About that statue of Hanumat in Canada - Page 2

Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour

A few years ago, I sat quietly through an abomination of a vāstu-śānti ceremony where the paṇḍita - and I use the word very loosely - announced, "Now, we invoke Lord Hanumān to bless this house!" He proceeded to say, twenty-seven times, "Oṃ Hanumate-e svāhā!" He was completely unaware that he was mispronouncing "Oṃ Anumataye svāhā!" which is a prayer to Anumati, the Vedic Goddess of Permission, by whose favour the Moon grows larger and more beautiful, and the house should do the same.

Hanuman has cosmic significance in vastu sastra which suggests placing/hanging a picture of Hanuman in the south direction of the house to ward off evil energy. There are also special guidelines to decorate the house with pictures of Pachamukhi Hanuman for auspicious reasons, per Vastu.

There are no references to Anumati in vastu shanti pooja ceremony; only references to appease vastu purush.

If the purohit had declared that he would be invoking Hanuman, that’s what he seemed to have done next. Nothing dubious in his mind. Just because you thought he should have invoked Anumati in his chants, doesn’t mean he was “mispronouncing”. By your own account, he clearly articulated that he would be invoking Hanuman.

Vāstu-śānti is a fire-offering ritual, like vivāha-saṃskāra or śrāddha. These traditions claim the Vedas as sources for their prayers.

Hanumat is not a Vedic deity. Anumati is a Vedic deity, and therefore, Oṃ Anumataye svāhā is one of the prayers in fire-rituals including vāstu-śānti.

All homas/havans are fire rituals and the yajna offerings could be made to any deity. Vastu deals with panchabhutas (prithvi, akash, agni, vayu, jala) so here is really no one deity which acquires significance other than vastu purush. Even if Anumati was excluded/omitted, it still doesn’t make a case as to why Hanuman shouldn’t have been included.

If you go only by Brahmanas or Aranyakas Indra has some significance. Not even Shiva or Vishnu. No yajna offerings should be made to them either?