Different Styles of performing the Salagram seva puja
........latest update 21th August 2008

 

SEVA ADI NIYAMO DEVALAYE DEVASYA CESTATE
PRAYAH SVA GEHE SVACHANDA SEVA SVA VRATA RAKSAYA

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 8/503 from SKANDA PURANA Yamaraja instructs his messengers)

 "When someone worships the Supreme Lord in the temple, he must follow rules and regulations properly,
but when he worships the Lord in his house, he can worship as he likes, but he should not break his vows."
(from our page on Hari Bhakti Vilas and Japanga seva & Bhaktyanga seva puja)
 


The late Sriman Vishvambara Goswami of Sri Sri Radha Raman temple in Vrindavan,
father of Sriman Padma Nabha Goswami compiler of the very nice book on Shalagrams


The worship - seva pujan of the Salagram in a typical Madhwa Vaishnava home


Worshipping the Salagrams in the Sripadiraj mutt of the Madhwas


Sripad Puttige Swami of the Madhwa Vaishnava line serving the mutt Deities, the Salagrams are on the bottom shelf of the pith.

Sripad Satyatma Tirtha Swami of Uttaradi mutt of the Madhwas'

Sripad Satyatma Tirtha Swami of Uttaradi mutt engrossed in the seva puja

http://www.uttaradimath.org/photos/index.php?spgmGal=Swamiji&spgmPic=15#spgmPicture


Aradhanam being performed at the Ahobalam mutt of the (Tengalite) Sri Vaishnava sampradaya in Andra Pradhesh - note the Salagrams in the middle at the front in the snan vedi. This system has been going on for hundreds of years in this way. Salagrams middle left of the snan vedi.

For a full rendition of the Sri Vaishnavaite Thiruvaradhanam seva pujan click HERE:
Here you will also find shastric presentations - realizations from a Sri Vaishnava perspective

Poojya Sri V V Sridhar Guruji http://picasaweb.google.com/jwalas/KurmaNarayana
http://www.jwala.org/photogallery.htm

Poojya Sri V V Sridhar Guruji with his silas at Ahobilam-2003 he is a Srivaishnava of the Vadagalai persuasion


Here below we see much the same style of seva being performed by some Iskcon devotees:


Matsya Avatara prabhu in Sydney Australia.


Trivikrama dasa drying his Govardhan Sila during the puja at home

His Holiness (the late) Suhotra Tapa Gauravanacharin doing the seva puja for his Silas whilst travelling

His Holiness Indradyumna Swami 2005

Jaya Tirtha Charan dasa at his altar April 2006 - photo by Bhakta Andre Wagner

Jaya Tirtha Charan dasa putting tilak on Pavana Nrsimha - photo by Bhakta Andre Wagner

Also see our Upacharas page

and Japanga and Bhaktyanga seva puja page