tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post114923736425031156..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: The spider and the elephant.Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-55752362091957024142012-06-06T04:03:57.825+05:302012-06-06T04:03:57.825+05:30very interesting mythology about connection betwee...very interesting mythology about connection between elephant and spiders, i never heard before about thatspidershttp://www.spiderbitesymptomsguide.com/spiders-identificationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1150001236486942902006-06-11T10:17:00.000+05:302006-06-11T10:17:00.000+05:30Hi all,In support of my earlier writings on illusi...Hi all,<BR/><BR/>In support of my earlier writings on illusion related with planet Venus (and not Saturn), I give below certain extracts from Wikipedia available on teh Internet. And, who doesn't know that hte ancient 'Hindu Siddhas' were great 'Astronomers' also...<BR/> <BR/>"A Venusian day is 243 Earth days and is longer than its year of 225 days. Oddly, Venus rotates from east to west. To an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149912585436376282006-06-10T09:39:00.000+05:302006-06-10T09:39:00.000+05:30Hi, AniljiIf the entire physical forms in the univ...Hi, Anilji<BR/><BR/>If the entire physical forms in the universe are dancing to the tune of Shiva, the Naadbindu, and symbolically represented through the dance of Natraj or Bhootnath, it could perhaps be hoping against hope to expect all ‘animal forms’ to be aware of the ‘Truth’, and not get carried away by ‘Maya’, at any time other than at the beginning of the Satyuga…<BR/><BR/>The ‘Hindu’ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149905628212681602006-06-10T07:43:00.000+05:302006-06-10T07:43:00.000+05:30The lord himself appeared before both the elephant...The lord himself appeared before both the elephant & the spider & explained to them that he is pleased with both ot them.still the spider carried the "grudge" against the elephant in his next birth & did everything possible to prevent the entry of the elephant in the sanctum sanctorum.Some people never really learn!Dr.Anil Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751770622662718050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149752549311580662006-06-08T13:12:00.000+05:302006-06-08T13:12:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha,It's a strange 'coincidence' that even ...Hi Kavitha,<BR/><BR/>It's a strange 'coincidence' that even my grand daughter decided to discuss 'spider' at her school in Canada. Her mom e-mailed the following about it.<BR/><BR/>"Tanvi had a show and tell yesterday and the theme was any animal or insect. So she cut a spider out of a black sheet of paper, dangled it on a thread and took it to school. Had a few lines to say that she wrote down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149649805296778622006-06-07T08:40:00.000+05:302006-06-07T08:40:00.000+05:30Hi again Kavitha, Felix, Aswin...I give below the ...Hi again Kavitha, Felix, Aswin...<BR/><BR/>I give below the reaction ‘I’ offered yesterday to a newspaper on ‘666’ that apparently got reflected in the date, 06-06-’06, based on ‘Hindu Philosophy’ on the ‘Absolute Truth’ and the “Truths of the Untruth”… <BR/>I might add here that the ‘wise’ ancients advised only the ‘devta’ or the selfless to have intoxicants…<BR/> <BR/>“666<BR/>On this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149560053650412802006-06-06T07:44:00.000+05:302006-06-06T07:44:00.000+05:30Hi all,It would be noticed that ‘Maya’ or illusion...Hi all,<BR/><BR/>It would be noticed that ‘Maya’ or illusion generated through the ‘physical’ senses, that gave a false sense of doer-ship, was understood by the ‘wise’ ancients (vide Chapter V of Gita also) and attempts made to convey this through certain stories about the 'real doer'…<BR/><BR/>I recall one such story about Lord Vishnu (or Naadbindu) and His favourite medium, Narada Muni who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149471914376146912006-06-05T07:15:00.000+05:302006-06-05T07:15:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, Felix…In the ancient times temples wer...Hi Kavitha, Felix…<BR/><BR/>In the ancient times temples were generally built at isolated locations, where occurrence of certain phenomena were observed for which the ‘wise’ men available during that period and in that region apparently didn’t have any ‘scientific’ or logical explanation… <BR/><BR/>The ancients in the ‘golden past’ having realized the Creator to be formless, ‘unborn’ and ‘Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149403693261406982006-06-04T12:18:00.000+05:302006-06-04T12:18:00.000+05:30Hi Revati, GayatriLong time since i heard from you...Hi Revati, Gayatri<BR/><BR/>Long time since i heard from you both and am glad the blog has been a good place to keep in touch with both of you.