Answers to FAQ's on Sanatana Dharma / Hindu Principles Part 15

FAQ's are nothing but Frequently Asked Questions. Guruji Narendra Babu Sharma give answers to various questions which are asked by the callers in the programme. Also Guruji give us the knowledge on Hindu Sanathana Dharma, which i have put in FAQ Format. Many People have lot of doubts on Hindu Sanathana Dharma, which i have put in FAQ Format.
Please do ask a priest or elders, if you have any doubts in below, who knows very well about our customs and practices and clarify the same.

• Can women perform anga pradakshina (uruluseva)?
  
  
  
  
  
  No, women should not perform anga-pradakshina (uruluseva) i.e going round the temple, by rolling the body.
  Women can perform only yejje namakara or adi-pradakshina.

• Which Pranam or namaskara should a women follow while seeking blessings?
  
  
  
  
  
  Womens should always perform five-fold prostration known as Panchanga Pranama.
  You should crouch on the floor with your hands joined in front of you placed on the ground, on the palu of your sari or the end of the salwar kameez chooni.
  In this manner, your hands and feet will be placed before the Lord. You must focus your eyes on the Murti of the Lord and with your speech, offer prayers to Him.
  Your mind should contemplate only about the Murti of the Lord.
  You must start and finish the prostration with the head, nose, hands, knees and feet, touching the ground.

• Which Pranam or namaskara should a men follow while seeking blessings?
  
  
  
  
  
  Mens should perform eight fold prostrations known as Sashtang pranama.
  You must lay down flat in front of the Lord with your arms stretched out. Your head, chest, hands, knees and legs should be touching the ground. You must focus your eyes so that you visualise the Murti of the Lord. With your speech, you must only utter
  prayers to the Lord. With your mind, you must only contemplate about the Lord.

• On which day we should avoid having rice?
  
  
  
  
  
  Avoid having rice (Annam) every Monday and Saturday Night i.e for dinner.

• Which two important books we should have in our home?
  
  
  
  
  
  The two important books are Ramayana & Bhagavat Purana (also known as Srimad Bhagavata, Bhagavatam or Bhagwat).