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Re: ARTICLE : Ganesha chaturthi, legends, and prayers
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Ganesha chaturthi, legends, and prayers
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From: ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu (N. Tiwari)
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Date: 3 Oct 1996 14:29:50 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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References: <ghenDxuA8u.FD@netcom.com> <ghenDxxs48.J97@netcom.com> <ghenDy1H3D.2uM@netcom.com> <ghenDy7EoI.7vn@netcom.com>
Ramana Gopal Ganapathiraju (ramana@ecf.toronto.edu) wrote:
: In article <ghenDy1H3D.2uM@netcom.com>,
: anand hudli <ahudli@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote:
: > Yes, I am aware of the prohibition of tulasi leaves in the worship
: > of Ganesha. Bilva leaves are fine. One of the names of Ganesha is
: > duurvaabilvapriya. The arka flowers are supposed to be a favorite
: > of Narasimha as well.
: i am quoting from Vinayaka vrata kalpam used almost over entire
: andhra on ganesh chaturdhi:
: athaika vimsathi patra pooja - sumukhaya namaha maachi patram
: poojayaami, ganadhipaaya namaha brihathi patram, umaaputraaya
: bilva patram, ....... gajakarnaaya tulasi patram, ekadantaaya
: chuta patram ...... sri ganeswaraaya ekavimsathi pathrani O_z
: poojayaami.
: so i do not know where from the custom of prohibition to use
: tulasi for ganesh has come, since the above clearly shows
: that tulasi is one of the approved leaves for worshiping
: ganesha.
Actually, the tulsi leaves, I think are exclusively used
for the worship of Sri Vishnu. This custom owes its
existence to a tale in Vishnu Purana, where, the Lord
granted this boon to Tulsi, (wife of demon Shankh-
Chura), whose satitva was taken away by the Lord. As
a consolation, the Lord said that His worship will
remain incomplete, if it did not involve Tulsi
(a symbol of satitva) and shanka (conch), since it
is said that the bones of ShankhaChura became conch.
--
Nachiketa Tiwari
