Re: Symbolism in Colors +
Namaste EM
Nice explanation that.Thanks for the link.
In and around the South of India granite is more abundantly available , hence it is used to make mulamurthys.
The Northern part of India has more marble but a curious thing is there is sandstone as well but we dont see them used much for this purpose.
Traditional sthapathis of the South talk about the special qualities of specially chosen granite.
In TN ,we have what is called as Utsava murthys made of Pancha uloha-an alloy of five metals-they look like bronze ,they are moveable , they take " charge" from mulamurthy on utsava [ festival] days and go round on processions so that old , infirm devotees can have their darshan from their homes...
I 'd been to the Parthasarathy temple [ Partha's charioter-Sri Krishna ] in Chennai-didn't know an utsav was about to start -different temples have different schedules-I and others in the line were rushed in to the ante -room just before the moolavar [ he is some 8 ' tall] gave " charge" to the utsava murthy who was all set to go out.
I think I saw a smile on the face of Sri Parthasarathy as though to say " See, I am waiting for you and you are just walking around. Get here now" . I dont think it was the light reflection effect on the granite though...
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