Shri Ranganatha Temple-Pomona, NY

On Saturday, I was at the beautiful Shri Ranganatha Temple at Pomona. I have been planning to go there for over a months but something would come up and I could not go- that told me this is not a place that one goes on a whim. And so , as I stood in front of the Deity, Lord Ranganatha, reclining so majestically, I knew that this was a special place.

Some months ago, during a festival , the disciples spotted a Garuda, the Lord's "vahaana" circling the sky briefly and vanish. This is considered a miraculous occurrence.

A priest was kind enough to explain to us the importance of the temple and the concept of Vishishita Advaita propounded by Ramanuja Acharya. By some strange coincidence, the priest was finishing his one year term at the temple that afternoon and on his way back to India. He would return to the Venkateswara Temple in Dombivilli, near Mumbai.

If you would like to read about this temple click on this link:http://www.ranganatha.org/

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