What are the meanings and altruistic

meanings of the Devotional Symbols ?

In our religious scripts, we find so many symbols which

are treated as sacred and  also  are being  worshipped.

The  Symbol Omkar , the symbol of sacred Feet  of

Goddess Sree Mahalakshmi (Sree Lakshmi Charanas), the

 Swastik symbol, the Lotus symbol and  the symbol of

 Purna Kalasam are the religious symbols which are worshipped sacredly.

 The Omkar is the ultimate symbol for

attaining salvation of this bonded life.

The entire universe has come from the  Omkar.

The Srusthi, Sthiti and Laya  have

befallen from this Omkar.

And  the Omkar is also known as Pranavam.

Through Pranavam we can have the self relization

by doing penance or meditate on it.

The entire wisdom is hidden in this Pranavam.

This Omkar is the fascimile ( pratiroopam)

of the entire universe.

For every Mantra or every sacred

 scriptures  are started with Omkar.  

Our lives are entangled with this.

 At the time Aksharabhyasam (beginning of our

elementary education) starts with this Omkar 

and we are used to write Omkar on the slates.

The sacred feet of Goddess, Sree Lakshmi is painted

or drawn on the walls of our houses.

This sacred feet is the sign for all the auspicious things.

 When the traditional functions in which Hindu

 married women get together called like Seemantham,

 or any other occasions relate to the married women,

particularly to whom the Seemantham function is

performed, that the  pregnant woman’s feet  is made

 pressed on the Kumkum  and then make her feet pressed

in the house for obtaining  those marks (Chihnam) as

they are  sacred feet of the Goddess Sree Lakshmidevi.

The Swasthik symbol is also the replica for the  auspiciousness.

This Swasthik symbol is the Pratiroopam (fascimile)

 of the Karmasaakshi, Surya Bhagavan.

This Swasthik mark is written or printed on the

pages of the business ledgers etc.,

and also on the walls of the houses.

Mostly this symbol is used in Northern India.

The Kamalam (Lotus) is the most sacred symbol for Hindus.

This Kamalam is born from the mud of water

which blossom mostly in the Sarovaram (tanks).

This Lotus flower comes out from the mud

and dirt and bloom above the water level.

 The  philosophical meaning of it , though

living in this re-cyclic birth (Punarapi Jananam ,

Punarapi Maranam),  it tells us that we should

 have  untouched  and non attachment with

the Samsaara which Jagat and flourish like a Kamalam.

The symbol, Purna Kalasam or Purna Kumbham

which is an ornamental pot filled with the sacred

water of Ganges, or Godavari etc.,  which is

treated as the emblem for the auspicious  occasions.

This Purna Kalasam or Purna Kumbham is

equivalent with the Amrutakalasam which

was born at the time of Ksheera Saagara Madhanam.

The meaning of  the Purna Kalasam is for

 bestowing the complete happiness and contentment.