Guest guest Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Dear learned pandits, Please assist me in discerning a real saligram from a fake one, or one with no benefit in worshipping. An acquaitance recently sent me eight silas: 2 X gomati silas, which i worship as maha laxmi (is this correct?) 1 x dwaraka sila, which looks like a piece of hard off-white coral. The chakras aren't separate, but many are joined together with ridges separating these irregular groups from the others. 1 X black saligram, which is flat and also has a flat area at the bottom, on which it stands upright. The marks on this saligram look as if they have been chiselled into the stone in the shape of a crude, unfinished chakra (like a child would draw the rays of the sun) 1 x hiranyagarbha sila, which is heavier and more lustrous than the others, but has two cracks emanating from it's deep mouth. There is one chakra nested inside another inside the mouth. 1 x brownish rough round lightish sila, which has no markings, but apparently is a saligram? 2x flat small brownish ammonite fossils (I think), although they are meant to be sudarshana saligrams. The one is cracking in several places, and has a line cutting across the whorl of the ridged 'sudarsan' face. Please advise me. I am relying on your superior knowlege and mercy, your servant, Radha Raman das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 I'm not sure. Sri Rajiv Krishnaji is the member expert. But if the so-called shalagram is translucent or transparent when a light is shined through then it's bogus. Y/s, Richard sacred-objects , " radharamanji " <radharamanji wrote: > > Dear learned pandits, > > Please assist me in discerning a real saligram from a fake one, or one with no benefit in worshipping. An acquaitance recently sent me eight silas: > > 2 X gomati silas, which i worship as maha laxmi (is this correct?) > 1 x dwaraka sila, which looks like a piece of hard off-white coral. The chakras aren't separate, but many are joined together with ridges separating these irregular groups from the others. > 1 X black saligram, which is flat and also has a flat area at the bottom, on which it stands upright. The marks on this saligram look as if they have been chiselled into the stone in the shape of a crude, unfinished chakra (like a child would draw the rays of the sun) > 1 x hiranyagarbha sila, which is heavier and more lustrous than the others, but has two cracks emanating from it's deep mouth. There is one chakra nested inside another inside the mouth. > 1 x brownish rough round lightish sila, which has no markings, but apparently is a saligram? > 2x flat small brownish ammonite fossils (I think), although they are meant to be sudarshana saligrams. The one is cracking in several places, and has a line cutting across the whorl of the ridged 'sudarsan' face. > > Please advise me. I am relying on your superior knowlege and mercy, > your servant, > Radha Raman das > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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