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Temple Accounts Are Submitted To God Daily Madurai

God is treated as the head of the Family in Hindu families.

They are called Kula Deivam' in Tamil, literal meaning, head of Clan.

Any auspicious ceremony at Homes is preceded by a Pooja to this Deity, be it a naming ceremony of the child , marriage.

I will be posting separately on this subject.

If God is being treated as the Head of the family at Home , what about the Temples where hundreds come worship and share their joys and sorrows?

So all respect that is due to the Head is being accorded to God, as one would to an Elder of the Family.

As such in temples there was and still is habit of presenting the daily accounts of the Temple to the reigning deity.

But there are exceptions, depending on the Sthala Purana (details of the origin of the Place).

But in most of the Temples the Account Submission id done daily, in South India.

This is done after the Artha jama Pooja (10.30 pm), when God is sent to His bed room.

For those who are unaware of Hinduism's treatment (!) of God as one of us, this might sound strange.

The Poojas are performed , the od and the goddess are led into their Bed room (பள்ளியறை) , after offering them boiled Cow's Milk.( it will be distributed to the devotees, it will taste heavenly(அரவணைப்பால்)

i shall post on this Bed room aspect separately.

( seem to be committing for a lot of posts, hope I remember to write).

As soon as God enters the bed room, the accountant of the Temple reads out the Accounts for the day before God and seeks his approval.

Then an Arati is performed and the bed room is closed.( Arati- a practice in which

Number Eight Unreachable?

The concept of Numbers in Hinduism is unique.

For them, Infinity is a Positive Concept as Darkness.

The absence of Infinity is Finite and the absence of Darkness is Light

The take things, as it were, as they are in their State.

So is their concepts of Numbers.

In Tamil, a Classical Language of India, over 5000 years old, equal to Sanskrit in Grandeur, Literature Philosophy , has a Word,'எட்டு ' for Number Eight and for' Reach'

There are expressions 'ettipparithal, jumping and fetching'

'Ettak kani' fruit that can not be got at.'

'Ettaadhu', can not be attained.

Hinduism has special attributes for Numbers.

One-Reality One.

Two-Purusha and Prakriti.

Three, the three Nature of Man, Sathva,Rajas, Tamas, Three Energies, Potential, Kinetic and Potentio-kinetic(Srushti,Stihthi,Samhaara)

Four,The aspects or goals of Life, Purushaarthaas,Righteousness(Dharma), Artha(Wealth,) Desire (Kama) and Moksha(The Liberated State)

Number Five, Five sense organs, Five Elements(Pancha Bhutas),Pancha tanmatras(subtle elements)

Six, six tastes.

Seven, Seven Notes of Music.

Eight, Eight special Powers of Yoga.

Beyond this nine becomes the number of the Nine planets.

They belong, not to the earth, hence beyond us.

The come the two digits.

Reaching Eight needs practice and is difficult to attain, Ashtamaa Siddhis.

What a thought process and what a language!