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MONTHLY FESTIVALS.
MARKALI END BHOGHI PANDIGAI: This festival will be celebrated on the last date of marghali month. On this day the frontage of the house will be decorated with rangoli

kolam and with kaavi borders. The entire house will be cleaned and washed and kolam will be drawn at appropriate places. On that day all females will take oil bath. The menu

for this day: porial, kootu, pachadi, kosumalli, aamavadai, paayasam, fried applam, sambar, rasam, buttermilk and toor dhall cooked and rice cooked and poli. usual regular

meals at night for all.

SANKARANTHY:

Birth of tamil month thai: For each birth of tamil month pithru tharpanam will have to be performed by the persons who have lost their fathers. In the month of thai

uthiraayanam starts and in the month of aadi dhakshinaayanam starts. In the month chithrai chithra vishu and in the month of aipasi thula vishu starts. Tharpanam should be done

after the birth of thai month. tharpanam should be done before dhakshinayanam starts; that is in uthiraayanam itself before aadi maadha pirappu.

During this tharpanam day no kolam only in the frontage of the house. In all other places kolam can be drawn. before sankaranthy it is customary to have white wash

done,for the entire house. The front gate also will be decorated with mango leaves.In The compound wall in some districts in tamil nadu neem leaves and poolai poo plant will be

placed in all sides of the house.

Pithru tharpanam must be done first and then only sun pooja must be done.

If there is an open courtyard in the house,the pooja can be done. otherwise, the pooja could be performed in the regular pooja room itself. Wash and clean the floor where

pooja is to be performed.draw a big square in rangoli applying kaavi (red oxide) in the middle.Within that square draw a circle with eyes etc; on the northern side of the

square.(to depict the sun god surya). ande then on the southern side draw a half circle with eyes etc;(to depict the moon god chandran)

In villages white and yellow pumpkin flowers will be arranged on these drawings and pooja performed.

Items required for this pooja: sandal paste, kumkumam, betel leaves , betel nuts, flowers, fruits, sugarcane,ginger bunch, turmeric bunch, turmeric paste ,sambrani,

camphor, unboiled cow,s milk, turmeric paste coated raw rice, coconut.

In madurai and coimbatore district ginger bunches will not be available, so it will not be included in pooja.Just apply a finger length of white lime around the brass

vessal, which is to be placed for preparing pongal. Place sandal and kumkumam dots on four sides of the vessel.Pour a liile milk water in to the vessel and keep the vessel on

the oven.slightly tilted towards eastern side. There should not be rahu kalam, yama kandam at this time.


In some houses ginger and turmeric bunches are tied around the mouth of the brass vessel at the time of placing the vessel on the oven. In some houses these will be tied

when removing the pongal vessel from the oven. preparation of swett pongal is a must. In some houses white pongal and blackgramdhall vadai qare also prepared for this

function.soak raw rice and fried green gram dhall in water mixed with milk. discard the water for first and second time and put it on the oven.

When thw water, milk, are boiled p-lace green gram dhall and rice.. heat and boil.when boiled well add jaggary and, ghee, dried grapes and cashew nuts. .

In madurai district the menu will include 6 varieties of porial,two kootoos,fried applam and sambar with seven vegetables. In thanjavue district They will first prepare

''thani kootu"5 or 7 or 9 different vegetables will be cooked with salt separately and kootu will be prepared. In addition sweet potatoes porial, pumpkin kulambu will be

prepared.

The important vegetables that should be included for sankaranthy menu are; white and yellow pumpkin, plantains, sweet potatoes, beans, potatoes. brinjal, . In addition to

that boiled dhall,pachadi, rasam, curd .

Prepare the neivedhyams as above, and keep ready the pooja articles and perform pooja, after pooja and meals, , take a little of the rice offered as neivedhyam add salt

and curd and a little ginger and knead it into curd rice , to be used for' kanu' next day keep some sweet pongal also for kanu, add some kumkumam and tuemeric powder on the

h
curd rice separately and make small rice balls for kanu.

The remnances of porial,and kootu and rasam etc; may be heated again daily twice,aand prepared into a thick receipe called 'eritha kulambu' can be kept for a few days

more. Those who have performed tharpanam must take snacks and others can take food as usual--regular meals.

KANU PANDIKAI: This festival falls on the next day after sankaranthi festival.This is also called kanu peedai. On this day also all the house should be washed and rangoli

kolams are drawn.in frontage and within the house. To get rid of the bad effects of "kanu peedai" it is customery for even male members of the house to take bath immediately

after getting up from bed and then take coffee etc;

On sankaranthy day evening or on kanu pandigai day morning , the girls of the house will remove the tender turmeric from the bunch that was tied around pongal vessel clean

it, take that and then approach the elderly ladies in the house and in the neighberhood.They will get the turmeric symbollically applied to their forehead.

Those who are living near in places having rivers tanks etc/ will go there and offer kanu pidi.there, take bath and wear new clothes and then return home after eating the

curd bath prepared on the previous day and eritha kolambu. Those who are living in big cities the kanu pidi will be kept in the open courtyard of the house or at the

balcony.then they will have bath, wearing new clothes and taking coffee etc;

METHOD OF KEEPING 'KANUPIDI':Select two turmeric leaves for each girl.Take out a little of curd rice prepared on the previous day. and mix with it, a pinch of turmeric

powder.keep also curd bath separately.sweet pongal will also be used for kanu pidi in some houses. In the curd bath mix with it a pinch kumkumam and put it separately. now they

are having 3 different colours of cooked rice. white, yellow, red and brown. In some houses yellow and white colour varities will be there.

Seven or nine marble sized balls in each variety will be placed on the turmeric leaf.At the end portion of the leaf , keep 2 betel leaves,2 betel nuts, one plantain fruit,

and 2 small pieces of sugarcane bits. offer all these as neivedhyam. The rice balls will be eaten by the crows and the betel leaves, betel nut and plantain fruit will be taken

by poor class people if this is done in river beds or in tank beds.

If it is done in the balcony of your house give all these in the evening to the servant maid or to beggers.

Generally, the purpose of this festival is to pray for the welfare of their brothers. That is the reason why it is customery for the girl's brother/brothers to send

sankaranthy gift to their sisters. Even widows will have to observe this system if they have brothers.they will also receive sankaranthy gifts from their brothers. After the

kanu pidi is kept the girls must take bath and then they can take food and coffee , previous day's curd rice with eritha kootu.

For this function the girls can visit their parent's house if they are in the same city.sons-in-law are also invited for lunch. rasam will not be prepared on this day.

sambar will not be prepared on sankaranthy day.

FOR LUNCH: variety rice; coconut rice. lime rice. tamirand rice, curd rice will be prepared.fried chips, wafers, vadagam, vattral, fried applam and morekulambu . vadai and

payasam will be there.

MAATTU PONGAL: People who have cows in the house, on the day following sankaranthi must wash the cow and calf and apply turmeric paste ,sandal paste and kumkumam.and

will be garlended with netty maalai.sweet pongal will be prepared and it is offered to cow and calf. offer pooja to the cow.in the morniing hours itself. some people will offer

pooja in the evening.

The cow and calf will be taken out for a short walk. and while returning to the house a long wooden pestle called "ulakkai" will be placed on the frontage and the cow and

calf led over the pestle inside the house.
 
monthwise festivals-pongal

MONTHLY FESTIVALS.
MARKALI END BHOGHI PANDIGAI: This festival will be celebrated on the last date of marghali month. On this day the frontage of the house will be decorated with rangoli

kolam and with kaavi borders. The entire house will be cleaned and washed and kolam will be drawn at appropriate places. On that day all females will take oil bath. The menu

for this day: porial, kootu, pachadi, kosumalli, aamavadai, paayasam, fried applam, sambar, rasam, buttermilk and toor dhall cooked and rice cooked and poli. usual regular

meals at night for all.

SANKARANTHY:

Birth of tamil month thai: For each birth of tamil month pithru tharpanam will have to be performed by the persons who have lost their fathers. In the month of thai

uthiraayanam starts and in the month of aadi dhakshinaayanam starts. In the month chithrai chithra vishu and in the month of aipasi thula vishu starts. Tharpanam should be done

after the birth of thai month. tharpanam should be done before dhakshinayanam starts; that is in uthiraayanam itself before aadi maadha pirappu.

During this tharpanam day no kolam only in the frontage of the house. In all other places kolam can be drawn. before sankaranthy it is customary to have white wash

done,for the entire house. The front gate also will be decorated with mango leaves.In The compound wall in some districts in tamil nadu neem leaves and poolai poo plant will be

placed in all sides of the house.

Pithru tharpanam must be done first and then only sun pooja must be done.

If there is an open courtyard in the house,the pooja can be done. otherwise, the pooja could be performed in the regular pooja room itself. Wash and clean the floor where

pooja is to be performed.draw a big square in rangoli applying kaavi (red oxide) in the middle.Within that square draw a circle with eyes etc; on the northern side of the

square.(to depict the sun god surya). ande then on the southern side draw a half circle with eyes etc;(to depict the moon god chandran)

In villages white and yellow pumpkin flowers will be arranged on these drawings and pooja performed.

Items required for this pooja: sandal paste, kumkumam, betel leaves , betel nuts, flowers, fruits, sugarcane,ginger bunch, turmeric bunch, turmeric paste ,sambrani,

camphor, unboiled cow,s milk, turmeric paste coated raw rice, coconut.

In madurai and coimbatore district ginger bunches will not be available, so it will not be included in pooja.Just apply a finger length of white lime around the brass

vessal, which is to be placed for preparing pongal. Place sandal and kumkumam dots on four sides of the vessel.Pour a liile milk water in to the vessel and keep the vessel on

the oven.slightly tilted towards eastern side. There should not be rahu kalam, yama kandam at this time.


In some houses ginger and turmeric bunches are tied around the mouth of the brass vessel at the time of placing the vessel on the oven. In some houses these will be tied

when removing the pongal vessel from the oven. preparation of swett pongal is a must. In some houses white pongal and blackgramdhall vadai qare also prepared for this

function.soak raw rice and fried green gram dhall in water mixed with milk. discard the water for first and second time and put it on the oven.

When thw water, milk, are boiled p-lace green gram dhall and rice.. heat and boil.when boiled well add jaggary and, ghee, dried grapes and cashew nuts. .

In madurai district the menu will include 6 varieties of porial,two kootoos,fried applam and sambar with seven vegetables. In thanjavue district They will first prepare

''thani kootu"5 or 7 or 9 different vegetables will be cooked with salt separately and kootu will be prepared. In addition sweet potatoes porial, pumpkin kulambu will be

prepared.

The important vegetables that should be included for sankaranthy menu are; white and yellow pumpkin, plantains, sweet potatoes, beans, potatoes. brinjal, . In addition to

that boiled dhall,pachadi, rasam, curd .

Prepare the neivedhyams as above, and keep ready the pooja articles and perform pooja, after pooja and meals, , take a little of the rice offered as neivedhyam add salt

and curd and a little ginger and knead it into curd rice , to be used for' kanu' next day keep some sweet pongal also for kanu, add some kumkumam and tuemeric powder on the

h
curd rice separately and make small rice balls for kanu.

The remnances of porial,and kootu and rasam etc; may be heated again daily twice,aand prepared into a thick receipe called 'eritha kulambu' can be kept for a few days

more. Those who have performed tharpanam must take snacks and others can take food as usual--regular meals.

KANU PANDIKAI: This festival falls on the next day after sankaranthi festival.This is also called kanu peedai. On this day also all the house should be washed and rangoli

kolams are drawn.in frontage and within the house. To get rid of the bad effects of "kanu peedai" it is customery for even male members of the house to take bath immediately

after getting up from bed and then take coffee etc;

On sankaranthy day evening or on kanu pandigai day morning , the girls of the house will remove the tender turmeric from the bunch that was tied around pongal vessel clean

it, take that and then approach the elderly ladies in the house and in the neighberhood.They will get the turmeric symbollically applied to their forehead.

Those who are living near in places having rivers tanks etc/ will go there and offer kanu pidi.there, take bath and wear new clothes and then return home after eating the

curd bath prepared on the previous day and eritha kolambu. Those who are living in big cities the kanu pidi will be kept in the open courtyard of the house or at the

balcony.then they will have bath, wearing new clothes and taking coffee etc;

METHOD OF KEEPING 'KANUPIDI':Select two turmeric leaves for each girl.Take out a little of curd rice prepared on the previous day. and mix with it, a pinch of turmeric

powder.keep also curd bath separately.sweet pongal will also be used for kanu pidi in some houses. In the curd bath mix with it a pinch kumkumam and put it separately. now they

are having 3 different colours of cooked rice. white, yellow, red and brown. In some houses yellow and white colour varities will be there.

Seven or nine marble sized balls in each variety will be placed on the turmeric leaf.At the end portion of the leaf , keep 2 betel leaves,2 betel nuts, one plantain fruit,

and 2 small pieces of sugarcane bits. offer all these as neivedhyam. The rice balls will be eaten by the crows and the betel leaves, betel nut and plantain fruit will be taken

by poor class people if this is done in river beds or in tank beds.

If it is done in the balcony of your house give all these in the evening to the servant maid or to beggers.

Generally, the purpose of this festival is to pray for the welfare of their brothers. That is the reason why it is customery for the girl's brother/brothers to send

sankaranthy gift to their sisters. Even widows will have to observe this system if they have brothers.they will also receive sankaranthy gifts from their brothers. After the

kanu pidi is kept the girls must take bath and then they can take food and coffee , previous day's curd rice with eritha kootu.

For this function the girls can visit their parent's house if they are in the same city.sons-in-law are also invited for lunch. rasam will not be prepared on this day.

sambar will not be prepared on sankaranthy day.

FOR LUNCH: variety rice; coconut rice. lime rice. tamirand rice, curd rice will be prepared.fried chips, wafers, vadagam, vattral, fried applam and morekulambu . vadai and

payasam will be there.

MAATTU PONGAL: People who have cows in the house, on the day following sankaranthi must wash the cow and calf and apply turmeric paste ,sandal paste and kumkumam.and

will be garlended with netty maalai.sweet pongal will be prepared and it is offered to cow and calf. offer pooja to the cow.in the morniing hours itself. some people will offer

pooja in the evening.

The cow and calf will be taken out for a short walk. and while returning to the house a long wooden pestle called "ulakkai" will be placed on the frontage and the cow and

calf led over the pestle inside the house.
Generally the day next to the day of pongal is marked as கரிநாள். What is the real significance of கரிநாள். What does it mean?
 
RATHA SAPTHAMI AND BHEESHMAASHTAMY;
RATHA SAPTHAMI

oN THIS DAY THE CHARIOT DRIVEN BY SUN GOD WILL TURN TOWARDS WESTERN SIDE. hence the Rangoli in front of the house will be3 drawn in the pattern of a chariot. Persons

who are doing 96 tharpanams in a year will do tharpanam today. Sumangalis in the house will take some turmeric poeder with 7 eruken leaves or seven pieces and will placw it on

their head while taking bath, chanting slokams. Gents and widows will take bath with 7 erukkam leaves or one leaf cut into 7 pieces with some raw rice. In some houses sun god

will be offered sweet pongal or payasam as neivedhyam. those who perform tharpanam will take tiffin at night and others in the house may take food as usual.

RATHA SAPTHAMI ARKA PATHRA SNAANA SLOKANGAL.

