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sitproperly on Jun 27th 2007 at 9:56 am Gaudia Vaisnava,Random Life Stuff

Looking for an altar…

I’ve spent hours now looking for an altar for my deities. Sure, I have a nice little bookshelf top and I’m sure I’d be quite happy with it. But I want something with a door for Jagannatha and Friends.

I looked at a few Indian/Hindu altars and none of them really do it for me. First of all, none of them are made for Jagannatha (too narrow), and I’m really just looking for something … different.

And then I thought “Shinto!” The Shinto altar is called a Kamidana. Here is an example of such a thing:
kami1.jpg

There are two doors on the front and that’s not super great, but the whole front comes off, thus revealing Their Lordships. They need the space of 12″ wide and roughly 5″ deep. This particular kamidana is certainly wide enough, but, like most kamidanas, not deep enough.

Here is another example of something that I could use:

kami2.jpg

This one is pretty huge. It’s 18″ wide and 9″ deep. More than enough space for Jagannatha AND Nrsmhadeva! Heck, I could probably find myself a couple of tiny Gaura-Nitai deities and place Them in there too! I could put some cloth over the windows for a bit of privacy and all would be kosher.

But it’s on ebay and I have to bid on it and win to get it.

If anyone has any other ideas, oh do let me know!

6 responses so far

6 Responses to “Looking for an altar…”

  1. NedNo Gravatar says:
    June 27, 2007 at 7:04 pm

    If you can find access to a woodshop, making your own would be quite fun and satisfying I would suppose.

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    June 28th, 2007 at 10:59 am

    You’re right, it would be. But the only wood working shop thing that I have access to is my dad’s. And he, being a southern baptist, would frown upon his son using his tools to build an altar for his false pagan idols. :)

  2. Nedra ZeallNo Gravatar says:
    June 27, 2007 at 8:28 pm

    I like the first one cute but the second is nicer. And you can double stick tape up some fabric in the windows.

    I bought my little alter from a thrift store, it reminds me a little of the second one.

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    June 28th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    I do like the more ornate ones, like the first one. But those are always pretty small. The second one is practical and still pretty nice.

    Do you have pictures of yours?

  3. Nedra ZeallNo Gravatar says:
    June 28, 2007 at 10:44 pm

    It’s nothing special. I’ll take a pic in the light tomorrow. It’s really my daughter’s alter these days. She takes care of Baby Gopal everyday, burns incense. Even bathes him. She’s a good devotee.

    ericNo Gravatar Reply:
    June 29th, 2007 at 10:34 am

    Oh definitely do it. I’d still like to see.

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