FAQ About 100 Questions and Answers about Vasavi Ammavaru - Compiled by Smt. Vijaya Nethaji, Coimbatore
14. What was the main occupation of the Vaishyas during the Purana period ?
Agriculture & Business
27. What are the names of Kusuma’s children ?
Male Child name 'Virupatsan' Female Child name 'Vasavi'
41. What did Kusumashreshti do to the emperor who came to the city border ?
Treated them with great Hospitality
43. What did the king say to Kusumashreshti out of desire?
Asked Kusumashreshti to get Sri Vasavi married to him.
44. What did Kusumashreshti say to King regarding his desire?
He refused to get his daughter Sri Vasavi married to the king
45. Why did the king refuse to get vasavi married to the emperor ?
He said that the practice of marrying out of caste does not exist amoung Vaishyas. He said he will answer after discussing with the 18 grama Vysyas.
62. What is important part in the Preachings of Agni Pravesa Vasavi?
should not marry out of community.
64. What is the State of the king who heard about the Agni Pravesam?
His head scattered and lost his life
68. What was the resolution of the Vaisyas who witnessed the Vasavi Agni Pravesam?
Sri Vasavi was accepted as a deity
77. What is the day of Agni Pravesam of Sri Vasavi called as?
Sri Vasavi Agnipravesa Day Or the day of the incarnation of Srikanyaka Parameswari
84. What is a Family God (Kula Deivam) ?
A common God for a particular community which is worshipped foremost by the people of the community.
92. To whom do the pillars in the Sri Vasavi temple denote?
Life sacrifice made by the couples who did ‘Agni Pravesam’