SAPTHA SAPTHI PRIYE DEVI SAPTA LOKAIKA POOJITHEY SAPTHA JANMARJITHAM PAAPAM HARA SAPTHAMI

SATHWARAM YATH YATH KARMAKRUTHAM PAAPAM MAYAA SAPTHASU JANMASU THANMAY ROGAM CHA SHOKAM CHA MAAKARI HANTHU SAPTHAMI

NOWME SAPTHAMI DEVI THWAM SAPTHA LOKAIKA MATHARAM SAPTHA ARKA PATHRA SNAANENA MAMA PAAPAM VYAPOHAYA.

After snaanam wear dhoty and have marks on forehead and do argyam after saying sankalpam Ratha sapthami snaanaangam argya pradhaanam karishyae.

saptha sapthy rathaaruda saptha loka prakaasaka diwakara gruhaanaargyam sapthamyaam jyothishaam pathey.

Dhivaakaraaya namaha ithamargyam, ithamargyam ithamargyam. water argyam to sun. ANENA SAPTHA PATHRAAR SNAANENA ARGYA PRADHAANE NACHA

BAGWAN SARVAATHMAKAHA SURYA NAARAAYANA PREEYATHAAM.( FROM THE BOOK VAITHIKA SRI)( NO CHANGE IN ARGYA MANTHRAM)



THAI MADHAM SUKLA SAPTHAMI----ARKA PATHRA SNAANA SLOKAM.( FROM THE BOOK YOUR FAMILY FRIEND)

SAPTHA SAPTHE PRIYAE DEVI SAPTHA LOKAIKA DHEEPIKAE SAPTHA JANMAARJITHAM PAAPAM HARA SAPTHAMI SATHWARAM

YAN MAYAATHRA KRUTHAM PAAPAM POORVAM SAPTHASU JANMASU THAT SARVAM SHOKA MOHOW MAAKARI HANTHU SAPTHAMI

NAMAAMI SAPTHAMEEM DEVIM SARVA PAAPA PRANAASINEEM SAPTHA PATHRA ARKA PATHRA SNAANENA MAMA PAAPAM VYAPOHATHU,


IN THE BOOK SAMPRADHAYA VRADHA POOJA VIDHAANAM BY GIRI TRADING AGENCY IT IS LIKE THIS.

SAPTHA SAPTHA PRIYAE DEVI SAPTHA LOKAIKA DHEEPIKAE SAPTHA JANMAR4JITHAM PAAPAM HARA SAPTHAMI SATHWQRAM

YATHAA JANMA KRUTHAM PAAPAM MAYA SAPTHSU JANMASU THANMAY SHOKANCHA MOHANCHA MAAKARI HANTHU SAPTHAMI

AETHAT JANMA KRUTHAM PAAPAM YASCHA JANMAA ANTHRARJITHAM MANO VAAKAAYAJAM PAAPAM GYAATHAA AGYATHEY CHA YE PUNAAHA

ITHEE SAPTHA VIDHAM PAAPAM SNAANAN MAY SAPTHA SAPTHIKAE SAPTHA VYADHI SAMAAYUKTHAM HARA MAAKARI SAPTHAMI.


ARGYA MANTHRAM: SAPTHA SAPTHEE VAHA PREETHA SAPTHALOKHA PRATHEEPANA SAPTHAMEE SAHEETHOW DEVA GRUHAANA ARGYAM DIWAKARA.DIWAAKARAYA NAMAHA IDHAMARGYAM 3 TIMES.


BHEESHMAASHTAMY; ARGYA SLOKANGAL.


VYAAGHRA PADHA GOTHRAAYA DEEKSHANA VRADHA THARAAYA CHA APUTHRAAYA THATHAAM ARGYAM SALILAM BISHMA VARMINAE BEESHMAAYA NAMAHA IDHAMARGYAM, IDHAMARGYAM IDHAMARGYAM

GANGA PUTHRAAYA BHEESHMAAYA SHANTHANORAATHMA JAAYACHA APUTHRAAYA DHADHAAMYARGYAM SALILAM VARMANAE BEESHMAAYA NAMAHA IDHAMARGYAM, IDHAMARGYAM IDHAMARGYAM.

BHEESMAHA SYHAANTHANAVO BHEEMA SATHYAVADHEE JITHENTHRIYAHA AAPIRATH PRAVAAPNOTHU PUUTHRA POUTHROCHITHAAM KRIYAAM BEESHMAAYA NAMAHA IDHAMARGYAM 3 TIMES.

ANENA ARGYA PRADHAANENA SRI BHEESHMA PREEYATHAAM.

CHANGES ARE ALSO THERE IN OTHER BOOKS.
 
Do you know thyaajyam for stars, thithi, lagnam. like this, day thyaajyam is there, thithi thyajyam for each thithi only 96 minuted. only at this time we should not do subha karyams. so we can start subha karyam before this 96 minutes or after this 96 minutes. for stars same thing for lagnam only 16 minutes thyajyam. but for day thyaajyam is there for more than 12 hours. therefore we should not do subha karyams on the whole day. these days are called kari nall= day thyaajyam days for each month are there.
 
AAKAAMAAVAI-VASANTHA PANCHAMI-MAAGA SNAANAM- SIVA RATHRY;---MAAGA SNAANAM

SANKALPAM

-----------------NAKSHATHRAE RAASOW JAATHASYA(JAATHAAYAAHAA) MAMA SAMASTHA DURITHA KSHAAYARTHAM MAKARASTHEY RAVOW MAAGA MAASOW PUNYAHKAALAE ASMIN SHUBHODAKAE MAAGA

SNAAANAM AHAM KARISHYEA. HAVE SNAANAM FACING EAST .UTTERING THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM.


1. MAAGA MAASEA RATANTHYAAPAHA KINCHIDHAP UDHITHEY RAVOW BRAHMAGNAM VAA SURAAPAM VAA KUM PATHANTHAM PUNEEMAHEA.

2. MAKARASTHEY RAVOW MAAGAE GOVINDHA ACHUTHA MAADHAVA SNAANENAA ANENAMAY DEVA YATHOKTHA PHALODHO BHAVA.

3. KRISHNA ACHUTHA NIMAJJAME PRABHAATHEY ASMIN SUBHODAKE ANENA MAAGHA SNAANENA SUPREETHO MAAM SAMUDHARA

4. DUKKA DHAARIDHRAYA NAASAAYA SRI VISHNO STHOSHANAAYA CHA PRAATHAH SNAANAM KAROM YADHYA MAAGHEA PAAPA VINAASANAM.

HAVE SNAANAM AND WEAR DHOTY, HAVE MARKS ON FOREHEAD AND THEN GIVE ARGYAM.- THREE TIMES.

1, THAPAS ARKOTHAYAE NADHYAAM SNAATHVA AHAM VIDHI POORVAHAKAM MAADHAVAAYA DHADHAAM IDHAM ARGYAM, IDHAMARGYAM IDHAMARGYAM.

2.SAVITHRAE PRASAVITHRAE CHA PARAMDHAAMNEA NAMOSTHUTHEY TWATH THEJASAA PARIBRUSHTAM PAAPAM YAATHU SAHASRADHA SAVITHRAE NAMAHA IDHAMARGYAM,IDHAMARGYAM,IDHAMARGYAM.

3. GANGA YAMUNAYOR MADHYAE YATHRA GUPTHA SARASWATHY THRYLOKYA VANDHITHEYN DEVI THRIVENI ARGYAM DHADHAAMETHEY THRVENYAI NAMAHA IDHAMARGYAM, IDHAMARGYAM,IDHAMARGYAM.

ANENA ARGYA PRADHAANENA MAADHAVAAYA PREEYANTHAAM.

STAND FACING SUN GOD UTTER THIS SLOKAM: DHIVAAKARA JAGAN NAATHA PRABHAAKARA NAMOSTHUTHEY PARIPOORNAM KURUSHVEDHAM MAAGHA SNAANAM MAYAA KRUTHAM.--PRAARTHANA.

GIVE SOME CHARITY TO POOR CLASS PEOPLE.

dAILY DO SNAANAM LIKE THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING FROM 4-30 TO 5-30 A.M. FROM 11-02-2013 TO 10-03-2013. OR ATLEAST 4 SUNDAYS AS THIS IS A HOLIDAY.

FROM THE NEXT DAY OF THAI AMAVASAI TO THE PREVIOUS DAY OF MAASI AMAVAASAI. RETIRED PEOPLE CAN DO AT THEIR MOST.




KUNDHA CHATHURTHY.

THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON 13-02-2013. NIRNAYA SINDHU (162) SAYS "" MAAGHA SUKLA CHATHURTHYAM KUNDHA PUSHPAIHI SADHASIVAM SAMPOOJYA YO HI NAKTHAASRI SAMPROPNOTHI SRIYAM

NARAHA""

HAVE FASTING IN THE MORNING ON MAASI SUKLA PAKSHA CHATHURTHY DAY AND START DOING POOJA TO PARVATHY AND PARAMASIVAN WITH MALLIGAI POO. ASHTOTHRAM, SAHASRANAAMAM,

THRISATHY ARCHANA. DO NEIVEDHYAM. 16 UPACHAARA POOJA. IN YOUR HOUSE OR IN TEMPLE.AS YOU PLEASE. YOU WILL GET ALL SELVAMS..



VASANTHA PANCHAME---SRI PANCHAMI ON 14-02-2013. THIS YEAR. SMRUTHY KOUSTHUPAM 479 SAYS: MAAGHA MAASEA NRUPA SRESHTA SUKLAAYAAM PANCHAMI THITHOU RATHY KAAMOW THU

SAMPOOJYA KARTHAVYA SU MAHOTHSAVAHA.

MAASI SUKLA PATCHA PANCHAMY IS CALLED VASANTHA PANCHAMY. ON THIS DAY WE HAVE TO DO 16 UPACHAARA POOJA AND ARCHANA TO MAHALAKSHMI-MAHA VISHNU- RATHI- MANMATHAM ONA

FRAMED PICTURES OR ON IDOLS.MAALIGAI POO ARCHANAI. ASTHOTHRAM, SAHASRANAMAM, THRISATHY. NEIVEDHYAM SWEETS AND SNACKS. ALONG WITH CONCERTS, DANCE, AND NAAMA SANGEERTHANAM. GIVE

PRIZES TO THE NEWLY WEDDED COUPLES.

YOU WILL GET THE BLESSINGS OF MAHA VISHNU, LAKSHMI, RATHI AND MANMATHAN.


ON 25-02 2013. AA KAA MAA VAI. THIS IS THE FIRST LETTER S OF TAMIL MONTHS; AADI, KARTHIKAI; MAASI; VAIKAASI. ON THESE MONTHS ON FULL MOON DAY . ON THESE DAYS TAKE

SNAANAM IN ARUNODHAYAM TIME THAT IS FROM 4-30 TO 5-30 A.M.

SATHYA VRADHA SMRUTHY SAYS: BHALAM, ROOPAM, YASO, DHARMAM, GNANAM, AAYUHU, SUKHAM, DHRUTHEEM, AAROGYAM PARAMAAPNOTHY SAMYAK SNAANENA MAANAVAHA.

ON 10-03 2013 MAHA SIVARAATHRE. SIVA PANCHAAKSHARA JAPAM, RUDHRA PAARAAYANAM, CHANTING SIVI,SIVA , SIVA DHARSANAM. HEARING RUDHRAM ARE ALL GOOD.

MAASI MAADHAM KRISHNA PATCHAM CHATHURDASI THITHI = MAHA SIVIRATHRY.;

NITHYA SIVARATHRY; KRISHNA PAKSHA ,SUKLA PAKSHA CHATHURDASI THITHI . 24 SIVARATHRY VRATHAM.

PAKSHA SIVARAATHRY; FROM THAI MONTH KRISHNA PAKSHA PRATHAMAI TO CHATHURDASI 14 DAYS. IN THIS YEAR FROM 11-02-2013 TO 24-02-2013. DAILY ONE TIME FOOD FROM 11-2-2013 TO 23-

02-2013 AND ON 23RD NO FOOD IN DAY TIME VISIT SIVAN KOIL WITH VILVA MAALAI HAVE SIVA DARSHAN WITH YOUR VILVA MAALAI AND COME BACK TO HOME.

MAADHA SIVIRATRY: VRATHAM IN EACH MONTH EACH THITHI THAT IS; CHITHRAI-KRISHNA PATCHA ASHTAMI;
VAIKAASI; SUKLA PATCHA ASHTAMI;
AANI; SUKLA PATCHA CHATHURTHY;
AADI; KRISHNA PATCHA PANCHAMI;
AAVANI ;SUKLA PAKSHA ASHTAMI
PURATASI; SUKLA PAKSHA TRYODASI;
IEPASI; SUKLA PATCHA DWADASI;
KAARTHIGAI; SUKLA PATCHA SAPTAMI;
MARKALI;SUKLA PATCHA CHATHURDASI;
THAI; SUKLA PATCHA THRUTHIYAI;
MAASI; KRISHNA PATCHA CHATHURDASI;
PANGUNI; SUKLA PATCHA THRUTHIYAI.

VRADHAM; POOJA LIKE THIS IS CALLED MADHA SIVARATHRY.

YOGHA SIVARAATHRY; NEW MOON THITHI ON ANY MONDAY ( DAY AND NIGHT FULL) IS CALLED YOGHA SIVARAATHRY. VERY RARELY IT WILL COME.
 
Thanks for your information. I would like to know this day thyaajyam is followed only in tamilnadu or it is generally followed by all astikaas all over India.
 
KAARADAIYA NONBU;

THIS WILL FALL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE MONTH OF MAASI AND BEGINING OF THE MONTH PANGUNI.. HOWEVER , THIS NONBU SHOULD BE PERFORMED JUST BEFORE THE 'MASI' MONTH

ENDS.THIS IS MAINLY FOR SUMANGALIS AND GIRLS. THIS HAS TO BE PERFORMED AT THE EXACT TIME OF THE BIRTH OF THE MONTH. FOR EXAMPLE IF HE BIRTH OF THE MONTH TAKES PLACE BEFORE

TWO'O' CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON SOME WILL TAKE ONLY PLAIN COFFEE IN THE MORNING. IF IT COMES IN THE EVENING HOURS , THEY WILL TAKE LIGHT TIFFEN SUCH AS BEATEN RICE FLAKES,

CHAPPAATHI, SATHUMAAVU.WHICH SHOULD BE COOKED FRESH AND EATEN.

IF THE BIRTH OF THE MONTH FALLS ON NIGHT TIME SOME WILL TAKE MEALS IN THE MORNING AND SOME WILL TAKE TIFFEN ONLY AT NOON. JUST 2 HOURS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF TAMIL MONTH

PANGUNI THOSE WHO PERFORM THIS NONBU WILL TAKE OIL BATH, AND IN SOME FAMILIES AS IT IS MADHA PIRAPPU THARPANAM IS THERE THEY WILL NEVER TAKE OIL BATH.AFTER BEING TAKEN OIL OR

ORDINARY SNAANAM THEY WILL START PREPARING KAARADAI.

IN SOME HOUSES BOTH SWEET (JAGGERY) AND SALT ADAI WILL BE PREPARED. CIRCULAR JAGGERY ADAIS IN THE SHAPE OF VADAIS WILL BE PREPARED. AND ALSO IN SOME HOUSES SOME SEVEN OR

EIGHT JAGGERY ADAIS IN THE SHAPE OF BRICKS.

