Faux pas??? Dandapani!! Dandayudapani / muruga

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Elpis

@Mahakaali

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Posted: 8 years ago

#11

As many people are unable to read the link of book share by minakshi di.. here is some snap shot of the book shared by her...

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JAYASHREE

@jayvenk

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Posted: 8 years ago

#12

Being a south Indian and a devotee of Lord murugan and have always worshipped as dandapani and he stands firmly in pazyani holding a staff.

Ganesha is never addressed as Dandapani in any Temple.

So it does not matter. For me it is still a faux pas.

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ltelidevara

@ltelidevara

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Posted: 8 years ago

#13

The above extract shows Dandapani as the caretaker of Varanasi . Mostly he must have been functioning under Kalabhairava...

He may have power over some ganas alotted to him by Siva so he may be called ruler of ganas. That doesn't mean he is Ganesh,the son of Siva himself.

As far as I know Kartikeya is Dandapani..who holds the staff.

Like Minakshi said Yama also is Danda Pani but his Danda is Yama danda.

I disagree with Vinayak being given that title as shown in the show.

To me Kartikeya is Dandapani.

Lakshmi

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Elpis

@Mahakaali

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Posted: 8 years ago

#14

Originally posted by: jayvenk
Being a south Indian and a devotee of Lord murugan and have always worshipped as dandapani and he stands firmly in pazyani holding a staff.
Ganesha is never addressed as Dandapani in any Temple.
So it does not matter. For me it is still a faux pas.

I understand and I respect that.. everyone has their own beliefs and faith from childhood that's why I didn't share this earlier but I feel rsnarula67 was keen to know more about this and was asking for the same so I just shared the stories which I knew about this.. as I said earlier there are many temples of Lord Dandpani in north and west refer to different lords that also cause of their own beliefs and faith and I was nothing intent to say that what showed in episode is 100% right or wrong... I was just sharing whatever I know about the matter and for my grand mother also only lord murugan is lord Dandpani

Edited by Mahakaali - 8 years ago

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Elpis

@Mahakaali

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Posted: 8 years ago

#15

Originally posted by: ltelidevara
The above extract shows Dandapani as the caretaker of Varanasi . Mostly he must have been functioning under Kalabhairava...
He may have power over some ganas alotted to him by Siva so he may be called ruler of ganas. That doesn't mean he is Ganesh,the son of Siva himself.

As far as I know Kartikeya is Dandapani..who holds the staff.

Like Minakshi said Yama also is Danda Pani but his Danda is Yama danda.

I disagree with Vinayak being given that title as shown in the show.

To me Kartikeya is Dandapani.

Lakshmi

Hi lakshmi di... Actually in some upnishad he was refered as yaksha who was shiva devotee and some consider him as bhairav and some consider him as lord ganesha... nd there are several other temples in north which refers different lord as lord danpani and I never want to change anyone's beliefs cause I know beliefs, faith and devotion is came from inside heart and soul and no one can effect that right or wrong... u said kartikeya is dandpani cause he holds the staff and smiliraly my grandmother told me that parvati gave lord murugan the dand of her powers to defeat tadkasura and lord murugan always used the dand only as weapon most of the time and hodls the dand everytime like lord shiva his trishula and lord vishnu his chakra that's why he called as dandpani... and similarly different people has their own beliefs nothing else I was intended in my post :)

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ltelidevara

@ltelidevara

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: Mahakaali

Hi lakshmi di... Actually in some upnishad he was refered as yaksha who was shiva devotee and some consider him as bhairav and some consider him as lord ganesha... nd there are several other temples in north which refers different lord as lord danpani and I never want to change anyone's beliefs cause I know beliefs, faith and devotion is came from inside heart and soul and no one can effect that right or wrong... u said kartikeya is dandpani cause he holds the staff and smiliraly my grandmother told me that parvati gave lord murugan the dand of her powers to defeat tadkasura and lord murugan always used the dand only as weapon most of the time and hodls the dand everytime like lord shiva his trishula and lord vishnu his chakra that's why he called as dandpani... and similarly different people has their own beliefs nothing else I was intended in my post :)

I am not opposing his existence because I also read that in Vaaranasi his temple existed. I remembered watching Kashi darsan on TV and there it is shown. When I read the above matter I remembered that.But he is not Ganesh.

Parvati gave Sakti ayudh to Kumar Kartikey,that is a well known fact. It happened before Tarakasr vadh. Skandh puran and Sivapuran also said the same. I wrote that in my thread also.So by all means it should be the staff.. So he is Danda Pani. But not Ganesha.

Lakshmi

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rsnarula67

@rsnarula67

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Posted: 8 years ago

#17

@Mahakaali

Thanks for the link and also for the snapshot.

But in both the stories it seems to be about different person, that is - different from Vinayaka/Ganesha (son of Parvati & Shiva)

Am I taking both the stories too literal - is there some hidden meanings from which we can make the connection to Lord Ganesha.

Although from the comments from others, it seems that I have taken the right meaning of these stories.

I am confused; because, much as I do not like UN's creative liberty, I cannot believe that even he would make such a glaring faux pas without some background to it. But, so far I am unable to find anything.

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mnx12

@mnx12

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Posted: 8 years ago

#18

@ Makalaali, thanks for SCs.

@ All, sorry I was'nt able to reply on time.
If anyone has read Sahastranaams of different Gods, Goddess & their various forms, they will find some names repeating.
Dandapaani- one who holds danda in hand. Here Danda means a weapon, used for punishing guilty. So this name can be used for different forms of God.
Somewhere I read about even Shivji being called as Dandapaani.

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ltelidevara

@ltelidevara

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Posted: 8 years ago

#19

I agree the words repeat in sahasranamas. But some names have significance when they are attached to particular gods. Like Kumar Kartikey being called dandapani because always he is seen with Danda.

I never read that Parvati offered the name to Ganesh. Whether UN had a source..or he used his creative excellence as always only he can tell.

Lakshmi