05-04-2007, 01:34 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+May 3 2007, 10:45 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ May 3 2007, 10:45 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Also during puja when it comes to offering the prasad its the Gayatri that is chanted. And pujas are performed by both men and women all over India. So whats the issue?
Is it to the formal initiation to the gayatri that is being talked about?
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Actually, I was more curious on the differences in practice w.r.t Gayatri mantram between South and India. There were two core issues that interested me:
<b>1) </b>In Tamil Nadu, <i>as far as I know</i>, Gayatri is said in such a way that it is audible only to the reciter's ears.
<b>2)</b> In Tamil Nadu, <i>as far as I know</i>, Gayatri is not said by the women.
After visiting some temples in Bangalore and Hyderabad, I <b>extrapolated </b>my thoughts to the entire South.
My extrapolation might be wrong, but then any reason for such a practice in Tamil Nadu.
As I post this post, another point (question) comes to my mind:
<b>3)</b>In Tamil Nadu, only the Brahmins seem to recite the mantram, how is it in the other parts of the country?
Is it to the formal initiation to the gayatri that is being talked about?
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Actually, I was more curious on the differences in practice w.r.t Gayatri mantram between South and India. There were two core issues that interested me:
<b>1) </b>In Tamil Nadu, <i>as far as I know</i>, Gayatri is said in such a way that it is audible only to the reciter's ears.
<b>2)</b> In Tamil Nadu, <i>as far as I know</i>, Gayatri is not said by the women.
After visiting some temples in Bangalore and Hyderabad, I <b>extrapolated </b>my thoughts to the entire South.
My extrapolation might be wrong, but then any reason for such a practice in Tamil Nadu.
As I post this post, another point (question) comes to my mind:
<b>3)</b>In Tamil Nadu, only the Brahmins seem to recite the mantram, how is it in the other parts of the country?