FOR THE POOJA WE REQUIRE BETEL LEAVES, BETEL NUTS, BUTTER, FLOWERS, PLANTAIN FRUITS,TURMERIC, KUMKUMAM, AND SANDAL PASTE. A YELLOW THREAD (SARADU) WITH A FLOWER TIED IN THE

CENTRE.

COUNT THE NUMBER OF SUMANGALIS AND THE GIRLS IN THE HOUSE. DRAW SMALL PATTERNS OF RANGOLI FACING EAST, EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF PERSONS PRESENT.IF THE NUMBER IS IN ODD NUMBER

DRAW KOLA TO THE NEXT EVEN NUMBERS. PLACE ON THE RANGOLI KOLAMS A SMALL PLANTAIN LEAF WITH TOP EDGES INTACT.SPRINKLE WATER OVER THESE LEAVESAND PLACE TWO JAGGERY AND 2 SALT

ADAI, PLACE SOME BUTTER ON THE LEAVES. WITHOUT TOUCHING THE LEAVES AND NEAR TO THE LEAVES PLACE 2 BETELS, 2BETEL NUT, ONE PLANTAIN FRUIT AND ONE FLOWER TIED SARADU.

THE WOMAN AND GIRLS PERFORMING THE NONBU , AFTER TAKING BATH, SHOULD WEAR NEW OR FRESHLY WASHED CLOTHES, APPLY KUMKUMAM ON THEIR FOREHEAD, APPLYING SANDAL PASTE ON THEIR

HANDS. WEARING FLOWERS ON THEIR HEADS, THEY SHOULD STAND BEFORE THE PLANTAIN LEAVES,FACING EAST OR NORTH AND PERFORM NEIVEDHYAM SIMULTANEAOUSLY FOR BOTH THE PLANTAIN LEAF AND

BETEL LEAVES.AND TAKE OUT THE YELLOW THREAD AND TIE IT AROUND THEIR NECKS.

DURING NEIVEDHYAM THEY WILL SAY " URUGAATHA VENNAIYUM ORADAIYUM UNDAANAALUM ORUKKALUM ENNAI VITTU EN KANAVAR PRIYAADHIRUKKA VENDUM".THE ELDEST MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY WILL

HAVE TWO SARADU. ONE SHE WILL WEAR AND ANOTHER FOR THE SWAMY PADAM .AND ALSO FOR THE SMALL GIRLS SHE WILL TIE THEM ON THEIR NECKS.ONE SLOKAM IS THERE TO UTTER WHILE TYING THE

SARADU ON THEIR NECK. "DHORAM GRUNNAMI SUBHAGAE SAHARIDHRAM DHARAAM YAHAM BARTHUHU AAYUSHYA SIDHYARTHAM SUPREETHA BAVA SARVADHA"

AFTER GETTING THE BLESSINGS FROM THE ELDERS OF THE HOUSE THEY WILL KEEP ASIDE THE BRICK SHAPPED/ROUND SHAPPED ADAI WITH SOME BUTTER FROM THE LEAF TO BE GIVEN TO THE

HUSBAND AND THEN EAT THE ADAIS

THOSE WHO OBSERVE NONBU SHOULD TAKE ONLY LIGHT TIFFIN ON THAT WHOLE DAY. iF THE NONBU TIME COMES AT 10 A M IN THE MORNING THEY SHOUKD TAKE ONLY TIFFIN ON THAT NIGHT ALSO.

ON THE NEXT DAY MORNING THE LADIES OBSERVING THE NONBU WILL APPLY TURMERIC AND KUMKUMAM ON THE FOREHEAD OF THE COW AND GIVE SOME ADAIS TO THE COW.

IF THERE ARE OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT OBSERVING NONBU IN ONE"S OWN HOUSE THE YELLOW THREAD (SARADU) CAN BE KEPT IN A NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE WHO WILL BE PERFORMING THE NONBU AND

AFTER THE USUAL POOJA AND NEIVEDHYAM IS OVER IT CAN BE TIED OVER THE NECK UTTERING SLOKAM. YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE BUTTERMILK/CURD ON THE WHOLE DAY.
 
on 25-02-2013 full moon and makam star in maasi month= maasi maham.On this day chandran will be in suryan's house aspecting suryan. suryan aspecting chandran will be in

his son's house (sani).In sri vidhya theory they are praying to goddess in different avatharams. 1. thara 2. mathangi. 3. bagalamuki. 4. chinna mastha. 5. dhoomavathy. 6.

buvaneswari. 7. kali.8. thripiru bairavi. 9. kamala. 10. lalitha. on this masi month, full moon, and makam star day lalitha's avatharam have started in the evening.

so we can decorate lalitha idol or picture and do 16 upachara pooja; and neivedhyam sakrai pongal; and we may give thaamboolam for 9 sumangalis. archanai ashtothram,

sahasranaamam. trisathi.. we can also recite lalitha sahasranama paaraayanam in the evening On the top floor open space, where chandran's oli is falling ON US, and recite

lalitha shasra naama paarAYANAM AFTER HAVING AAVAAHANAM OF LALITHA IN CHANDRAN. ALSO SOUNDARYA LAHARY AND ABHIRAAMI ANTHADHI KAY BE UTTERED.



ON 26TH MARCH 2013 HOLI PANDIGAI. NICHAGA METHU POOJYEYAM HOLIKA SARVOTHO MUKAIHI (SMRUTHY KOUSTHUPAM -517). IN NORTH INDIA BELIEVING THAT DUNDUKA RAAKSHASHI IS READY

TO GIVE TROUBLES TO THE CHILDREN AND TO SAFEGUARD THE CHIDREN IN THE EVENING PRODOSHA TIME NORTH INDIAN PEOPLE ARE BURNING THE FIGURE OF RAAKSHASHI IN THEIR HOUSE FRONT OR BAVK

OR IN THE ROAD JUNCTION. ASMAABIR BAYA SANTHRASTHAIHI KRUTHA THWAM HOLIKEA YATHAHA ATHASTHWAM POOJAYISHYAAMO BOOTHEY BOOTHIPRADHA BHAVA.

UTTERING THIS ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE CIRCLING THE FIRE FOR THREE TIMES CLOCKWISE. BASED ON THIS ON HOLI PANDIGAI DAY THEY ARE BURNING THE HOLIKA KODUMPAVI.

THATHAHA KILA LILAA SABTHAIHI, THAALA SABHTHAIR MANORAMYHI THAMAGNIM THREE PARIKRAMYA GAAYANTHU CHA HASANTHU CHA (SMRUTHY KOUSTHUPAM-518) WHILE BURNING ALL PEOPLE MUST

ENJOY BY CHATTING, SHOUTING, SINGING AND LAUGHING SPRAYING DIFFERENT COLOUR OF WATER ON EACH OTHER ETC. ON THAT NIGHT OR NEXT MORNING AFTER TAKING BATH THEY MUST SEE THE ASHES

BY CHANTING THE SLOKAM " VANDHI THAASI SURENDHREANA BRUHMANA SHANKARENA CHA ATHASTHWAM PAAHI NO DEVI BOOTHEY BOOTHI PRADHA BHAVA.

BHAVISHYOTHARA PURAANAM SAYS THAT DO ING LIKE THIS CHILDREN WILL BE RELIEVED FROM DISEASES, DOSHAMS, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. CHILDREN WILL GET LONGEVITY, HEALTHY LIFE AND WITH

MUCH INTELLIGIENCE.



UGADHI PANDIGAI; CHAANDHRAMAANA NEW YEAR.THIS YEAR IT COMES ON 11TH APRIL 2013. ALSO DEVI NAVARAATHIRI STARTS ON THIS DAY.

KALPAM, UGAM, VARUSHAM, MADHAM, PAKSHAM, VAARAM, DAY --THESE THINGS ARE CALCULATED ONLY ON THE BASIS OF NAVAGRAHAM. TIME CALCULATED FROM THE BASIS OF SUN IS CALLED

SOWRAMAANAM. TIME CALCULATED FROM THE BASIS OF CHANDRAN IS CALLED CHAANDRAMAANAM. WHEN SURYAN ENTERS MESHA RAASI SOURA MAANA YEAR STARTS. CHITHRAI MONTH. SRI RAMA NAVAMI IS

CALCULATED FROM CHAADRAMAANA THITHIAND DEEPAVALI IS BASED ON SOURAMAANA THITHI.

PEOPLE WHO ARE ADOPTING CHAANDRAMAANA YEAR MUST CELEBRATE THIS DAY AS THEIR NEW YEAR DAY. NEEM FLOWER PACHADI, OIL BATH, WEARING NEW COTHES AND JWELS.VISITING TEMPLES,

PANCHANGAM READING.


V A S A N T H A N A V A R A T H R I.

THIS IS FROM 11TH APRIL TO 19TH APRIL.2013.THIS YEAR.SRI VIDHYA SASTRAM SAYS THAT SRI VIDHYA PASAKARGAL MUST DO NAVAA VARANA POOJA , KANYA AND SUMANGALI POOJA AND SRIVIDYA

AND CHANDY HOMAM. CHITHRY AND VAIKASI MADHAM ARE CALLED VASANTHA RUTHU. SO THIS IS CALLED VASANTHA NAVARATHRY.OTHERS CAN CHANT DEVI MAHATHMYAM, READING DEVI BHAGHAVATHAM , AND

RAAMAAYANAM.


19TH APRIL 2013 SRI RAMANAVAMI. ""CHAITHRA MAASI NAVAMYAM THU JAATHO RAAMAHA SWAYAM HARIHI PUNARVAS VRUKSHA SAMUKTHA SAA THITHIHI SARVA KAAMADHA SRI RAMANAVAMI PROKTHA

KOTI SURYA GRAHA DHIKAA.(NIRNAYA SINDHU-64)WE ARE CELEBRATING RAMANAVAMI FROM 11TH TO 19 AS RAMANAVAMI GARBOTHSAVAM AND AS RAMANAVAMI JANANOTHSAVAM FROM 19TH TO 27TH APRIL. WE

CAN HEAR RAMAYANAM PRAVACHANAM UPANYASAM. CHARITY OF HAND FAN=VISIRI AND PAANAGAM AND NEER MORE

DO POOJA ON RAMAR IDOL OR FRAMED PICTURE FOR 9 DAY OR ATLEAST ONE DAY AND GIVE THAT AS CHARITY TO OTHERS. UTTERING SRI RAMA NAVAMI PINYA KAALEA RAMA VIGRAHAM/ SRI

RAMAR CHITHRA PADAM DHAANAM KARISHYAE. ALSO CHANT THIS SLOKAM "" IMAAM SWARNAMAYEEM RAMA PRATHIMAM CHA PRAYATHANATHAHA SRI RAMA PREETHAYAE DHAASYEA RAMA BHAKTHAAYA DHEEMATHEY

PREETHO RAMO HARATHVAASU PAAPAANI SUBHA HOONIMEA ANEKA JANMA SAMSIDHAANI ABYASTHAANI MAHAANTHICHA. ( NIRNAYA SINDHU-66)

IMAAM SRI RAMA PRATHEEMAM SRI RAMACHANDRA MOOTHIM KAAMYANA MANAHA SRI RAMACHANDRA SWAROOPAAYA SAMPRADHA THEY. SAYING THIS DONATE THE CHITHRA PADAM.ALL PROPERITIES WILL

COME.

M A D A N A T R A Y O D A S I.

THIS FALLS ON 23-04-2013.CHITHRAI MONTH SUKLA PATCHA TRYODASI EVENING EACH COUPLE SHOULD DO POOJA TO RATHI AND MANMATHAN WITH VASANTHA RITHU. DO AAVAAHANAM IN SUGARCANE AND

DO POOJA. THEN DO PRAARTHANA " VASANTHAAYA NAMASTHUBHYAM VRUKSHA GULMA LATHASRAYA SAHASRAA MUKHA SAMVAASA KAAMA RUPA NAMOSTHUTHEY (NIRNAYA SINDHU-67) NAMOSTHU PANCHA BHANAAYA

JAGATHA HLAATHA KAARINEA MANMAATHAAYA JAGANNTHREY RATHEPREETHY PRIYAAYA THEY. THEN TELL THE FOLLOWING TEN NAMAAKAL

KLEEM KAAMADEVAYA NAMAHA; HREEM RATHYAY NAMAHA; SMARA SHAREERAAYA NAMAHA; ANANGAAYA NAMAHA; MANMATHAAYA NAMAHA;KAAMAAYA NAMAHA; VASANTHA SAKHAAYA NAMAHA; SMARAAYA NAMAHA;

IKSHUCHAAPAAYA NAMAHA;PUSHPASHTHRAAYAAYAI NAMAHA.
 
sri madhwaachaaryar n a v a m i.
On 4-2-2013 krishna patcham navami day in thai month maraindhar. he found out the moola krishna idol and placed it in udupi.saaligrama krishnar idol.he established dwatha

madham .(1238-1317).

ON 27-01-2013 THAI POOSAM DAY. PARVATHY DEVI GAVE GNANA VEL TO KANTHAN ON THIS DAY.DO SUBRAMANIAR 16 UPACHAARA POOJA ASTOTHRAM, SAHASRANAAMAM, THRISATHI ARCHANA AND ALSO

CHATHRU SAMHAARA THRISATHI ARCHANA ON THIS DAY.READ SUBRAMANYA BHUJANGAM ,SKANDA SASTY KAVACHAM ETC.


ON MARCH 4TH, 5 TH ,AND 6TH 2013 . MAASI KRISHNA PATCHA ASTAMI IS CALLED EAKAASHTAKAI. ON THIS DAY YOU MAY ASTAKAA SRATHAM WITH 8 PROHITS. OR YOU MAY DO THARPANAM ON

THIS DAY LIKE AMAVASAI THARPANAM. YOU MAY ALSO DO THARPANAM ON MARKALI, THAI, MASI AND PANGUNI KRISHNA PATCHA SAPTHAMI, ASTAMI AND NAVAMI= 4 MONTHS INTO 3 DAYS= 12 DAYS

THARPANAM ONLY.

ON MARCH 8, 2013 KANCHI SRI VIJAYENDHRA SARASWATHY SWAMIKAL JAYANTHY.MAASI MONTH UTHRAADAM STAR.

MUTHUSWAMY DEEKSHIDAR JAYANTHY FALLS ON PANGUNI MONTH KARTHIGAI STAR ON 13-04-2013.ONE OF THE SANGEETHA MUMMOORTHYGAL.

ON 15-04-2013 LAKSHMI PANCHAMI--SRI PANCHAMI. SMRUTHY KOUSTHUPAM 92. SAYS: SUKLAAYA MATHA PANCHAMYAM CHAITHRAE MAASI SUBAANANA SREER VISHNU LOKAAN MAANUSHYAM

SAMPRAAPTHA KESAVAAGYAYA THASMAATH THAAM POOJAYATH THATHRA YASTHAM LAKSHMIR NA MUNJATHY.

MAHA LAKSHMI APPEARED FROM MILK OCEAN ON THIS DAY. CHITHRAI MONTH SUKLA PATCHA PANCHAMI THITHI. DO LAKSHMI POOJA ALONG WITH MAHA VISHNU ON THIS DAY KUNDHAM= MALLIGAI

POO. DO AO SAHASRANAAMA , ASTHOTHRA, THRISATHY ARCHANA WITH JASMINE ( MALLIGAI POO). CHANT LAKSHMI STHOTHRAM ON THIS DAY. PRAY TO GODDESS LAKSHMI. YOU WILL GET LAKSHMI

KADAAKSHAM.

