Sankara SampradhAyam - 9

[Anand V. Hudli]

On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:08:53 EDT, Ashish Chandra <ramkisno at HOTMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>Sh. Anand Hudli wrote:
>
>>    4) The bhAgavatas apply the bhasma, as per the bhasma-dhAraNa-vidhi,
>>       during sandhyAvandana, yajnas, homas, etc., but during pUjA and
>>       later they may apply gandha (sandalwood paste) or Gopi-chandana.
>>       For example, when they visit a temple, they may be wearing a gandha
>>       mark. But this mark is not the same as the Urdhva-puNDra mark worn
>>       by vaishNavas. The mark worn by smArta-bhAgavatas is
>>"ardha-chandra".
>>
>
>If I remember correctly, most of the pictures of Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj
>show him as wearing the ardha-chandra mark. Yet, in most of the pictures,
he
>is seen to be worshipping Durga. Why is this so ?
>


 That is probably because Shivaji's family deity was Goddess
 BhavAnI or durgA.

 Anand

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