<BR/><BR/>I am yet to look into the stories and folk lore of all the temples that dot the south indian landscape but yes, i have started and thanks to requests from a few readers i have started to look for more detail than just historical evidence. <BR/><Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149338723176532542006-06-03T18:15:00.000+05:302006-06-03T18:15:00.000+05:30Hi Felix,I would like to share a personal experien...Hi Felix,<BR/><BR/>I would like to share a personal experience to show what I believe is an example of the 'mischievous nature' of the ‘unborn’, and how he apparently puts us between the horns of the dilemma at times, as in the cited legend, i.e., whether to ‘seek the truth’ (by allowing ‘elephant’ or Ganesha to remove the ‘curtain created by the spider’ or Durga for us) or remain ignorant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149332728363227832006-06-03T16:35:00.000+05:302006-06-03T16:35:00.000+05:30Heya,Seems your post will gain a lot of thanks for...Heya,<BR/><BR/>Seems your post will gain a lot of thanks for Spiders all over :)<BR/><BR/>Hi, Uncle: Reading between the lines you say, how would one read this post in the manner you mention?<BR/><BR/>~fEelixThird Eye Closedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432291604809132601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149318627045952332006-06-03T12:40:00.000+05:302006-06-03T12:40:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha,Reading this post was indeed a learning...Hi Kavitha,<BR/>Reading this post was indeed a learning experience. I would love to pay my obeisance at this shrine. Btw, have you written about the Shiva temple in Gokarnam and the hauntingly beautiful Shivarathri Maahatmamyam stories woven around the shrine in Gokarnam?Gayathri Varmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276821998795410979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149317892088590872006-06-03T12:28:00.000+05:302006-06-03T12:28:00.000+05:30I really will think twice about destroying a web a...I really will think twice about destroying a web again. Incedentally I noticed more webs in the puja room and forming more frequently. Initially I thought they just got to be more distinct because they took the soot from the lamps and the camphor and turned black. But now Kavitha's story has made me think.<BR/>BTW, the kalahasti story also has a serpent entangled in this fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149250020503166042006-06-02T17:37:00.000+05:302006-06-02T17:37:00.000+05:30Hi Aswin, This post is made with respect to spider...Hi Aswin, <BR/><BR/>This post is made with respect to spiders. There will be subsequent posts where i will talk about Kalahasti, which also involves something similar with regard to spiders though Kalahasti is known for Vayu Linga and Rahu Ketu related doshams. <BR/><BR/>I was very intrigued by the design of the garbha griha which is very very unique unlike all other temples and of course does Kavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149249451960792052006-06-02T17:27:00.000+05:302006-06-02T17:27:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha,I give below what I wrote to a friend a...Hi Kavitha,<BR/><BR/>I give below what I wrote to a friend as reply to her narration of a friend’s mobile robbed from her forcibly by a boy while his two friends waited in a motorbike…<BR/><BR/>“Perhaps those who do not get involved in such events are 'lucky'. Maybe 'time itself is bad' - in the words of the 'wise' ancients who described 'time' moving from Satyuga or the age of perfection or 100%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149245083668326292006-06-02T16:14:00.000+05:302006-06-02T16:14:00.000+05:30Hi kavitha, this link will show you the similariti...Hi kavitha, this link will show you the similarities between the two stories<BR/>http://www.indiantravelportal.com/andhra-pradesh/pilgrimage/srikalahasti.htmlAswin Kinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741134467278912014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149244692915128342006-06-02T16:08:00.000+05:302006-06-02T16:08:00.000+05:30Hi Kavitha, it was very interesting to read about ...Hi Kavitha, it was very interesting to read about the hostory of Thiruvanaikkaval, but i think there is also a similar story behind the origin of Kalahasti, the holy place found near chittoor district.Aswin Kinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741134467278912014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1149239965059130882006-06-02T14:49:00.000+05:302006-06-02T14:49:00.000+05:30Hi,That was a very interesting history behind the ...Hi,<BR/><BR/>That was a very interesting history behind the architecture of the Temple.<BR/>One more thought that runs my mind at the current post. Every being is a devotee by one way or the other. Each carrying thier own ways of worshiping the Lord. Just because one finds it difficult or unable to accept one form of devotion that wouldn't mean the other manner is wrong.<BR/>In simpler ways Third Eye Closedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432291604809132601noreply@blogger.com