HAYA( HORSE) UCHIASVARAS HORSE ALSO APPEARED ON THIS DAY. DO POOJA TO HORSE ALONG WITH SOME GANDHARVAAS, GIVE HORSR GRAM TO HORSE. YOU CAN GET PROFIT IN BUSINESS. YOU

CAN WIN THE COURT CASES.

ASHOKAASHTAMI. THIS FALLS ON 18-04-2013.ASHOKAM= MARUDHAANI. DO POOJA ON MARUDHAANI TREE OR PLANT AND TAKE 7 MARUDHANI LEAVES BY CHANTING THIS SLOKAM. ""THWAA MASHOKA

NARAABHEESHTA MADHU MAASA SAMUDH BHAVA PIBHAAMI SHOKA SANTHAPTHO MAAMASHOKAM SADHA KURU. YOU WILL GET MENTAL PEACE.

ON 23RD APRIL 2013 FALLS MADHANA THRAYODASI.

ON 31-03-2013 V A R A A H A J A Y A N T H I

DHYAANAM OF LAKSMI VARAAHAR , POOJA TO LAKSHMI VARAAHAR CHANT VARAAHA AVATHAARAM CHAPTER FROM BHAAGAVATHAM. DO NEIVEDHYAM KILANGU VARIERIES AND GROUND NUTS WITH JAGERY OR

SUGAR. YOU CAN GET PLOT/ HOUSE TO LIVE AND ALSO MOKSHAM ENGIRA VEEDU.

PANGUNI UTHIRAM ON 27-03-2013.

MARRIAGE DAY FOR PARVATHY AND PARAMA SIVAN. ALSO MARRIAGE OF MURUGAN-DEVA YANI; MEENAKSHI-SUNDAESWARAR; RAMAR-SEETHA-; AANDAAL-RANGANATHAR; SAVITHRI-SATHYAVAAN;

KARPAKAAMBAL-KABAALEESHVARAR MARRIAGES WERE HELD. ON THIS DAY RATHY WAS ABLE TO SEE MANMATHAM. BIRTH DAY OF ARJUNAN. IYYAPPAN AVATHAARA DAY. GOING BY WALKING TO SWAMI

MALAI/PALANI WITH KAAVADI

. 07-5-2013 MATHSYA JAYANTHY. ALSO RAMANA MAHA RISHI AARAADHANA.

10-05-2013 VAIKAASA SNAANAM FOR ONE MONTH.

11-05-2013 CHITHRAI MONTH KARTHIGAI STAR SHYAAMA SATRIGAL JAYANTHY. WE MAY HEAR HIS SONGS ON THIS DAY.

13-05-2013 AKSHAYA THRUTHIYAI.

14-05-2013 RAMANUJAR JAYANTHY CHITHRAI MONTH THIRUVAADHIRAI STAR.

15-05-2013 SRI SANKARA JAYANTHY.

14-04-2013 TAMIL NEW YEAR DAY. ""MESHA SANGRAMANEA BHANOR MESHA DHAANAM MAHA PHALAM"" GOAT, REQUIREMENTS FOR GOAT CAN BE GIVEN AS CHARITY. FOR MESHA RAASI. FOR SURYAN

CHARITY OF WHEAT, AND ANNA DHAANAM, DHOTY, VISIRI, (HAND FAN) CHAPPALS, UMBRELLA, JAGARY WATER, BUTTERMILK ( PAANAKAM, NEER MORE) MAY BE GIVEN AS CHARITY TO THE NEEDY

PERSONS.PEOPLE WHO LIKES TO START SHANNAVATHY THARPANAMS MAY START FROM THIS DAY.

PERSONS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR FATHER WILL PERFORM THARPANAM AND TAKE ONLY LIGHT TIFFIN AT NIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE MERGER OF FESTIVAL DAY AND THARPANAM ON THE SAME DAY OIL BATH

IS NOT TAKEN ON THIS DAY. THE HOUSE WILL BE CLEANED AND WASHED AND THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE WILL BE DECORATED WITH KOLAMS AND KAAVI.

MENU FOR THE DAY: PAAYASAM, VADAI, FRIED APPLAM, CURD PACHADI,FRESH NEEM FLOWER PACHADI, PORIAL, KOOTU, MOAR KULAMBU SOME SWEET POLI OF SOME THING. SOME PEOPLE WILL ADD

THE FRESH NEEM FLOWER (FRIED) IN THE MANGO SWEET PACHADI.

READING OF THJE ALMANAC: IT IS CUSTOMERY, ON TAMIL NEW YEAR"S DAY TO START USING THE NEW ALMANAC WITH CEREMONIAL READING. tHE FAMILY PRIEST ,(AFTER INVOKING THE BLESSINGS

OF THE ALMIGHTY) WILL READ FROM THE NEW PANCHANGAM THE SALIENT FEATURES IN IT. AFTER IT IS OVER , BEATEN RICE FLAKES (aval) mixed with jaggery, sundal, or green gram dhall with

cucumber salad; jagery syrup; thin butter milk with salt, cury leaves, ginger and scaded mustard will be offered to god and distributed to all who had assembled in a temple or

in some PUBLIC PLACES. WITH HAND FAN=VISIRI, THAAMBOOLAM AND FRUIT.

SAMBHAVANAI FOR THE PRIEST/SASTRIGAL WILL BE COLLECTED FROM THE PERSONS VISITED THERE .

25-04-2013 CHITHRAI POURNAMI CHITHRA GUPTHA POOJAI.
 
SRI MATSYA JAYANTHI 7-5-2013.DO POOJA TO MAHA VISHNU AND GIVE ARGYAM WITH WATER CHANTING THE SLOKAS. SATHYAVRADHO UPADESAAYA JIHMAMEENA SWAROOPA DHRUK PRALAYAABHDHI

KRUTHAAVAASA GRUHAANAARGYAM NAMOSTHUTHEY MATHSYYA SWAROOPAAYA VISHNAVE NAMAHA IDHAMARGYAM. ANENA ARGYA PRADHAANENA MATHSYA SWAROOPEE BHAGHAVAN PREEYATHAAM.

STUDY RAMANA MAHARISHI"S ARUNACHALA AKSHARA MANI MAALAI AND DO AATHMA VICHARAM AS THIS IS RAMANA MAHARISHI"S SIDDHI DAY.
.
10-05=2013. SYAAMA SASTRIGAL JAYANTHY. CHITHRAI MONTH KARTHIGAI STAR. LET US ENJOY HIS CONCERTS. on this DAY.

31-01-2013 THYAAGA BRAHMAM JAYANTHY AT THIRUVYARU


VAISAAKA SNAANAM: THE NEXT DAY FROM CHITHRAI AMAVASAI TO VAIKASI AMAVASAI TIME IS CALLED VAISAAKA MONTH. THAT IS FROM 10-5-2013 TO 8-6-2013.TAKE BATH DAILY EARLY IN THE

MORNING FOR THESE 30 DAYS, IF NOT POSSIBLE ATLEAST ON ANY POSSIBLE DAYS UTTERING THE SLOKAM IN PROPER PROCEEDEURE YOU WILL GET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. ""MAADHAVEA MAYSHAGAE BHAANOW

MURAARAE MADHUSOODHANA PRAATHAS SNAANENA MAY NAATHA PHALADHO BHAVA PAAPAHAN.

13-5-2013 AKSHAYA THRUTHIYAI.VAIKAASI MONTH KRISHNA PAKSHA THRUTHIYAI IS CALLED AKSHAYYA THRUTHIYAI. POOJAS.,JAPAM,AND HOMAM DONE ON THIS DAY WILL GIVE IMMENSE VALUE.

CHARITY TO POOR CLASS: YOU MAY GIVE WATER TO THE NEEDY AND ALSO POURING WATER TO TREES IS ALSO BENEFITS YOU.SNAANAM IN THE SEA IS ALSO BENEFICIAL.THARPANAM TO PITHRUS IS ALSO

GOOD. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT DOING SHANNAVATHY THARPANAM YOU CAN DO THARPANAM ON THIS DAY.YOU MAY GIVE ANNA DHAANAM ON THIS DAY.

YOU MAY GIVE WATER IN KUDAMS ( EVEN IN PLASTIC KUDAM) TO PLENTY OF POOR PEOPLE.SAYING NTHIS SLOKAM AESHA DHARMA GADO DHATHAHA BRAHMA VISHNO SHIVATHMAKAHA ASYA PRADHAANATH

SAKALAHA MAMA SANTHU MANORATHAAHA. YOU MAY GIVE IN CHITHRAI MONTH FOR 30 DAYS 30 KUDAMS OR THREE KUDAMS MAY BE GIVEN AS CHARITY.iT WILL BE GOOD TO FEED PUROHITS AND OFFER THEM

CURD BATH. ELDERS WILL DO VISHNU POOJA IN THE HOUSE AND OFFER CURD BATH, PAANAKAM, BUTTERMILK. COCONUT THUVAYAL AND MANGO PISARAL TO THE PUROHITHS AS GIFT.

PREPARE CURD BATH WITH 2 CUPS OF COOKED RICE.THIS BATH CAN BE PUT IN A NEW TOWEL WASHED AND DRIED DULY TIED AND OFFERED TO PANDITS./PUROHITHS/SASTRIGALS.YOU MAY OFFER THEM

NEER MORE AND PAANAKAM IN TUMBLERS THEY WILL CONSUME IT IN THAT PLACE ITSELF.


AADHI SANKARAR JAYANTHY; CHITHRAI MONTH THIRUVAADHIRAI STAR DAY;15-05-2013. VAIKAASA SUKLA PATCHA PANCHAMI.DO POOJA AS IS IN THE VRADHA POOJA VIDHAANAM BOOK.

14-5-2013. RAMANUJAR JAYANTHY.CHITHRAI SUKLA PATCHA PANCHAMI AND THIRUVADIRAI STAR.

12-5-2013. BALA RAMAR JAYANTHI.

22-5 2013. KAVAAYAMAANA DWADASI.VAIKAASI MO0NTH SUKLA PATCHA DWADASI THITHI . THRI VIKRAMA MOORTHYAANA MAHA VISHNU VIRKKU DO POOJA TODAY WITH MALLIKAI AND AND THULASI.

NEIVEDHYAM MANGA FRUIT. DO ANNADHAANAM TO POOR PEOPLE. MAHA BHAARATHAM DHAANA DHARMA PRAKARANAM SAYS: AHO RAATHRENA DWAADASYAM JYESTAE MAASI THRIVIKRAMAMGAVAAMAYANA MAAPNOTHY

ABSAROBHISHCHA MODHATHEY..

23-5-2013 NARASIMHAR JAYANTHI

03-06-2013 DHATHATHREYAR JAYANTHI

FROM 9-6-2013 TO 7-7-2013 VALKAASI SUKLA PRATHAMAI TOAANI AMAVASAI VARAI. DO POOJA TO THRI VIKRAMA MURTHY IN MAHA VISHNU PISTURE DAILY FOR ONE MONTH.DAILY DO CHARITY OF ONE

KUDAM OR SOMBU FULL OF WATER,SCENTED SANDAL PASTE, AND HAND FAN (VISIRI). IF IMPOSSIBLE DO ATLEAST ONE DAY IN THIS MONTH. MAHA VISHNU WILL BE PLEASED AND GIVE YOU ALL AS HE HAD

DONE TO MAHA BALI .SAYS NIRNAYA SINDHU -79. ' UHAKUMBAMBU DHAANAN CHA THAALA VRUNTHAM SA CHANDANAM THRI VIKRAMASYA PREETHYARTHAM DHATHAVYAM JYESTA MASITHTU"


24-5-2013. VAIKASI VISHAGAM. VAIKASI MONTH FULL MOON AND VISHAGAM STAR IF IT COMES LIKE THIS THIS IS CALLED VAIKASI VISHAGAM ASURAN SOORAOADHMAN HAS TURNED INTO PEACOCK.AS

MURUGAN IS COMING ON PEACOCK HE IS CALLED VISAGAN.DO POOJA TO MURUGAN WITH ARALI POO SAHASRANAMA ARCHANA.HONEY AND THINAI MAAVU NEIVEDHYAM.UTTER SKANDHA SHASTY KAVACHAM,

SUBRAMANYA BUJANGAM ETC.

IF VAIKASI FULLMOON AND KETTAI STAR COMES TOGETHER IT IS CALLED JYESTY FULL MOON. SO YOU HAVE TO DO POOJA TO MAHA VISHNU AS THRU VIKRAMA MOORTHY AND THEN GIVE CHARITY

TOPOOR CLASS PEOPLE CHAPPALS, UMBRELLA. WATER IN KUDAM.DO SANGALPAM MAMA DHANA DHAANYA YASHO VISHAYEASHU JYESTASWA SAMBHAADHANAARTHAM JYESTA POORNIMAAYAAM AADITHYA PURAANOKTHA

PRAKAARENA CHATHRA UPAANAHA JALA KUMBHA DHAANAANI KARISHYEA. THEN HAVE KUDAM WITH WATER, UMBRELLA AND CHAPPAL IN YOUR HAND AND CHANT JYESTA POORNIMAA PUYAH KAALAE MAMA

THRIVIKRAMA MAHAVISHNU PREETHYARTHAM IDHAM CHATHRM UDHA KUMBAM CHA SAMBRADHATHEY. AND PLACE THEM ON THE FLOOR AND THEN GIVE THEM AS CHARITY TO POOR CLASS PEOPLE,

15-06-2013 KOORMA JAYANTHY: DO POOJA TO MAHA VISHNU AND CHANT ALL MAHA VISHNU STHOTHRAM. AAMAI AVATHAARAM EDUTHU ELLORKUM NANMAI SEIDHAR.
 
Chithra pournami;

this year 25-04-2013 is the chithra pournami day.some people will celebrate this as vratham also. This will be started first on chithra pournami day and pooja will be

performed each month on pornami day for one year.those who oberve this fast should not use salt in their food on full moon day. Only for one year. This vow should be completed

in the next chithra pournami day.some persons will complete all these 12 poojas in the first month itself. One can also complete it on any pounami day falling within that year.

The pooja is the usual one for starting the vow.but on the day of the completion of the vratham.. Usual pooja must be performed first. Five priest will be invited for

pooja with five kalasams and will be given as a gift and gift of pancha dhaanam ; dhothy, vessal with water. Dheepam,bell and religious book. The priests will also be fed.

On chithra pournami day the elders in the house will do pooja to chithra puthran. (said to be yama dharma's accountant). Under the guidance of the family priest. The

family priest and other priests will be honored with paddy, wheat, gingilly seeds, green gram ,horse gram and other nava dhanyams, along with one coconut with fibres, two or

more mangoes, thamboolam,plantain fruits and dakshinai,

at the place where the pooja is to be performed draw izhai kolam draw a figure of a man (depicting chithra guptha) use havis for neivedhyam . On this day elders will use

only buffalo milk and buffalo curd. It is not customary to use cow's milk on this day.for this , the gates on the southern side of the house will be kept open. Forego salt

today. Youngsters and others ,not observing this vratham mazy also forego salt for their consumption.
 
