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The Soura or Saura Agamas comprise one of the six popular agama-based religions of Shaiva, Vaishnava, Shakta, Ganapatya, Kaumara and Soura. The Saura Tantras are dedicated to the sun (Surya) and Soura Agamas are in use in temples of Sun worship.
While the Vaikhanasa Agama is being practiced since ages in the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala, the puja vidhi and rituals in the Goddess Padmavathi Devi temple at Tiruchanoor is as per the tenets of Sri Pancharatra Agama Shastra Vidhi.
respected sir,
your blog was quite an interesting read and an excellent presentation. i have been asked to undertake the puja rituals in a krishna temple here in pudukottai, tamil nadu. the temple is an old one, built on vaikhanasa agama vidhi. i do not know anything about puja, etc. the local people plan to rebuild the temple. will it be possible for you to provide me with the day-to-day puja vidhis according to vaikhanasa agamas and also about the renovation rules and procedures of the temple according to the vaikhanasa agama rules? hope i am not imposing too much on you. my email id is raman...@live.com. i also have a small website,
thanks.
ramanujavr (vr)
the tirumala-tirupathi devasthanam publications have brought out a number of books on vaikhanasa archana vidhi and also on temple construction. you may enquire locally or check the following sites for the catalogue:
Number and size of kalasams depends as per the agama vidhi or requirements. Even though kalasam can be made in many metals, copper kalsam is preferred because of better conductivity than others. Copper kalasham is like antennas. As antennas captures the magnetic waves and supports gadgets. Gopura kalasam captures the cosmic power and passes to the main deity of the temple. As per Agama Vidhi the Kalasham has to be changed every 12 years. Copper kalash are made in 12 portions and assembled over a tube. Normally inside the copper kalasam tube round wooden stick (Karunkali wood) is inserted, also yantra, panchaloha and navarathna are also placed inside and mounted on gopuram. For mounting copper kalasam either astabandhanam or cement is used.
Agama and Tantra are closely related to the worship of deities and are classed under major three sects, namely Sakta, Saiva and Vaishnava. Agama literature is available for other deities like Saura, Ganpathya, Svyambhuva (Brahma), Chandra, Kumara, Yaksha etc, but not very popular. 320 Agamas are considered as most important of which 77 are Shakteya Agamas, 28 are Saiva Agamas, and 215 are Vaishnava Agamas. There are countless other agama literature available with many kula (families) and gotras though only very few of them are available in print; the remaining are still in palm leaves or continue with their oral traditions. Apart from Sanskrit, there are a considerable number of Agama literature available in Tamil. The Hindu Agama literature is also available in every language in India and neighboring countries like Indonesia, China, Tibet and Burma. The Buddhists and Jains have their own Agama that developed in parallel with Hindu Agamas.
Contents: Vol. I: Introduction: 1. The agama context. 2. Agama outlook. 3. Temple culture. Appendices. References and notes. Vol. II: Saiva and Sakta Agamas: 1. Sectarian developments. 2. Worship of Siva. 3. Saivism. 4. Saiva-Siddhanta (1). 5. Saiva-Siddhanta (2). 6. Sakta-agama. Appendices. Vol. III: Vaikhanasa Agamas: 1. Historical prospective. 2. The Vaikhanasa community. 3. Vaikhanasa Agama. 4. Vaikhanasa philosophy. Appendices. Vol. IV: Pancaratragama: 1. The Bhagavata background. 2. The pancaratra literature. 3. The pancaratra outlook. 4. Pancaratra ideology. 5. The deity and its modes. 6. Pancaratra practice. 7. Tantra-sara-Sangraha. Appendices. Vol. V: Devyagama: 1. Background. 2. The samaya ideology. 3. The idea of Antaryaga. 4. Literature. Appendices. Vol. VI: Alaya and Aradhana: 1. Alaya. 2. Worship in temple. 3. Ritual requirements. 4. Daily rituals. 5. Festivals. 6. Symbolism of rituals. Vol. VII: Preparations for Puja: 1. The worship rituals. 2. Snana: ritual bath. 3. Fivefold purification (Panca-Suddhi). 4. Articles in worship. Vol. VIII: Mudras in Puja: 1. Mudra in worship. 2. The modes of Mudras. 3. Deity-specific Mudras. Vol. IX: Consecrations: 1. The concept of consecration. 2. Consecration of shrine. 3. Consecration of icons. Appendices. Vol. X: Nityarcana: 1. Introduction. 2. Nityarcana in Siva Temples. 3. Nityarcana-vidhi (according to tantra-sara). 4. Nityarcana in a Visnu temple (Pancaratra mode of worship). 5. Nityarcana of Devi. Vol. XI: Utsavas. Vol. XII. Source Book. "The Agama literature includes the Silpa-Sastra, which is basic to iconography. Worship dealt with in the Agama necessarily involves images which are worship-worthy. The rituals and sequences that are elaborated in the Agama books find relevance only in the context of an icon which is contained in a shrine. And icons are meaningful only in the context of shrines and worship. Agama texts are not easily accessible to the people. A large number of them are still available only in manuscripts; some of them which have been printed are only in their Sanskrit originals. There is need, therefore, to present relevant excerpts from them at least, to make the volumes on iconography more meaningful. Further, Indian temples are to be considered only in the general framework of temple culture, which include not only religious and philosophical aspects but social, aesthetic and economic aspects also. The volumes named Agama encyclopaedia deals with the temple culture and Agama framework, the sectarian division of the agama into Saiva, Vaisnava and Sakta, and the topics selected from the Agama, texts follow. Thus, the entirety of the Agama literature in so far as it is relevant to the temple-culture is brought within the scope of the agama encyclopaedia." (jacket). Seller Inventory # 55152
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