Swarna Pushpa

"M. S. Ravisankar" <ravi wrote

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Thanks for bringing this valuable information.

For those who are living in the US or other western countries, you should

have access to flowers at a reasonable price.

Other option is to use gold flowers, you can probably get 108 small gold

flowers for 1000 Rs or so. And these can be reused. Some use gold/silver

coins while doing ashhTottara puuja.

Dear devotess

May I add some information on Swarna Pushpam ( gold flowers )which I have heard

and made on the Advice of H.H Jayendra Swamygal.

These flowers should be always made either of Gold or Silver only.

These should BEAR either a symbol of Lotus or Bhilva leaf embossed on the COIN

and should not resemble the Bhilva leaf in its actual form ( May be due to sharp

edges and this is commonly sold in Chennai as a replica of Bhilva leaf -- pl do

not buy this -- also there are swarna pushpams looking like Jasmine pl avoid)

Before using it for the first Time -- this has to be cleaned in water and

Ashtotra archana of Mahalakxmi to be compulsorily done . Such swarna pushpas can

be used infinitely as gold has no dosha for reuse.

Ganapathy

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/public/advaita-l/1999-December/01179

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