AANI MADHAM FESTIVALS:
The maha abhishekam to nataraja and sivakaama sundari in chidhambaram in the month of aani uthiram star day is called aani thirumanjanam. naTARAJAR IS NHAVING ONLY 6

ABHISHEKAM IN EACH YEAR.1, CHITHRAI MONTH THIRUVONAM STAR. 2. AANI UTHIRAM. 3. AAVANI SUKLA CHATHURDASI. 4.PURATTASI SUKLA CHATHURDASI.5. MARGALI THIRUVAADHIRAI. 6. MAASI SUKLA

CHATHURDASI.

EACH YEAR BESIDES THIS VEDHA PAARAAYANAM, THIRUMURAI PAARAAYANAM, AND BRAHMOTHSAVAM ARE THERE FOR NATARAJA IN THE MONTH OF AANI AND MAARGALI.YOU MAY GO TO CHIDHAMBRAM TO

SEE THIS OR YOU CAN SEE THIS IN YOUR TOWN SHIVA TEMPLE.THIS YEAR AANI THIRUMANJANAM FALLS ON 14-07-2013.



ON 16-07-2013 AANI MONTH CHITHRAI STAR MAHA SUDHARSANA JAYANTHY. VISHNU PURANAM SAYS VISWAKARMA REMOVED 12% FROM SUN AS THE RAYS FROM SUN WAS VERY POWERFUL. FROM THAT

12% PORTION VISWEKARMA GAVE ONE SUDARSAN CHAKRA TO MAHA VISHNU; THRI SOOLAM FOR SHIVA AND VELAAYUDHAM FOR MURUGAN AND SHIBIKAI FOR KUBERAN. LINGA PURANAM SAYS LORD PARAMESWARAN

GAVE SUDARSAN CHAKRA TO MAHAVISHNU FOR PROTECTION.ON THIS DAY SUDARSANAR APPEARED TO PROTECT AMBARISHA CHAKRAVARTHY FRO DURVAASA MAHARISHI.

MAHA VISHNU IS HAVING SUDHARSANA CHAKRAM, 2.PAANJA JANYAM -CONCH; 3.GATHAI NAMED GOUMODHAKI; 4, SWORD BY NAME NANDHAKAM. BOW BY NAME SAARANGAM. PANCHAYUDHA STHOTHRAM IS

THERE. iN THE CENTRE TRIANGLE CHAKRAM

SUDARSANAR IS THERE. IN OTHER DIRECTIONS AACHAKRAM; VEECHAKRAM; SUCHAKRAM; DHEE CHAKRAM;SANG CHAKRAM; JWALAA CHAKRAM. IF YOU DO POOJA AND DO UPASANA YOU WILL GET BODY AND

MENTAL HEALTH. ENEMIES WILL GO AWAY.

UPA DEVATHA OF SUDHARSANAR IS NARASIMHAR. YOU CAN SEE ON THE BACK SIDE OF SUDARSANAR -NARASIMHAR. VEL AMSAM -MURUGAN; VISHNU AMSAN- SUDARSANAR.. BHARADHAN IS SUDARSANAR

ACCOMPANIED SRI RAMAR. IN VAMANAAVATHAARAM SUDHARSANAR WAS THERE AS DHARPAI GRASS.DURING NARASIMHA AVATHAAR SUDHARSANAR WAS THERE AS ON HIS NAILS. CHANT SUDHARSANA MANTHRAS,

SLOKAS AND PRAY TO HIM ON THIS DAY.

ON 19-07-2013 AASHAADA (SAYANA) EKAADASI DAY ( AFTER AANI AMAVAASAI) MAHA VISHNU IS GOING TO BED . THEN HE IS TURNING TO SIDE WHICH IS CALLED PARIVARDHANA EAKAADASI AND ON

THE DAY HE IS GETTING FROM BED IT IS CALLED UTHAANA EAKAADASI. pEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO DO EAKAADASI VRATHAM ON 25 EAKAADASIS , CAN ATLEAST DO THESE 3 EKADASI VRATHAM.

AANI MONTH SUKLA AEKAADASI. HE IS GOING TO SLEEP IN BED , AAVANI SUKLA AEKAADASI HE IS TURNING TO ONE SIDE. KAARTHIGAI SUKLA AEKAADASI UTHAANA EKAADASI HE IS GETTING UP FROM

BED.

"" AEKAADASYAAM SUKLAAYAAM AASHAADEA BAGWAN HARIHI; BHUJANGA SAYANAE SETHEY KSHEERARNAVA JALAE SATHA; NITHRAAM THYAJATHY KAARTHIKYAAM DHAYO SAMBOOJAYAETH SADHA

BRUHMAHATHYAATHY KAM PAAPAM KSHIPRAMEVA VYAPOHATHY."

ON 19TH JULY THIS YEAR BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHOULD KEEP FASTING IN DAY TIME AND AT NIGHT AFTER SUNSET DO POOJA TO TO MAHA VISHNU AND LAKSHMI IN PICTURE OR IDOL WITH

MALLIGAI POO AND LOTUS FLOWER AND DO NEIVEDHYAM MILK RICE CHANT VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM AND DO PRAYER TO THEM. AND PLACE THE IDOL/PICTURE ON SILK BED.

""VASUDEVA,JAGATHYONAE, PROPTHEYAM DWAADASI THAVA BHUJANGA SAYANAE ABDHOU CHA SUKAM SWABIHI MAADHAVA IYAM THU DWAADASI DEVA SHAYANAARTHAM VINIRMITHA ASYAAM SUPTHEY

JAGANNATHEY JAGATH SUPTHAM BHAVEADHIDHAM VIBUDHEY THAWYEE BUDHYETHA SARVA MEDHAS CHARAACHARAM."

YOU WILL GET HOUSE, BED GOOD SLEEP AND GOOD LIFE.


CHAATHUR MADHA VRATHAM.

FROM AASHAADA MONTH SUKLA PATCHA DWAADASI TO KARTHIGAI MONTH SUKLA PATCHA AEKAADASI( FROM 20-7-2013 TO 20-11-2013., SENIOR CITIZENS CAN ALSO HAVE THIS VRATHAM. ACCORDING TO

DOCTER"S ADVICE YOU ARE IN DIET. iN THE SAME WAY ACCORDING TO RISHI" ADVICE ALSO YOU MAY HAVE CHAATHUR MADHA VRATHAM.AND GET BENEFITS.FROM MAHA VISHNU AND LAKSHMI THAAYAAR.

ON 20TH JULY YOU CAN START CHAATHUR MAASYA VRATHAM BY CHANTING THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM BEFORE VISHNU IN YOUR POOJA ROOM SAY THIS PRAYER." CHATHURO VAARSHIKAAN MAASAAN

DEVASYA UTHAAPANAVADHY AEMAM KARISHYAE NIYAMAM NIRVIGNAM KURUMAY ACHUTHA. EMMAM VRADHAM MAYA DEVA GRUHEETHAM PURATHASTHAVA NIRVIGNAM SIDHI MAAYAATHU PRASAADATH MAMA KESAVA."

FIRST MONTH- FROM 20TH JULY 2013.AVOID ALL VEGETABLES, TAMIRAND. CHILLIES, COCONUT. SECOND MONTH: AVOID CURD; YOU CAN USE BUTTER KMILK WITH 4TIMES WATER IN ONE CUP CURD.

tHIRD MONTH; AVOID MILK AND ITS PRODUCTS. YOU MAY USE COCONUT MILK. FOURTH MONTH: ALL DHALLS, TAMIRAND, CHILLIES AND VEGETABLES. BUT YOU CAN TAKE PLANTAIN KAAI, PLANTAIN

FLOWER, YAM, VALLI KILANGU, GINGER, MANGO GINGER, PONNANKANNI KEERAI. (DWI DALA VRATHAM).

YOU WILL GET GOOD HEALTH AND PEACE OF MIND IN YOUR FAMILY.


AA KAA MAA VAI ; AASHADA MONTH FULL MOON DAY TAKE BATH EARLY IN THE MORNING ( 4-30 TO 5 -30).CHILDREN, MALES, FEMALES, SENIOR CITIZENS ALL CAN TAKE BATH ON THIS DAY.

GURU POORNIMA; DO POOJA TO VEDHA VYASA.; " NAARAAYANAM PADMABHUVAM VASISTAM SHAKTHIM CHA THAT PUTHRAM PARAASARAM CHA VYAASAM SUKAM GOWDAPADAM MAHAANTHAM GOVINDHA YOGINDRA

MATHASYA SISHYAM SRI SANKARA CHARYA PADMA PATHAM CHA HASTHAAMALAKAM CHA SISHYAM THAM THODAKAM VAARTHY KAKAARA MANYAAN ASMATH GURUN SANTHATHA MAANASTHOSMY SADHA SHIVA SAMARAMBAM

SANKARAACHARYA MADHYAMAAM ASMATH AACHAARYA PARYANTHAAM VANDHEY GURU PARAMBHARAM. DO STHOTHRAM TO VEDHA VYAASAR TODAY.
 
Aadi festival.
On the first and second and third dates in aadi month people will not take bath in rivers or in any branch of the river due to impurity.

This festival is celebrated on the first day of the tamil month aadi. Those who have lost their fathers have to perform tharpanam and will take light tiffin at night
tharpanam should be done before dhakshinaayanam starts in uthirayanam itself. See the time in the panchangam .

As this is tharpanam day oil bath is not taken this day.however the house will be cleaned and washed and rangoli kolam and kavi are drawn inside the house. On this day

coconut milk will be prepared instead of payasam.if it is not possible to prepare coconut milk in large scale prepare payasam with green gram dhall and bengal gram dhall and

mix it with coconut milk.

The usual menu for the day will include curd pachadi,kosumaali,kootu,porial, more kulambu,ama vadai, fried applam .chips and poli are optional.

If the aadi festival faals within the first year of the marriage of the daughter of the house , invitation will be extented to the son-in-law who will be presented with a

silver tumbler (with coconut milk) and a pair of paruppu thenkai cones, dhoty with angavasthram,in other years also , dhothy can be given to son-in laws if finance permits.or a

feast will be given thaamboolam, coconut, and fruits with cash will be given to son-in-laws, it is customery for the groom"s parents to present their daughter-in-law with a

saree and blouse on the first year,of the festival.


Aadi 18th day is pathinettam perukku. This is celebrated on the 18th day of aadi month.as a worship to goddeess river cauvery. On this day , four variety rice ( coconut

rice, lemon rice, tamirand rice, curd rice sweet rice)payasam, more kulambu(butter milk stew)chips, fried vadams and appalamsm or wafers are prepared.and offered to cauvery as

neivedhyam and served. Oil bath and rangoli kolam with kavi in the house will be there.

A a d i p o o r a m. The birth day of aandal, the amsam of booma devi. Chant thirupaavai, naalaayira divya prabhandam,naachiyarn thirumoli.

N a a g a -g a r u d a p a n c h a m i

we have to do pooja to to the chief of snakes ananthan, vaasuki, dhakshan,kaarkodakan on aavani month sukla panchami. Aasthikar stopped janamejayan sarpa yagam. On this

naga panchami day, on this day pour milk in the paambu putru ande chant this slokam, " apa sarpa sarpa badhram they dhooram gacha mahaa yasaaha janamayjayasya yagyaanthey

aastheeka vachanam smaran." place fruits and flowers on paambu putru. Take some putru mud have it on your fore head and also on the fore head of your brothers.
 
Kumaara shasty falls on 14-07-2013. Aashaada sukla shasty thu thithihi koumaarila smrutha kumaaram archayath thatthatra poorvathropeashya vai dhinam.(smruthy kousthupam-13) aashaada month sukla patcha shasty thithi is called kumaara shasty.have upavassam in day time and do 16 upachaara pooja to lord subrahmanya and do archana ashtothram,sahasanamam, thrisathi with various flowers . You will get all prosperities.
 
this year varalakshmi vratham falls on 16-8-2013.V A R A L A K S H M I V R A T H A M.

THIS VRATHAM OCCURS EITHER IN THE MONTH OF AADI OR AAVANI AFTER NEW MOON ON ONE FRI DAY . THIS VRATHAM IS OBSERVED MAINLY IN SOME 'SMARTHA' AND IN 'TELUGU' BRAHMIN FAMILIES. SOME FAMILIES BELONGING TO THESE COMMUNITIES DO NOT OBSERVE THIS VRATHAM, FOR THIS A SMALL PORTION OF THE WALL FACING EAST WILL BE WHITE WASHED AND THE FIGURE OF GAJA LAKSHMI WILL BE DRAWN WITH PAINT OR RED OXIDE. IN SOME FAMILIES , ONLY THE FACE OF THE GODDESS UPTO NECK WILL BE DRAWN.

SOME OTHER FAMILIES WILL DRAW A PICTURE OF KALASAM WITH MANGO LEAVES AND COCONUT AND THEN DRAW A MANDAPAM AROUND IT. WITHIN THE MANDAP DRAW KUTHU VILAKKU, COMB, MIRROR, KUMKUMAM BOX. AMMMANAI, COCONUT SHELL, SAANTHU, MAI KKOODU, . BOTH SIDES OF THE MANDAP WILL ALSO HAVE DRAWINGS OF TENDER PLANTAIN LEAVES WITH STEM. THESE DRAWINGS ARE BASED ON ONE'S OWM FAMILY CUSTOM AND TRADITIONS. THE SIZE OF THE DRAWING WILL DEPEND UPON THE AVAILABLE SPACE IN THE WALL.

NOW A DAYS PICTURES OF 'VARALAKSHMI' AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET ,CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED KEPT BEHIND THE KALASAM. THE VARALAKSHMI FACE IS AVAILABLE NOW A DAYS IN SILVER THIS CAN BE PURCHASED AND TIED TO A SILVER OR COPPER VESSEL (SOMBU). IF THE COPPER VESSEL IS TO BE USED CLEAN AND SMEAR IT ON ALL SIDES WITH LIME, AND ALLOW IT TO DRY BEFORE THE 'VARALAKSHMI' FACE IS TIED TO IT.

IF 'VARALAKSHMI' FACE IS NOT TO BE USED APPLY SOME LIME AND DRAW ON ONE SIDE OF THE SILVER VESSAL A CIRCULAR PATTERN AND ALLOW IT TO DRY. THEN DRAW THE FACE OF THE GODDESS VARALAKSHMI USING KAAVI. IF COPPER VESSEL IS TO BE USED , DRAW THE FACE OF GODDESS 'VARALAKSHMI' ON ONE SIDE OF THE VESSAL. ALREADY SMEARED WITH LIME. TIE KARUGAMANI (BLACK BEAD) AND GOLD DOTS. SETS OF BLACK BANGLES AND LEAVES CALLED 'PICHOLAI' KARUGAMANI AND KARI VALIAS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET . PUR CHASE TWO SETS OF IT. TIE ONE SET AROUND THE NECK OF THE VESSAL AND PUT THE OTHER SET INSIDE THE VESSAL.

ALSO PUT INSIDE THE VESSAL, 2 TO 4 CUPS OF RAW RICE, 2 BETEL LEAVES, 2 BETEL NUTS, TURMERIC-2; LEMON-1; PLANTAIN ONE AND ONE RUPEE COIN, AND GOLD CHAIN OR BANGLES. THEN, DECORATE THE VESSAL WITH MANGO LEAVES ARRANGED IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN. PLACE A SMALL COCONUT SMEARED WITH TURMERIC PASTE, AT THE MOUTH OF THE VESSAL. DURING POOJA , KEEP READY A BLOUSE BIT . BLACK COLOUR IS AVOIDED.

