[Advaita-l] ‘Fie upon the forehead that is devoid of Bhasma’

[Ajit Krishnan]

namaste,

I was told that the practice of applying chandana in the morning is more
prevalent among the vadamal subsect. There are also some who wear chandana
in a horizontal tripundra style. I believe this is an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gerySvhg3X4

As an aside, this entire tamil lecture series by the 'Veda Dharma Sastra
Paripalana Sabha' is worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvItbtggl54FxSLyo7-XjxQ

sasneham,

    ajit

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:50 AM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Anand Hudli via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Please see a related post:
> >
> > http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2010-June/024837.html
> >
> > Also, I remember having read about a bhAgavata sampradAya maTha
> affiliated
> > to Shankara BhagavatpAda's philosophy, probably the Balekudru Matha,
> where
> > the Yati wears a Gopi chandana in the morning and bhasma in the evening.
> It
> > is claimed that this is the only advaita pITha maTha in Dakshina Kannada
> > and Udupi districts combined.
> >
> > I was able to find the webpage of the maTha for those who are interested:
> >
> > http://balekudrumut.org/home.html
> >
> > Anand
> >
>
> Thank you Anand ji, for the references. Actually there are some smarta
> families in Tamil nadu and Kerala who adhere to the morning-gopi chandana
> and evening-bhasma tripundra practice. I have myself seen such elders.
> Youngsters of those very families of the modern times do not meticulously
> practice that dual-pundra dharana; they stick to only one, mostly guided by
> convenience, peer influence, etc. Nevertheless all such practices are
> happily accepted by śiṣṭa-s without causing any ill feeling to anyone by
> any other member.  Just one sample is:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPOvG91CNBQ
>
> and another:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeqAiIfQKSs
>
> regards
> vs
>
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