Nine Sleeping Poses Of Lord Vishnu

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Lord Vishnu is portrayed as Sleeping on a Bedroll of a Huge Snake in Paarkkadal,Ksheera Sagara(Ocean of Milk).

This is allegory.

Lord Vishnu does not sleep.

His sleep is called Yoga Nidra (Sleeping posture in Yoga) or Ari Thuyil(Tamil-sleeping while being aware of everything)

The Snake Adisehsa is the coiled Cosmic energy in the Solar Plexus(Mooladhaara).

The Ksheera Saagara is a representation of the Milky way Galaxy.

Please read my Post Vishnu’s’ Conch and Discus in galaxies, filed under Hinduism/Astrophysics.

This Yoga Nidra of Lord Vishnu is of Nine types.

1.Vadabadra Sayanam, Srivilliputtur.Moolavar Image not available.

2.Veera Sayanam at Thiruindalur near Mayuram or Myiladuthurai.

Image is not available.

3.Bhujanga Sayanam.SrirangamThiruvellore,Thirukkottiyur-in twenty Places

4.Uthara Sayanam, Sarangapani Temple,Kumbakonam

5.Dharpa Sayanam.This is where Lord Rama is said to have meditated lying down to cross over to Sri Lanka .

He sleeps on Grass(Dharpa)

6.Yoga Sayanam.Chidambaram Thiruchithra Koodam

7.Manikka Sayanam. Thiruneermalai, near Chennai. Moolavar Image not available.

8.Bhujanga Sayanam. SriRangam.

9…Ananatha Sayanam. Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala.

I shall be posting on the significance of each posture

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