USE A SMALL TABLE. COVER THE TOP AND SIDES OF THE TABLE WITH MANGO LEAF AND THORANAMS AND PLANTAIN SAPPLINGS. DRAW IZHAI KOLAM UNDER AND NEAR THE TABLE AND BEUTIFY IT WITH KAAVI. DRAW ALSO A SMALL KOLAM IN A CORNER OF THE SIT OUT/ DRAWING HALL / LIVING ROOM. TAKE ONE SITTING PLANK AND DRAW IZHAI KOLAM ON IT. KEEP 4 CUPS OF RICE IN A BRASS OR SILVER CIRCULAR VESSAL AND PLACE THE DECORATED KALASAM ON IT.

BEFORE STARTING THE MAIN POOJA , PLACE THE KALASAM DECORATED WITH VARALAKSHMI FACE ON THE KOLAM IN THE SIT OUT OR DRAWING HALL OR IN LIVING ROOM. LIT A LAMP HERE. DO ARCHANA AND NEIVEDHYAM AFTER DHOOPAM AND DHEEPAM HERE ( THAAMBOOLAM AND PLANTAIN FRUIT) AND DO KARPOORA HARATHY AND PRAY TO GODDESS LAKSHMI TO COME TO THE MAIN POOJA PLACE. THEY WILL SING 'BHAAGYATHA LAKSHMI' SONG.AND OTHER TRADITIONAL SONGS.THEY WILL CAREFULLY TAKE THE KALASAM FROM SIT OUT TO THE MAIN POOJA PLACE.


BEFORE OR AFTER RAHU KALAM IT MUST BE DONE. THAT IS THEY ARE INVITING GODDESS FROM FRONT OF THE HOUSE TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO DO MAIN POOJA. ON THOSE DAYS A PLACE 'REZHI' WILL BE THERE . FROM THERE THEY WILL DO SMALL POOJA AND WILL GO TO THE POOJA ROOM.

THE KALASAM SHOULD BE FACING EAST.IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR THOSE WHO PERFORM THIS POOJA TO FOREGO MEALS AND HAVE LIGHT TIFFEN ONLY. BUTTER MILK SHOULD NOT BE USED ON THE WHOLE DAY. DURING THIS POOJA A NONBU CHARADU APPLIED WITH TURMERIC PASTE SHOULD BE TIED IN THE HAND. ONLY ONE KALASAM IS ALLOWED IN ONE HOUSE, BUT MANY PERSONS CAN JOIN THERE TO DO POOJA IN THE SAME KALASAM.

USE TWO KUTHU VILAKKU FOR THIS POOJA. PLACE THEM ON BOTH SIDES. BUY REQUIRED LOOSE FLOWERS AND ALSO STRINGED FLOWERS. FLOWER GARLANDS (OPTIONAL) COCONUT, PLANTAIN FRUITS 12 NOS, BETEL LEAVES AND NUTS, CAMPHOR, OOTHUBATHI, TURMERIC POWDER, SANDAL PASTE, KUMKUMAM,WICK, GINGILLY OIL AND GHEE, MATCH BOX, STAND FOR DHOOPAM,DEEPAM ETC; UNBOILED COW'S MILK 50 MILLE. OTHER FRUITS; GUAVA, WOOD APPLE, BLACK BERRY, ORANGE, APPLE. GRAPES. COUNTRY APPLE PLANTAIN COCONUT, THAAMBOOLAM ETC FOR NEIVEDHYAM.

FOR NEIVEDHYAM: COOKED RICE WITH DHALL AND GHEE, VADAI, PAYASAM, (MODHAKAM) KOLUKKATTAI MADE OF DHALL, COCONUT, BLACK GRAM DHALL; AND GINGILLY SEEDS, RAW RICE IDLYES.THESE ARE ONLY MADE AS PER FAMILY TRADITION AND CUSTOMS. IN SOME FAMILY ONLY COCONUT AND JAGGERY MIXED KOLUKATTAI AND COCONUT AND BLACK GRAM DHALL MIXED KOLU KATTAI AND RAW RICE IDLIES WILL BE THERE FOR NEIVEDHYAM.

16 UPACHAARA POOJA WILL BE DONE IN THE MAIN POOJA PLACE. THEN POOJA TO SARADU AND THE SARADU WILL BE TIED IN THE HAND.GIVE DHAKSHINA TO SASTRIGALS/PUROHIT. ON THE EVENING BEFORE THIS NONBU SOME FAMILY CUSTOM: THEY WILL TAKE OIL BATH IN THE EVENING AND PREPARE VEN PONGAL AND FRIED VADAGAMS AND FRIED APPALAMS IN SOME FAMILIES ONLY IN THALAI NONBU TIME THEY WILL PREPARE VEN PONGAL AND FRIED APPALAM AND VADAGAM.FOR NEIVEDHYAM AND TAKE IT AS PRASADAM.


THALAI NONBU: THE NONBU PERFORMED BY THE GIRL IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE MARRIAGE IS KNOWN AS THALAI NONBU. ( THALAI NONBU, NONBU EDUTHAL). ONLY MARRIED GIRLS WILL PERFORM THIS NONBU. IN THE FIRST YEAR GANESA POOJA AND GRAHA PREETHEE ARE EXTRA. ALL OTHERS ARE SAME. FOR THIS THALAI NONBU THE BRIDE'S PARENTS WILL USED TO GIVE SILVER SOMBU OR COPPER SOMBU, SILVER LAKSHMI FACE, WITH THAAMBOOLAM, FRUITS, FLOWERS, .

IN THE EVENING SOME NEIVEDHYAM WILL BE DONE FOR THE LAKSHMI GODDESS MILK OR FRUITS. AND ON THHE NEXT DAY MORNING PUNAR POOJA WILL BE DONE.AND OFFER MAHA NEIVEDHYAM, THAAMBOOLAM AND FRUITS. ON SATURDAY EVENING PREPARE SOME SUNDAL INVITE SUMANGALIS, DO SUNDAL NEIVEDHYAM, INVITEES WILL SING SONGS ON AMBAL. AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN THAAMBOOLAM,SUNDAL, KUMKUMAM.

FINALLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT AARTHY WILL BE TAKEN AND THE KALASAM WILL BE MOVED SLIFGHTLY TO THE NORTHERN SIDE. TAKE OUT THE KALASAM AND KEEP IT IN A DRUM OR A VESSAL WHERE RAW RICE IS STORED IN YOUR HOUSE. REMOVE THE KALASAM ON SUNDAY MORNING. TAKE THE GOLD ORNAMENTS AND ONE RUPEE COIN AND KEEP IT SAFE. THE RICE MAY BE USED FOR COOKING.

PEOPLE BELONGING KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT WILL KEEP THE COCONUT KEPT AT THE TOP OF THE KALASAM TILL NEXT FRIDAY AND PREPARE PAYASAM USING THE RICE AND COCONUT KEPT IN THE KALASAM. LAKSHMI DEVI WILL VISIT EACH FRIDAY AND SEE WHETHER THEY ARE DOING POOJA . STORY ABOUT VARALAKSHMI VRATHAM WILL BE STUDIED ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

NOW A DAYS ON FRIDAY EVENING ITSELF SUMANGALIES ARE INVITED AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN THAAMBOOLAM, SUNDAL, KUMKUMAM ETC;
 
On 20-8-2013 full moon day---sarpa bali---ruk yajur upakarma- a v a n i a v i t t a m.

This festival will fall on aadi or aavani month.on full moon day. Following vara lakshmi vratham. As every one observing this will have to perform rishi tharpanam

have tiffin at night to all irresespective of the fact whether one's father is alive or not. The entire house will be cleaned and washed and kolam will be drawn. In some

families izhai kolam and in some families podi kolam as per their customes. A big kolam will be drawn where thread ceremony is to be performed or small kolams for each persons

of the house to sit and do poonal ceremony.

Bachelor's , after face shave and bath, will perform first samithu aadhaanam. And kaamokarisheet japam. Afterwards,maadhyanikam and brahma yagyam they will take bath for

second time , and wear the new poonal after maha sankalpam and then perform kaanda rishi tharpanam, with the help of family priest/ sastrigals or elderly people. They will chant

, vedham. All elderly people also will join them except samithadhaanam and shaving. Aarthy will be taken and the youngers will do namaskaram to elders and get their blessings.

If the sacred thread ceremony takes place in temples or in some common halls, homam will be done there. Aarthy will be taken as soon as they arrived the house. While

doing tharpanam our stomach must be empty. Therefore we should not take anything before tharpanam from morning on that day.the menu for the day: Vadai, payasam, fried applam,

poli, curd pachadi, dhall cooked rice; kosumalli; porial, kootu, sambar, more kulambu; rasam and curd.

For vaishnavates also poonal ceremony falls on this same day. For rig vedics some times upakarma will fall on sukla patcha chathurdasi prior to full moon day.. Sometimes
this will be performed on the same yajur vedic day. There is no kamokarishth japam for rig vedis. Or homam. The rest, also menu will be the same. Foe sama vedics , it falls

on 7th september hastham star day. Rest as per yajur vedics.

For persons going to temples or to common haal for doing upakarma: Kindly take brass plate, panchathra uthirini, raw rice, jaggery, black ellu, dhakshinai, ghee for

homam, coconut, plantain fruit, and thaamboolam.

For all: Gayathri japam on 21-8-2013 this year. Time from 8-20 to 10-40 a,m.

For yajur vedhis: 1. Snaanam, sandhya vandhanam. 2. Shaving only for bachelors. 3. Samidha dhaanam only for brahmacharis. Oupaasanam for grahasthars; 4. Kamokarishth japam

to all except thalai avani avittam boys. 5. Madhyannikam, brahma yagyam. 6. Maha sankalpam 7. Snaamam 8. Wearing new poonal.9. Kaanda rishi tharpanam. 10. Vedha vyasa kanda

rishi pooja. 11. Upakarma homam. 12. Anuggai and nandhi sratham only for thalai avani avittam boys. 13. Vedham aarambham vedha adhyayanam.14. Getting blessings after

namaskaaram.

Rig veda upakarma: 1. Snaanam, sandhya vandhanam.2. Shaving and samithadhanam for brahmacharis 3. Aupaasanam for grahasthas.4.maadhyaanihikam and brahma yagyam. 5.

Uthsarjanam-punyahavachanam.6. Maha sankalpam 7. Avabrutha snaanam. 8.deva rishi pithru tharpanam.9. Upakramam- upakrama homam. 10. Yagyapaveetha homam. 11. Curd sakthu

praachanam. 12. Wearing new poonal. 13. Anuggai and nanadhi sratham for thalai avani avittam boys, 14. Vedham aarambham- adhyayanam. Namaskaram- blessings.

The first avani avittam after upanayanam is called "thalai avani avittam" for this it is usual to prepare whole green gram sundal and offer it as neivedhyam for the

homam. Appam and idli will be distributed to relatives and friends.

Saama vedha upakarma: 1. Snaanam-sandhya vandhanam 2. Samidha dhanam, oupaasanam.3. Maadhyanikam. 4, maha sankalpam.5. Snaanam, brahma yagyam, punyaha vachanam. 6. Prepare

49 rishi dolls on river sand. 7. Tharpanam with mangala akshathai and erukku elai for 230 maha rishis approximately. 8. Punar pooja and yatha sthaanam to to rishis.

9. Homam in agni. 10. Pooja to 4 vedhas and to saptha rishis. 11. Wearing new poonal. 12. Vedham aarambham. 13. Prokshanam of kalasa 14. Prasadam of curd and appam. 15. Wearing

the poonal which adorned the rishis during rishi pooja in the right hand.16. Getting blessings from elders after doing namamskarams to them.
 
On 20-8-2013 sarpa bali pooja begins. All rig. Yajur, saama vedha people married people are eligible to do this pooja as per aapasthamba maharishi. . Sarpa dosham will

leave and children will born at correct time in the family. Those who are having sarpa dosham in their horoscope may also do this pooja. Shraavana month on full moon day

evening after evening oupaasanam do homam with palasa flowers and sara konnai samithu to naaga devadai in the aupaasanam fire.

Then give bali to serpants with rice flour in sarpa putru places.chanting mantras.'sraavanyaam pournamaasyaam astha mithey sthaalibhagaha" you must do daily upto margali

fullmoon day.only one time in your life time.is enough. Oupaasanam and sarpa homam are done only on the begining and on margali fullmoon day.


On 20-8-2013 raksha bandhan. On this full moon day in the evening ladies are used to tie a yellow color twine nool on her brother"s right hand. Maha vishnu got the

land from maha bali and stayed there to protect the land. Maha lakshmi also came to maha vishnu."s place. Maha lakshmi tied this twine nool to maha bali says puranam. In the

same way ladies are tying the yellow color twine on their brother"s right hand . Saying this slokam yeana badho bali raja dhaanavendro maha balaha theyna thwaamapi badhnaami

rakshey maachala maachala"

this can be done on 20-8-2013 from 4 pm to 7 pm in sukran, budhan, chandran horai. Brother will used to give gifts to his sister.

On 28-8-2013 gokulashtami. Fasting in day time with chanting bajans, bhaaghavatha paaraayanam , pooja and archanai. And do 16 upachaara poojas at mid night. On the

morning of the festival day, draw kolams with red oxide after cleaning the house thoroughly. Arrange the pooja materials. Clean the kuthu vilakku and krishna"s idol if

available. Draw izhai kolam in front of the house and at the pooja room.draw from the entrance to the pooja room small feet (depicting the lor"s thiruvadi pointing towards the

house)using rice water paste.

Perform pooja in the evening/ night after lighting the lamp 16 upachaara poojas. And argyam. Next day, offer cooked rice as neivedhyam to the picture or idol.remove and

keep in its usual place. This festival falls on krishna paksha ashtami/ 8th day after avani avittam.

For neivedhyam use murukku, salt cheedai, jaggery cheedai, kola vadai and cheepi , vadai, payasam, aval, jaggery, buttermilk, curd, butter, plantain fruits, thaamboolam,

coconut ,rice kachikkai, mullu thenkulal. Manuval, omapodi, samosa, wood apple, guava, country apple, naaval palam.laddu, thretty pall etc.

Even if it is not possible,to perform pooja due to unforeseen circumstances , these offerings could be made to the diety as neivedhyam,. Decorate the lord"s picture with

garlands and stringed flowers.

For this it is not a must that the snacks should be prepared on the day of the festival.day itself. All these can be prepared on the previous day itself and used for the

next day festival. Alternately , pound and grind the flour the previuos day, mix the jaggery syrup to the required quatity of flour for making jaggery cheedai and prepare

snacks on festival day.

For vaishnavites, this festival will fall on rohini star day. All others are same. In the end of pooja give argyam to krishnar, vasudevar, devaki, yashodha, akroorar,

uthavar with milk.


On aavani month new moon day you can collect dharbhai graas which can be used for one year chanting this slokam " vrinchina sahothpanna parameshtee nisargaja nudha

sarvaani paapaani dharbhaha swasthi karo mama".
 
Sri haya greeva jayanthi: Falls on 20-8-2013.

This year.full moon day thiruvonam star. In aavani month. Those who are weak in studies, weak memory people, those who are not able to speak may pray to hayagreevar to be free

from these illness and to get gnanam. Saraswathy- dakshinamoorthy- hayagreevar are the gods to be worshipped for getting more marks in education.

