As part of the event, the temple deity (Rama) is dressed up on a flower covered cart...
and taken through the streets for everyone to see.
The event included a fire yagya (homam)
And as always we provided a special meal and new dhotis for the young priests in training.
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At the Saturn temple in Tirunallar we performed a Saturn Yagya every day.
In India we can use all the best traditional ingredients in our yagyas.
Every day we performed a complete fire yagya.
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On Mother's Day our priests travelled to a special Parvati Temple to perform abishekam and puja for the Divine Mother (and our own mothers).
The abishekam started with many litres of milk.
After being coated with vibhuti (sacred ash) offerings of light are made as various traditional mantras are chanted.
We provde a new sari and lots of fresh flower malas.
The final puja (called aarti) is wonderfully dramatic.
