Shree Saligramam sila - Lord Vishnu Saligramas.
If you ever happened to have a look inside a Vaishnavite's Pooja room, you might have had a glimpse of a black stone called Saligramam being worshipped. Lord Vishnu (Krishna) Saligrama - Saligrama is also known as Saligramam sila, Saligramamam, Saligram,Salagram or Saligrama. It is usually black in color with the symbol of sudarshana chakra. The chakras can be seen both outside and inside. The Saligrama stone is not believed to be just another stone found in the nature. It is found only at Gandaki River situated high in the Himalayas in Nepal. It is believed that the chakra symbols are formed by river worms called Vajra Keeta. It is believed that these worms drill the stones, get inside and use the stones a dwelling place
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Shaligram is Lord vishnu himself found only in stone form (murthy form in Kaligandaki River in Nepal). Salagrama is nothing but the shell of a Divine Insect. This Insect can be spotted in Gandaki River near Mustang district near Muktinath temple.
Saligrama sila stones are found in many colours but mostly (99 %) in black colour. White coloured ones are rare. Black colour saligram is worshipped by devotees. Red coloured Saligrama is not worshipped in homes. Saligrama sila is found with Sudarshana chakra but some Saligrama have natural golden colour marks. They are also also found in shape of Shankha, Chakra, Gada and Padma. Saligrams found within the river are supposed to be very auspicious as compared to the ones found on the banks of the river. According to Legends, Krishna ordered Vishwakarma to make Saligrama, thus it is understood that Vishwakarma resides in the Vajrakeeta which makes Saligrama..
Saligramas having one chakra is Sudarshana, where as two chakras is considered as Narayan (Lord Vishnu), three chakra saligramam is Achyut Saligrama, 4 chakra is God Janardhana Saligrama, 5 chakra is God Vaasudeva (krsna) Saligramas. According to some scripts Saligrama with 7 holes and 14 chakras is known as Ananta Padmanabha Murthy, 2 holes and 4 chakras is Narayana Murthy and so on. All the murthis have same power but only more than 12 chakra is called Ananta.
Dwarka sila is found in Dwarka river in India and is white in colour. Worshiping Dwarka sila is considered to be very auspicious and can please Lord Vishnu easily.
Abnormal sizes Saligrama should be kept in the Temples/Mutts etc. only. The size recommended for the puja in the house is smaller ones - which can be accommodated in ones closed fist and abhishekam should be performed daily.
Padhma Purnam has some rare facts about Salagrama .. Let us see those..
1) Those who worship ChakraSila / Salagrama will not be born again.
2) Dwaraka Sila and Salagrama will clear One’s Sin for the past 100 Births
3) One person who worship Salagrama and takes the Theertha Prasada, though has committed Thousand sins, will get rid all of them. Salagrama worship is capable of get rid of Bharmahathi Shapa.
4) Puniya Theerthas will get collected within 100 Yojana (Nearly 100 Ft) from the house where Salagrama Pooja is performed.
5) Salagrama worship and offerings made is manifested 100 times more than Kasi Kshetra. The House is also considered more Sacred than Kasi Kshetra.
6) Worshipping Salagrama , having Salagrama Theertha is considered equivalent to performing Million Yagas! Million Cow Dhanas(Offerings). It is also sure that the person who worship Salagrama will not have rebirth.
Generally it is said that women are not supposed to perform pooja for Salagrama.
Evil Spirits wont prevail in the area where Salagrama Pooja is performed.
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