Hayagreevar with lakshmi on his lap gives gnaanam and all bhaagyams. Sri vaathi rajar enum maadhwa theeerthar worshipped hayagreevar. He used to prepare daily bengal

gram plus coconut plus jaggery and offered to hayagreevar as neivedhyam and haya greevar will take them. This is called hayagreeva matty= prasadam. Now we can also prepare this

hayagreeva maaty and offer this to hayagreeva as neivedhyam and do 16 upachara pooja. "hayagreeva hayagreeva hayagreevethy yo vadath thasya nissarathey vaani jahnukanya

pravahavath.


Surya shasty-kumaara dharisanam. This falls on 11-9-2013. Dharma sindhu -64 says : Suklae bhaathrapathey sashtiyam snaanam bhaskara poojanam praasanam pancha kavyasya

aswamedha phalaadhikam.

On bhathrapatha month sukla patcha shasty day take bath before sunrise in arunodhaya time do sandhya vanthanam etc; and then facing east chant aadithya hrudayam, and other

sthothram on sun god and kolaru pathigam and do 12 times namaskaram to sun god .pray to him take pancha kavyam.

Also on this day at evening time go to lord murugha temple worship him . Thivodaasar maharishi says this will give good health and you can get aswamedha yagha phalan.

Dhoorvashtami. Nirnaya sindhu says: Simhe bhathrapadhey maasi dhoorvaa samgya thathashtami sowbhagyam santhathim dehi sarva kaarya karee bhava yathaa shaakaa

prasakhabir visthrudhaasi maheethalea thathaa mamapee santhanam dehi thwa majaraamaram.

Chant this slokam and worship the arugan graas on this aavani, bhathra patha month ashtami thithi. Place arugan grass in a brass plate and apply santhanam and kumkumam on it

and do namaskaram,chanting this slokam. And this year it falls on 12-09-2013.you will get all benefits. Or if available you can go to the place where arugan grass are in

plenty and worship it.

15-09-2013. Vishnu parivardhana eakaadasi. On this day evening time do pooja to maha vishnu and lakshmi and do neivedhyam boiled cow"s milk and chant this slokam. Aum

vasudeva jagannatha praaptheyam dwadasi thava paarsvena parivarthasya sukam swabihi maadhava.to day he is turning on one side in his bed.

16-09-2013 vaamana jayanthy. Sravana dwadasi. : Star thiruvonam and thithi dwadasi joins togrther in aavani month this is called sravana dwadasi. On this day we,

with fasting must do vishnu pooja. After having fasting on the previous eakadasi day this day also we must have fasting.""dwaadasyaam upavaasena sudhaathmaa nrupa sarvasaha

chakravarthithva mathulam sampropnoth uthamam sriyam (nirnaya sindhu-105)

do pooja to maha vishnu in the name of janardanan., this day is equal to one lakh amavasya days. On this day curd bath must be given to poor class people as charity.

Vishnu dharmam says: Dhadhyodhanaudham thasyaam jala poornam gadam cha vai vasthra samvestitham dhathwaa chathropaanaha meva cha na dur gathy mavaapnothe gathy margyam cha

vindhathy.

On sraavana dwaadasi day you have to give as charity: Curd rice, vessal full of water, dhoty//saree and chappal and umbrella, to poor class people, will give you immense

wealth.

Vaamana jayanthy: On this day kashyapar and athithi devi gave birth to a male child who is vaamanar. On this mid day do pooja to vaamanar on a picture or idol or in

kalasam and utter vaamana avathaara kattam in srimath bhaghavatham eighth skantham sargam 16to 23. Or atleast do only argyam do sankalpam sri vaamana jayanthy punyah kaalae

argya pradhaanam karishyae/ take water on both the palms in full and chant

"namasthey padhbanaabhaya namasthey jala saayenae thubyamargyam prayaschaamy bala vamana rupiunae -vamanaya namaha ithamargyam,2. Namas shaarangha dhanur bhaana paanaaya

vaamanaya cha yagya bug phala dhathrae cha vaamanaya namo namaha vaamanaya namaha idhamargyam.
 
Vinayaka chathrthy: This festial is celebrated in the month of aavani sukla patcham chathurthy thithi. For this, clean the house and frontage with water and draw

kolams with kaavi.draw kolam in the pooja room and also in a wooden plank. Place the vinayaka idol made from mud which will be available in the market to perform pooja. You

may also use one small table or teapoy for decorating it with mango leaves and thoranam, and plantain sapplings.

For pooja . We require a small flower garland , some loose flowers, and bilva leaves, and arugan grass. And also erukkampoo maalai if available. Small paper umbrellas

can also be used if available. In some houses hand made vinayaka idols are used and in some houses moulded idols are used.kuthu vilakku and other brass doopam and dheepam

karandy etc. Must be cleaned and polished in the previous day itself.

For neivedhyam: Betel leaves, betel nuts, plantain fruits, guava, berikai, naval fruit, tender cucumber, and wood apple raw rice idlies, five varieties of kolukkattai,

vadai, payasam,and maha neivedyam,elklurundai and appam. Etc;. People observing must take tiffin only and others can take food as usual. At night do some neivedhyam for

vinayakar and study vinayaka puraanam and ganesa geetha.

On the next day you have to do punar pooja and offer maha neivedhyam and thaamboolam and fruits. And remove the vinayakar idol. Keep it aside till it is immersed in

well, or tank or in river as per family tradition.

Following leaves can be used for archanai: Maasi pachai, kandan kathri, bilvam, arugan grass, oomathai, ilandai, naayuruvi, thulasi, maavilai, arali, vishnu granthy,

pomegranate, nelli, marukolundu, nochi, jathi, velllerukku, vahni, karisilankanni, ven marudhai, erukku, and flowers: Punnai, erukku, mathulai, manthaarai, maghilam, vetiver,

paathri, thumbai, oomathai, chenbagam, maamboo, thaalamboo, mullai, konrai, erukku, sengaluneer, jawanthy, bilwam, arali, mullai, pavalamalli.
 
Mahalaya paksham
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This year mahalaya paksham starts 0n 20-09-2013. And ends on 5-10-2013.purattasi 4 to 19 dates. This occurs either by the end of aavani or iin puratasi starting on

prathamai thithi after full moon. And ends on amavasi day (krisna patcham). Those who have lost their father will perform tharpanam on the day thithi coinciding with the day of

the death of the father. This hiranya sratham coulod also be done till the fifith day after mahalaya amavasai.depending on circumstances.

Those whose mothers are alive must perform mahalaya sratham. Both parents are not alive mahalaya sratham must be done by their sons individually, at their respective

places. This sratham can be performed by offering cash as dhakshinai only to the priest/sastrigals and in addition by feeding them as well. For this, the ingredients should be

fried and ground , afresh as for samaaraadhanais. Porial, kootu, vadai, payasam, sweet, more kulambu, poritha kulambu, rasam, curd. Variety rice.

If the sratham could not be performed on the specified day due to circumstances beyond control , this could be performed on the following days. Maha bharani, maha

vidhiapadham,madhyashtamai, gaja chaayaa days. Take light tiffin during night on that day only those who perform the sratham ( husband and wife).this may be performed on any

dasy before the first day of the month of karthigai.

If you are going to do on father's thithi day you can do. For other day's the birth star of the kartha, his wife, his eldest son should not be there on that day.

Mahalayam:= joining in one place from different places. Yama dharma raja wants to clean and wash his yama pattinam. So he requesting all the occupiers to go out from his

logham for fifteen days. Pithrus are coming to their relative houses..these days are called mahalaya patcham. You are saying in the mahalaya sratha sankalpam

"aashhaadyaahaa panchamaa para pakshea that is aadi month krishna paksham1. 2. Aavani month poorva and apara paksham puratasi month poorva paksham and puratasi apara paksham is

called mahalaya paksham. Aparam=krishna paksham; poorva paksham= sukla patcham.

One paksham= 15 days from prathamai to amavasai or pournami . But thithi will come more or less on each day. So the number 15 will go to 16 or to 14. This year also the

mahalaya paksham is there in puratasi month which is giving more punyah.

Nirnaya sindhu -110 says "kanyaagathey savithary yaan yahaani thu shodasa krathubisthaani thulyaani devo naaraayanor bhaveth."0n each day during mahalaya patcham river

snaanam, pithru tharpanam, manthra japam and charity will give the fruits of doing soma yagam. So senior citizens can do daily tharpanam for 16 days which is called paksha

mahalayam. And on any one day you may feed atleast 2 purohits.

For those who can do only one day tharpanam is called sakrun mahalayam. Nirnaya sindhu-110 says "" nandhaayaam bharghavadhine chathurdasyaam thrijanmasu aeshu sratham na

kurveetha gruhee puthra , dhana kshayaath."" nandhaa thithis are: Prathamai, shasty, aekaadasi and friday, chathurdasi day and on amavasai day and the kartha's birth star day

and anujanma- thrijanma nakshathram days. ------karhtha should not do on these days mahalaya sratham. So it is very difficult to find a day for sakrun mahalaya tharpan people.


So ::""amaapathey bharanyaam, cha dwadasyaam,paksha madhyagae thathaa thithim cha nakshathram, vaaram,cha na vishodayeth. " on these days you can do mahalayam without

giving importance to thithi, day and star. Vyathee padham 26-9-2013 and maha barani 23-9-2013 and27-9-2013 madhyaashtami and gaja chaayai 2-10-2013.

For those who are not able to do mahalaya tharpanam on all 16 days. : They may start from the panchami thithi 24-9-2013; or from ashtami 27-9-2013 or from 29-9-2013 dasami

thithi and can finish on 5-10-2013.


For those who are not able to do this also they can do 23rd, 26th, 27th and 2nd october. Tharpanam and hiranya sratham. Atleast one day they have to do tharpanam and

hiranya sratham.

For those who are doing paksha mahalaya tharpanam (16 days) in some families their parents sratham may come. Those people may do all the 16 days tharpanam and on their

parents thithi day they can do srartham and then do mahalaya tharpanam. Then after this parents srartham they have to do mahalaya sratham. But if no day is available after their

parent"s sratham for doing mahalayam they can do on one day from 19-10-2013 to 1-11-2013. Sapthamaa para paksham.

Nirnaya sindhu -114 says: Bharani pithru pakshea thu mahathi parikeerthitha asyaam sratham krutham eana sa gaya sradha kruth bhaveth. " even though mathsya puranam says

that yaman is the devatha for barani star , during mahalaya paksham this barani is called maha bharani you can get the effects of gaya sratha phalan if you do mahalaya sratham

on barani star in your house.

On 28-9-2013 avithavaa navami. : On this day you may do mahalayam if any one your mother, grand mother, aunt, sister, chithi have died as sumangali. If financially

good you may do mahalayam and then you can feed some sumangalies whom you have requested to come to your house and also give them 9 yards saree, blouse, fruits,thaamboolam,

turmeric and kumkumam.

On 1-10-2013. Sanyastha mahalayam; for sanyaasis mahalayam must be done on dwadasi thithi. If anybody attained sidhi in your family (father, grand father, father"s grand

father) you have to do mahalayam on dwadasi thithi. You have to utter brahmeebootha before his name for the person who had sanyasa ashramam.for others also you may do on this

day.

On 3-10-2013 falls sastra hatha chathurdasi: For those suicide, poison taken, accident prone, falling down, killed by cattle, serpant,or by drowning people who had not

died naturally mahalayam must be done on this day only. For others who had natural death you must do on any other day. You should not do on this day for natual death people


on 4-10-2013. Mahalaya amavasai. Those who are doing paksha mahalaya tharpan (16 days) first they have to do on this day amavasai tharpana and then mahalaya tharpanam.

Those who had done mahalayam only on one day they have to do only amavasai tharpanam. Widows without children also no other relative to do mahalayam: They can do mahalayam on

amavasai day only for her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law and for her father and mother.

Those who are doing 96 tharpanam in the year they must do first vyatheepatham, yugdhathi, manvathy, tharpanam and then do mahalaya tharpanam.

There are four sons in a family. The youngest son must do first mahalaya tharpanam and then elder and eldest son must do mahalaya tharpanam. Do not join for this purpose

only in one place.

Mahalaya tharpanam must be done for the father"s second wife also if any whether she had children or not.

On the whole first year after father"s death the son should not do mahalayam, madha pirappu, theertha sratham, shannavathy tharpan, gaya sratham.after varushabdheekam he

may do all.

You may do on all the sixteen days : Requesting 5 or 6 sastrigals/purohit to come to your house daily for these 16 days to take food and you may do homam and pinda

pradhanam and tharpanam like your parents sratham. Now a days it is impossible. You may do tharpanam daily and on one day you may feed 5or 6 or atleast 2 sastrigals and give

them dhakshinai.

Nirnaya sindhu -114: Says:" puthranaas ayush thatha aarogyam isvaryamathulam thathaa propnothi pancha may dhathvaa srathsam kaamaan su pushkalaan nishvasya

prathygachanthy saapam dhathvaa sudharunam"

if you have not given anything to your guest they will go away with dukkam and varutham. This may affect your future generation. If you give some thing to the guest you

will get their blessings.
 
SRI ANANTHA PADMANABHA VRATHAM.

THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON 18-09-2013. ANANTHAAYA NAMASTHUBYAM SAHASRA SIRASEA NAMAHA. NAMOSTHU PADHBANAABHHAYA NAAGAANAM PATHAYEA NAMAHA. WE HAVE TO DO POOJA TO MAHAVISHNU

AS HE IS PROTECTING US IN THE NAME OF ANANTHAN (AADHI SESHAN0 with his thousand heads.) we have to do aavaahanam in kalasam of anatha padhmanabhan along with his sister yamuna

riverin another kalasam.DO 16 UPACHARA POOJA ALONG WITH TWO METRE SILK THREAD RED IN COLOUR WITH 14 KNOTS.BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL DO THIS POOJA.

BOTH OF THEM, AFTER POOJA IS OVER, MUST TIE THE SILK THREAD ON THEIR RIGHT HAND. THIS WIL BE DONE FOR FOURTEEN YEARS ON ANANTHA VRATHAM DAY WHICH WILL COME EVERY YEAR THE

PREVIOUS DAY TO FULL MOON IN AAVANI OR PURATASI MONTH. THEN VRADHA UDHYAAPANAM AS PER VRADHA CHOODAMANI BOOK SHOULD BE DONE. WE HAVE TO DO ATLEAST FOR THREE YEARS.IF 14 YEARS

IS IMPOSSIBLE. POOJA PROCEEDURE IS THERE IN ALL VRADHA POOJA VIDHAANAM BOOK.

AAVARANA POOJA FOR ANANTHAN IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN VRADHA CHOODAMANI BOOK. EVERY YEAR ALONG WITH 16 UPACHAARA POOJA YOU MAY ALSO DO AAVARANA POOJA. ALL LEAVES AND FLOWERS

ARE USED HERE AS IN VINAYAKA CHATHURTHY.


UMA MAHESWARA VRATHAM;THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON 19-09-2013. THIS VRATHAM WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE TAMIL MONTH OF PURATASI ON SUKLA PATCHAM FULL MOON DAY. THIS IS A POOJA TO BE

OBSERVED FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. FOR THIS, YOU NEED SIXTEEN KALASAMS TO COMPLETE THE VOW. STARTING, COMPLETION, DHAMBATHY POOJA, TIFFIN, MEALS ETC; FOR THIS VRATHAM ARE AS FOR RISHI

PANCHAMI VRATHAM.THOSE WHO 0BSERVE THIS VRATHAM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO OBSERVE SMALLER VRATHAMS LIKE SIVARATHRI, PRODHOSHAM, SOMAVAARAM ETC.

