Mudra Photos

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Hariprasad

One of the important rituals associated with Vaishnavas is to put on the “marks of Vishnu” on the body everyday. This consists of putting the “Urdhva Pundra” and the “Mudras”. The Urdhva Pundra Dharana (putting on Urdhava Pundra) consists of using the Gopi Chandana and applying the same to 12 parts of the body i.e forehead, lower abdomen (center, left and right), chest, both arms, the neck (center, left and right), lower back and below the neck at the back.

Gopi Chandana

Gopi Chandana

The Gopi Chandana is made of a special soil available near Dwaraka in Gujarat. If Gopi Chandana is unavailable, plain water can also be used but putting on the Urdhva Pundra is compulsory.

Similarly, the 5 mudras have to be applied to the 12 parts mentioned above. The 5 mudras are Shankha, Chakra, Gada, Padma and Narayana.

Shankha Mudra

Shankha Mudra

Chakra Mudra

Chakra Mudra

Gada Mudra

Padma Mudra

Padma Mudra

Gada Mudra

Narayana Mudra

Narayana Mudra

The ritual of putting on Gopi and Mudras is followed especially by Madhvas.

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10 Responses

  1. Arun, on August 30th, 2008 at 11:21 am Said:

    how far i have known and heard of, even the right chest is to be included..

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  2. Hariprasad, on August 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pm Said:

    Dear Arun,

    The 12 I have mentioned are the basic or core ones. Each matha has some small deviations/changes. So some of them do apply on the right side of the chest, some on both.

    Regards, Hari

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  3. Kale Balkrishna, on December 5th, 2008 at 2:49 pm Said:

    Namaskara,

    I am bit confused. The captions for Gada and Padma mudra are interchanged. Please check once more.

    Haraye Namaha

    Kale Balkrishna

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  4. Kale Balkrishna, on December 5th, 2008 at 3:47 pm Said:

    Namaskara Hari Avare,

    Thanks for the correction with regards to Mudra Captions.

    Haraye Namaha

    Kale Balkrishna

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  5. Krishnamurthy, on March 24th, 2009 at 10:22 pm Said:

    I think u’ve interchanged narayana and gada mudra….

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  6. Krishnamurthy, on July 12th, 2009 at 11:53 am Said:

    Namaste,
    I felt good seeing your blog. I want to know about performing ganahoma…

    Reply
  7. sylio, on July 28th, 2009 at 5:23 pm Said:

    thank u soo much

    Reply
  8. Ravindra Pujari, on August 10th, 2009 at 11:21 am Said:

    i need to no the mudras of chakras is there any book or cds related to it. please let me know my email id is ravipujari@rediffmail.com

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  9. Ravindra Pujari, on August 10th, 2009 at 11:24 am Said:

    i need to know about mudras of chakras. please help me, if there is any book of mudras of chakras or cds. please mail me the details of the same. my email is ravipujari@rediffmail.com

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