[Advaita-l] Regarding Padmanabhaswamy

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

Ananta is Sesha. Ananta sleeping on Sesha thus is not correct. By the way
therei is temple for Sesha in Nagarcoil.

regards,
Sarma.

On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Aditya Kumar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Kalyanji,
> Yes, there are many idols which are different from each other. But in case
> of Ranganatha and Padmanabha idols, both are in the state of Yoga Nidra. I
> am wondering if there can be multiple ways of depicting Yoga Nidra.
> Further, I am not certain if there is another temple dedicated to Ananta
> sleeping on a serpent Shesha except the Ranganatha temple (3 temples, I
> think) and the Trivandrum temple. If there is, then there is possibly a
> reference in Agamas as to how the idol should be designed?
> From what I understand, Padmanabhaswamy temple is older than Sri Rangam
> temple.
>
>     On Sunday, 18 June 2017 5:17 AM, Kalyan via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>
>  Dear Sri Aditya
>
> //So I am wondering if this is the original representation of
> Narayana/Vishnu and that Ranganatha was conceived later by Ramanujacharya.//
>
> Srirangam temple is much older than Ramanuja. It is mentioned in Tamil
> Sangam literature.
>
> Mahabharata also talks of Vishnu sleeping in the ocean on a giant serpent
> (without any mention of Shiva linga).
>
> Having said that, there is no such thing as the original representation of
> Vishnu. In some temples the idol is in a standing posture, in some temples
> the idol is in a sleeping posture, in some temples the idol is in a sitting
> posture. It varies from temple to temple.
>
> Regards
> Kalyan
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