In Vrndavana they dress Radha Krsna as Matsya or Siva. Is it right?
Even Indians dress Radha Krsna and Ladoo Gopal as Santa Claus.
In other words, in their desire to satisfy everyone, they dress up Deities with different moods.
It's like at Iskcon. There is Radha Krsna, Nrsimha, Sita Rama. It is not Ekanta-bhakti.
"iskcon provides a broad platform and a portal to the whole world. naturally they cannot be too ekanta"
Sim, a Iskcon, por ser um movimento mundial, oferece várias Rasas, Lilas e humores. Mas mesmo aí, o praticante terá de escolher uma Deidade, Lila e Rasa específicos. Só assim poderá avançar. Não que um dia adora um e outro dia adora outro. Respeita todos, mas escolhe seguir um só com exclusividade.
My personal preference is that Radha Krsna should always dress as in Vrndavana or at most with lilas related to Vrndavana.
Otherwise, in the name of wanting to satisfy everyone, everything gets mixed up and the practitioner does not develop a fixed attachment to a ista deva Deity.
But I respect whoever does it. Only as Santa Claus is difficult to digest.
In this respect, Iskcon is similar to Jagannatha culture that encompasses within itself various cults such as Vaishnavism, Shakta-cult, Saivism, Ganapatya cult and the tribal forms of worship. As such, the Beshas of Prabhu Shri Jagannatha symbolise a sort of religious and cultural synthesis, hence the three deities are decorated in such a way as to satisfy the spiritual aspiration of different sects, groups and sub-groups.
These Beshas are mainly related to Lilas of Krishna, Rama, Baman, Ganesh etc.
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