NAMASKARAMS
Please see
earlier separate postings on Namaskarams for more information.
In the
earlier postings you can find about what is Namaskar and different kind of
Namaskarams.
Introducing
ourselves(Abhivadaye)
If
we see any elders we have to salute them. If the elder is a male, we have to
chant
“Abhivadaye…” before doing saluting by falling on the ground and then they say
“Chatu sagara paryantham Gobrahmanebhya shubham bhavathu ‘ ( Till the four oceans let good come to cow and Brahmins.)
In some families Abhivadaye is told and Namaskarams is done later, In some other families , first Namaskarams is done and then Abhivadaye is chanted. We have to follow our family traditions.
If we have to touch the feet of the elders after telling Abhivadaye, we have to keep our hands as a cross and touch their right feet with our right hand and their left feet with left hand. If we are not able to touch, we have to touch the ground before them.
When
we tell Abhivadaye we mention our pravara rishis.(Great Rishis of our clan )
Depend on the Gothra , it could be one or two, or three or five or even seven
pravara rishis. These pravara rishis are great sages belonging to our Gothra.
Initially all gothras started with nine rishiras. Over time there are nearly hundred gotrs. People of our Gotr are called Sagotrr and people belonging to our pravara are called Sapravarar. Marriages should not take place within the same Gotr and within same pravara.
PLEASE SEPARATE POSTING ON GOTRA AND WHY MARRIGES ARE NOT PERFORMED IN THE SAME GOTR.
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continue in next posting
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