Fwd: Why is Lord HANUMAN worshipped on saturdays?

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SriHanuman, "Srinath Ram"

<srinath_atreya> wrote:

 

 

I would like to add the following points:

 

1. In the RamayaNa, it is mentioned that Lord Hanuman frees the

Navagrah Devatas from the captivation of RavaN, who had tied them to

the stairs leading to his throne. Pleased by this, Shani Deva gives a

boon to Hanumanji that, whoever worships Hanumanji (in the form of

VeerAnjanEya ) on Saturdays (the day attributed to Shani), will be

saved from Shani's wrath.

 

2. Worshipping Hanumanji on Saturdays has a very deep spiritual

significance according to the Karma kAnd. Shani dEva gives hardships

to human beings not becoz he enjoys doing so, but to help them reduce

their Sanchita Karma (accumulated sins); he only purifies us and

force the egoistic individual to turn his attention to spirituality.

When nArada maharshi requested maharshi VyAsa to embedd the core

essence of all the Vedas and Shastras, vyAsa said thus:

 

"parOpakArAya puNyAya pApAya parapIdanam"

 

(meaning: self-less service is puNya; harming others is sin)

 

Hanumanji is the epitome of selfless service (nishkAm sEva), devotion

(bhakti), austerity (vairAgya), purity (puNya) and many such virtues.

By worshipping him, we too acquire His qualities (yadbhAvam

tadbhavathi). This is the essence of worship. Thus a devotee of

Hanumanji abstains himself from sinful acts and turns Shani dEv's

wrath into bliss.

 

 

3. It is to be noted that apart from saturday, tuesday is also very

auspicious for Hanumanji's worship as per Lord Ram's boon. In fact,

all the 7 days are auspicious since, Hanumanji has boon from every

single god in the creation. Tuesday is auspicious to get rid of "kuj

dosh".

 

I have some serious objections for drawing a parallel between worship

and shopping. Worship is always "internal" while shopping is a worldy

activity. All those who visit a temple need not be true devotees. I

am pretty sure, no God is crying for followers !!!!. I am deeply

pained by the statement "They also love to worship Lord Krishna in

spite of his so called 'amorous' ways ".

 

In BhArath, people have taken unfair advantage of social freedom and

due to their ignorance, are distorting the very concept of God. Lord

Krishna was a great scholar of the Vedas and very austere in conduct.

He was a great yogi who gave the Gita to mankind. IS THERE ANY ONE

WHO CAN QUOTE ME A SINGLE INSTANCE WHERE THE LORD HAS

BEEN 'AMOROUS' ?. We should make a sincere effort to rightly

understand this often misunderstood historical character, for our own

good.

 

 

regards

SriHanuman, "Sandeep" <doktersandy> wrote:

> Why is Lord HANUMAN worshipped on saturdays?

>

> Well, Saturday is the day dedicated to 'shani' bhadwan or

> the 'saturn' planet ! As per astrologers, when the 'shani' planet

is

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