Is this show showing Vaishnavites in a bad light? - Page 4

Originally posted by: pnars

They don't hate Him as such. I asked my Iyengar friend - they simply don't consider him to be God. So no need for puja archana. Sounds very much like our friend Daksha, no?

About how you know whether you're Vaishnava/Shaiva, my dad says to check what symbols the men wear on religious occassions - my family wears the "triput" (or railway tracks as we call it) with Vibhuthi. We follow Advaitha philosophy of Adi Sankara. So we are Shaiva.

Vaishnavas from my state (Karnataka) put sandalwood markings on their face and chest. They follow the teachings of Madhvacharya. Srivaishnavas put Vishnu's "naamam". They are followers of Ramanujacharya.

That's how you usually know.

I am from Bangalore, Madhwas, Vishnavas.. An ardent Vishnu bhakth. But in our family considered Shiva as Rudra devru, so Rudra dev is worshipped in this form.. We follow rituals like Ekadashi like total fasting the whole day... not even a drop of water..

i disagree...am from tamilnadu in our society , vaishnav people dislike

When Mahadev and Narayan are the same, who are we to create differences? Why do we create differences about everything yaar!

No Vrish there is no straight war as stated by you ...but the reason rooted behind is related to their beliefs .Tamilnadu is not a bed of roses for any religion other than Shaiva's in most of the times. At first the primary envy over Bhuddist and Jains leads to Vaishnava's at the later end of 11 th cent .During Ramanujar's time some notes him as Adhirajendra chola,were many quotes that, he is Kulathunga Chola I who anticipated vaishnava in harsh way .The KIng ordered to kill all the people ,who are not accepting shiva as a supreme God . So Ramanujar(great vaishnava prophet ) escaped to Hosalaya's kingdom and changed that Jain king to Vaishnava and lived there by patronizing vaishnavisim.in his kingdom for a period of 12 years then returned when the chola king died in civil rebel between chola's and chalukyas , hoysalas at that time . there prevails the conflicts between hoysala kings and cholas who are different from religious beliefs for more than two centuries . So many dies because of constant wars between these three countries including chalukyas . in due coarse cholas were totally uprooted then pandiyans dominated ,but still the confusion 's cannot be suppressed by them fully .later they are also fully defeated by Malik kafur who is cheif general of Alla-ud-din khilji plundered and destroyed almost 60 % of south indian temples..The basic reason for such a enmity and rebel is

This is a fascinating discussion but I am too lazy to comment in a serious way. I am on vacation after all! 😆

Originally posted by: Taandav

The serial is portraying what happened in history .

In ancient & medieval centuries there was a lot of difference , clashes between vaishnavites and shaivites/shaktas . Even now some communities have this differences regarding marriages, etc. many just dont want to marry a shaivite or a vaishanvite if he /she is not from the same community.

Just one more thing, Vishnu is an aryan God, and Shiva is a basicallly non-aryan god who was incorporated into vedic hindu religion by the religious leaders.

@red where did the question of Aryan and Dravidian come into picture, i still cannot believe people believe this debunked theory.

Hindu culture is due to amalgamation of south and the north which due to geographical locations were developing in isolation.

Aryan and Dravidian theory is a myth the sooner we trash it the better.

regards
Krishna

Originally posted by: kkr531

@red where did the question of Aryan and Dravidian come into picture, i still cannot believe people believe this debunked theory.

Hindu culture is due to amalgamation of south and the north which due to geographical locations were developing in isolation.

Aryan and Dravidian theory is a myth the sooner we trash it the better.

regards
Krishna