoes, with same devotion and reverence.
We have a small miniature stone bhimbha of Ganesha, Cylindrical salagramam considered as Shiva, and other salagramams as Vishnu, Sudharshana Maha Vishnu, spadika sphere considered as Adithya, all together 9 deities. In due course, some 90 or 100 years back, one of the families, where my forefather was having upadhyayam, entrusted their Bhuvaneswari deity (A bhimbha made out of bronze) to our family, as there were no one to continue the traditional nithya pooja in their family at that time. That has been added to the already nithya pooja in our family.
After the avahanam, abhishekam reciting RUDRAM and Chamakam, archana, doopam, deepam, and all, the traditional Nivedhyam is offerd, to all the Devas and Devathas.
Of late, I happen to discuss my personal business matters, with my friends, and one among them is a learned Namboothiri, who is also a thanthri for many temples. During discussion, asked about the pooja offered in detail. While explaining, he observed that we are offering the nivedham in one single URULI to all the deities, and objected to that practice, and suggested that each deity be offered Nivadhyam in separate Uruli or vessel.
As my father, who is already 86 years of age, is very staunch follower of my grandfather's and his grandfather's practices, he is not readily accepting what my namboothiri friend suggested. I too, cannot over rule the practices of my ancestors.
But the present hard time, puts me in a dilemma.
Is that offerings in the same vessel or Uruli, against the actual pooja vidhi? Or is it that the Namboothiri practice of separate vessel is not followed in our tradition?
Was my ancestors wrong in their practice of offering in the same vessel or Uruli? Or do we have to change the age old practice of offering in the same vessel, and introduce separate vessels for each deity?
I request the learned among you to solve my dilemma and also help me to convince my father, if at all our practice was against the traditional norms. If any one who is an authority in the followings of Kanchi and Srungeri Mutts, I shall feel that advice as real blessings.
Pranams.
Sreedhar, Thrissur.
[email protected]
I am a smartha, settled in Kerala for long time(Yajurda follower, Kundanya Gothra). It is said that our ancestors are from Thanjore.
We are having shiva pooja, which is being continued from Great Grandfather of my father. My ancestors were all sastrikals and my Grandfather was also a Ghanapadikal.
My father, is a retired college professor, and is continuing the rituals associated with the Nithya Pooja, and when ever he is out of town, I am stepping in his shoes, with same devotion and reverence.
We have a small miniature stone bhimbha of Ganesha, Cylindrical salagramam considered as Shiva, and other salagramams as Vishnu, Sudharshana Maha Vishnu, spadika sphere considered as Adithya, all together 9 deities. In due course, some 90 or 100 years back, one of the families, where my forefather was having upadhyayam, entrusted their Bhuvaneswari deity (A bhimbha made out of bronze) to our family, as there were no one to continue the traditional nithya pooja in their family at that time. That has been added to the already nithya pooja in our family.
After the avahanam, abhishekam reciting RUDRAM and Chamakam, archana, doopam, deepam, and all, the traditional Nivedhyam is offerd, to all the Devas and Devathas.
Of late, I happen to discuss my personal business matters, with my friends, and one among them is a learned Namboothiri, who is also a thanthri for many temples. During discussion, asked about the pooja offered in detail. While explaining, he observed that we are offering the nivedham in one single URULI to all the deities, and objected to that practice, and suggested that each deity be offered Nivadhyam in separate Uruli or vessel.
As my father, who is already 86 years of age, is very staunch follower of my grandfather's and his grandfather's practices, he is not readily accepting what my namboothiri friend suggested. I too, cannot over rule the practices of my ancestors.
But the present hard time, puts me in a dilemma.
Is that offerings in the same vessel or Uruli, against the actual pooja vidhi? Or is it that the Namboothiri practice of separate vessel is not followed in our tradition?
Was my ancestors wrong in their practice of offering in the same vessel or Uruli? Or do we have to change the age old practice of offering in the same vessel, and introduce separate vessels for each deity?
I request the learned among you to solve my dilemma and also help me to convince my father, if at all our practice was against the traditional norms. If any one who is an authority in the followings of Kanchi and Srungeri Mutts, I shall feel that advice as real blessings.
Pranams.
Sreedhar, Thrissur.
[email protected]