The main entrance is decorated with a strand of mango leaves and a nice statue of Vishnu.
Inside the temple you can see the entrance to the sanctum with the Vishnu murti in the center. You can see on either side of the door Vishnu's guardians (Jaya and Vijaya) dressed in orange and white dhotis. There are some great stories about them in the Ramayana.
Vishnu is always found with two goddesses; Lakshmi on the left and Bhoomi Devi on the right. As is typical, they are all wearing their raksha; silver armor made with wonderful traditional handmade craftsmanship.
As you can see the murtis are quite large; about 5 feet high. Here they have been prepared for the abishekam by being coated in sesame oil and washed with water.
Then large quanties of milk are poured over the murtis, followed by other items such as yogurt, coconut juice, turmeric, etc. After each ingredient is finished, the priests perform a brief puja with offerings of fruit, and camphor light.
The abishekam ends with scented sandalwood.
The murtis are then dressed in new silk saris (from our group) and new flower malas. This photo is of the Lakshmi. The stone murti is in the rear, and the brass "festival" murti is in front.
The large scale murtis are fully dressed as are the festival murtis, as seen in the following images.
Afterwards the temple looked beautiful!