FOR THIS VRATHAM VAAYANA DHAANAM (SWEETS, FRUITS, ETC) SHOULD BE MADE FOR SIXTEEN PUROHITS. THERE IS NO NECESSITY TO HAVE WINNOWS. THERE IS ALSO NO NEED OF TO HAVE EIGHT

VARIETIES OF FRUITS. AND EIGHT VARIETIES OF SWEETS. ONE SWEET, ONE SAVOURY, ONE WHOLE COCONUT, (MATTAI THENGAI) THAAMBOOLAM AND DAKSHINAI IS ENOUGH FOR EACH PUROHIT. YOU MAY

GIVE TO EACH IN A PLATE AND THE PLATE CAN BE RETAINED.


FOR THE FIRST YEAR ATHIRASAM IS MUST FOR RISHI PANCHAMI AND UMA MAHESWARA VRATHAM. IN OTHER YEARS ITEMS ARE OPTIONAL. SOME WILL PERFORM DHAMBHATHY POOJA WITH SIXTEEN

COUPLES IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY WILL BE COMPLETING THE VRATHAM.SOME OTHERS WILL PERFORM WITH 0NE COUPLE IN EACH YEAR. SOME WILL PERFORM IN THE FIRST AND IN THE LAST YEAR. ALL

THESE WILL DEPEND ON ONE"S OWN CUSTOMS AND CONVENIENCE.

15 KALASAMS AND FIFTEEN PRATHIMAI. FIGURE OF UMA MAHESVARAN IN A SMALL THIN SILVER LEAF. 1. UMA MAHESVARAR. 2. SIVAR. 3. SARVAR. 4. RUDHRAR. 5. PASUPATHY. 6. UGRAR. 7.

MAHAA DEVAR. 8. BEEMAR.9. EESHAANAR. 10. UMAPATHY. 11. SAMBU. 12. SOOLI.13.AMRUDESAR. 14. VAAMADEVAR. 15. KAALAKAALAR. DO AAVAAHANAM IN FIFTEEN KALASAMS AND DO ARCHANA WITH 15

DIFFERENT FLOWERS. AND WITH DIFFERENT NEIVEDHYAM. SILK THREAD POOJA AND HAVE IT TIED ON YOUR HAND. THEN DO DHAMBATHY POOJA. DO LIKE THIS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS OR ATLEAST THREE

YEARS. SAYS THE BOOK SIVA RAHASYAM.


ON 19-09-2013 FALLS VISWA ROOPA YATHRAA.

. CHATHUR MAASYAM BEGINS ON 20-07-2013 AND ENDS ON 19-09-2013. CHAATHUR MAASYAM VRATHAM ENDS ON THIS DAY. SANYASIS MUST GO FROM THIS PLACE TO OTHER PLACES. THIS IS CALLED

VISWA ROOPA YATHRA.


ON 5-10-2013 FALLS DOWHITHRA PRATHIPATH. PURATAASI MONTH SUKLA PATCHA PRATHAMAI IS CALLED AS DOWHITHRA PRATHIPATH. DOWHITHRAN= DAUGHTER"S SON. OUR SASTRAM SAYS ON THIS DAY

DAUGHTER"S SON MUST GIVE MEALS AND PRIZES CLOTH AND AABHARANAM,TO THE MATERNAL GRAND PARENTS, MUST TAKE THEM TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY LIKES TO GO.GRAND FATHER AND GRAND MOTHER

WILL BLESS THE GRAND CHILDREN. THIS IS CALLED DHOUHITHRA PRATHIPATH.

ON 25-09-2013 FALLS KAPILAA SHASHTY.:

NIRNAYA SINDHU -115 SAYS: "" BHAADHRAE MAASYA SITHEY PAKSHEA BHAANOW CHAIVA KAREASTHITHEY PADHE KUJEA CHA ROHINYAAM SAA SHASTY KAPILAA BHAVETH. VRADHA UPAVAASA NIYAMYHE

BHAASKARAM THATHRA POOJAYETH KAPILAAM CHA DWIJAWKRYAAYA DHATHWA KRATHU PHALAM LABETH."" ON THIS DAY YOU HAVE TO DO POOJA TO SUN GOD. PURATASI MONTH KRISHNA PATCHAM SHASTY AND

SUN WILL BE HASTHAM STAR ON THIS DAY. THIS IS CALLED KAPILA SHASHTY.

DRAW KOLAM WITH RICE FLOUR ONE CHARIOT WITH ONE WHEEL AND DRAW LOTUS WITH 8 PETALS IN ONE WHEEL, AND FROM EAST 1. SUN.2.THAPANAM.3. SWARNA

BEDHANAM.4.RAVIM.5.AUDHITHYAM.6.DHIVAAKARAM.7.PRABHAKARAM 8.SURYAM FOR EACH PETAL, IN THE CENTRE SURYAN AND IN FRONT HIS SAARATHY ARUNAM DO AAVAAHANAM AND DO ARCHANA WITH ARALI

FLOWER AND ERUKKAM FLOWER AND DO NEIVEDHYAM WITH TENDER COCONUT AND UTTER THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM.

PRABHAAKARA NAMASTHUBHYAM SAMSAARAN MAAM SAMUDHARA BHUKTHY MUKTHY PRADHO YASMAATH THASMAATH CHAANTHIM PRAYASCHAMAY ( DHARMA SINDHU -75). NAMO NAMASTHEY VARADHA RUK SAAMA

YAJUSHAM PATHEY NAMOSTHU VISWARUPAAYA VISWA DHAATHREY NAMOSTHUTHEY DHIVYAYA MOORTHIR JAGAKSHACHUR DWADASAATHMA DIWAAKARAHA KAPILA SAHI THO THEY VO MAMA BHU (MU) KTHIM

PRAYASCHATHU.. CHANT AADITHYA HIRUDHAYAM, AND OTHER SLOKAS ON SUN, SURYA KAVACHAM,SURYA HRUDHAYAM ETC.AND PRAY TO HIM.

THEN DO COW POOJA (KAARAAM PASU). DO PRADHAKSHINA NAMASKARAM AND CHANT THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM AND DO PRAYER. NAMASTHEY KAPILAE DEVI SARVA PAAPA PRANAASINI SANSAARNAVA MAGNAM

MAAM GO MAATHAS THRAATHU MARHASI. YASMAATH THAWAM KAPILAE PUNYAH SARVA LOKASYA PAAVANI POOJITHA SAHA SURYAENA MAMA BHU (MU) KTHI PRADHA BHAVA.

BY DOING THIS YOU MAY GET LONG LIFE, PEACE OF MIND, HEALTH AND WEALTH.
 
NAVARATHRI
N A V A R A T H R I .FROM 5-10-2013 TO 13-10-2013.FOR THIS YEAR.

THE FIRST NINE DAYS AFTER THE NEW MOON IN THE MONTH OF PURATASSI ARE THE HOLY NAVARATHRIES. FOR ALL THE NINE DAYS MOTHER GODDESS IN THE FORM OF DURGA, LAKSHMI SARASWATHY

SHOULD BE WORSHIPPED. DAILY GIRLS BETWEEN AGES 2 AND 10 SHOULD BE GIVEN NEW CLOTHES, ORNAMENTS, MEALS AND SHOULD BE WORSHIPPED.KUMARI, THRIMURTHY, KALYANI, ROHINI, KALI,

CHANDIKA. SAMBAVI,DURGA, SUBADRA WOULD BE THE PREFERABLE ORDER OF WORSHIP. THE MANTRA IS DURGE DURGE RAKSHINISWAHA . THOSE WHO CANNOT DO ON ALL THE NINE DAYS CAN DO IT 3 DAYS OR

ONE DAY.

ON THE 9TH DAY MAHA POOJA SHOULD BE PERFORMED WITH GOOD THINGS, EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR CAPACITY. BY THE PERFORMANCE OF DURGA, LAKSHMI, SARASWATHY POOJA THE DISAPPEARANCE

OF THE FEAR OF ENEMIES, GROWTH OF WEALTH, AND INCREASE OF LEARNING ARE RESPECTIVELY OBTAINED.ON THE TENTH DAY KNOWN AS VIJAYA DASAMI , MOTHER GODDESS KNOWN AS VIJAYA SHOULD BE

WORSHIPPED. ON THE EVENING ON THIS DAY TRAVEL OUTSIDE WIL BRING VICTORY.

THE HOUSE AND FRONTAGE WILL BE THROUGHLY WASHED AND CLEANED AND KOLAM PATTERNS DRAWN RED OXIDE. GIRLS AND SMANGALI LADIES WILL HAVE OIL BATH ON THAT DAY. FOR COOKING,

PAYASAM AND AAMAVADAI AND FRIED APPLAMS ARE THE MUST. SWEET ETC; CAN BE PREPARED TO SUIT ONE"S OWN CONVENIENCE.PACHADI, PORIAL, KOOTU, MORE KULAMBU. DHALL, RASAM ETC;

IF "KOLU" IS TO BE KEPT, THE STEPS CAN BE SET ON "AMAVASAI" DAY AND THE DOLLS ARRANGED SUITABLY. FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL TILL THE LAST DAY, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO

INVITE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, EVERY EVENING. SOME SWEETS, SNACKS, SUNDAL AND FRUITS CAN BE OFFERED AS NEIVEDHYAM TO THE KOLU AMMAN AND THE INVITEES WILL BE GIVEN THE ABOVE

ITEMS, WITH THAAMBOOLAM AND TURMERIC AND KUMKUMAM. ELDERLY SUMANGALIS CAN BE GIVEN IN ADDITION, MATTAI THENGAI EITHER DAILY OR ON FRIDAY AND BLOUSE BIT. OPTIONAL.

iN SOME HOUSES ON AMAVASAI DAY BEING THE AUSPICIOUS DAY A PAIR OF WOODEN TOYS WILL BE PLACED ON KOLU STEPS AND THE OTHER DOLLS ARRANGED ON THE NEXT DAY. IN SOME HOUSES

ONE BRASS SOMBU WILL BE SMEARED WITH LIME AND RICE IN IT. MANGO LEAVES AND A COCONUT( SMEARED WITH TURMERIC POWDER) WILL BE KEPT AT ITS MOUTH AND THE KALASAM ON THE STEPS

INVOKING KOLU AMMAN IN THE KALASAM. THEN ONLY THE OTHER DOLLS WILL BE PLACED ON THE KOLU STEPS AND ARRANGED SUITABLY.

SARASWATHY POOJA WILL BE CELEBRATED BY ALL EVEN THOUGH, HAVING "KOLU" IN THE HOUSE IS OPTIONAL, AS IT DEPENDS ON FAMILY TRADITION. . ON THAT DAY ALSO ,SUMANGALI LADIES,

GIRLS, AND CHILDREN WILL TAKE OIL BATH. FOR ADORNING THE PICTURE OF GODDESS SARASWATHY , HAVE A NEW CHOLI BIT WHICH IS A MUST. WITHOUT BLACK COLOUR. OR A WHITE BLOUSE BIT WITH

FLOWERS PRINTED ON IT. IT IS CUSTOMARY TO PURCHASE NEW CLOTHES ADORN THE PICURE OF SARASWATHI WITH THE SAME AND GIFT IT TO SOME YOUNG GIRLS IN THE HOUSE

SARASWATHI POOJA MUST BE STARTED ON 10TH OCTOBER THIS YEAR IN MOOLAM STAR AND MUST DO POOJA FOR SARASWATHY FOR THREE DAYS AND ON 13TH OCT. SARASWATHY PUNAR POOJA MUST BE

DONE. ON 12TH DURGASHTAMI DO DURGA POOJA/BADHRA KAALI POOJA, CHANT DURGA STHOTHRAM.MAY DO CHANDI HOMAM. SOME PEOPLE SAY ON AVITTAM STAR DAY PUNAR POJA FOR SARASWATHY MUST BE

DONE.

FOR POOJA KEEP THESE ARTICLES READY: COCONUT, PLANTAINS, THAAMBOOLAM, LOOSE FLOWERS, STRINGED FLOWER OR GARLAND, SANDAL WOOD PASTE, KUMKUMAM, LOTUS FLOWER WHITE OR RED.

CAMPHOR, SCENTED STICKS, SAMBRANI, KUTHUVILAKU, OIL, THIRI, MATCH BOX. MANJAL RAW RICE.NEXT DAY PUNAR POOJA MUST BE DONE.

CLEAN AND WASH THE HOUSE. DECORATE WITH KOLAM AND KAAVI. BOTH IN THE POOJA ROOM AND ON ONE WOODEN PLANK.ARRANGE SCHOOL BOOKS, ACCOUNT NOTES, PEN ETC; ON THE PLANK. ARRANGE

ALSO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IF ANY.

FOE NEIVEDHYAM: WHITE COLOUR NEIVEDHYAM IS PREFERRABLE TO SARASWATHY. SO RAW RICE IDLI, KOLUKATTAI, APPAM, VADAI, PAYASAM, MAHA NEIVEDHYAM, PACHADI, KOSUMALLI, PORIAL,

KOOTU, MORE KULAMBU, FRIED APPLAM. KONDAI KADALAI=MOONG DHALL=MOOKU KADALAI SUNDAL IS A MUST ON THIS DAY. SUMANGALIES WILL BE INVITED AND OFFERED THAMBOOLAM, MANJAL

.,KUMKUMAM, AND A POCKET OF SUNDAL. OPTIONAL; BLOUSE BIT, COMB, MIRROR, BANGLES, EYETEX, MARUDHANI,POWDER.

AFTER PERFORMING THE PO0OJA , APPLY SANDAL WOOD PASTE AND KUMKUMAM ON THE PICTURES OF GODS, DOORS, FRIDGE, OVEN, WASHING MACHINE, CALCULATOR, LAPTOP, COMPUTOR, BEUREAU, CASH

BOX. NAME BOARD.TELEVISION, PHONE, MOBILE. TWO WHEELERS, FOUR WHEELERS.MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. AFTER SARASWATHY POJA IS OVER ON THAT DAY ONLY YOU SHOULD NOT READ BOOKS, DO NOT

LEARN ANYTHING FROM OTHERS, DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING, DO NOT SPEAK LIE ON THAT ONLY ATLEAST. SPEAK ONLY TRUTH. UTTER THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM FOR 108 TIMES.

CHATHURDASU VIDHYAASU RAMATHEY YAA SARASWATHI SAW DEVI KRUPAYAA MAHYAM JIHWAA SIDDHIM KAROTHU CHA."AND " PAASUNGUSA DHRAA VAANI VEENA PUSTAKA DHAARINI MAMA VAKTHREY VASEN

NITHYAM SANTHUSHTASTHU CHA SARVADHA"


VIJAYA DASAMI. THIS YEAR IT COMES ON 13-10-2013.

IT IS CUSTOMARY TO DO PUNAR POOJA ON THE NEXT DAY. FOR GODDESS SARASWATHI IN THE MORNING WITH THE TRADITIONAL OFFERING OF MAHA NEIVEDHYAM,.THAAMBOOLAM AND FRUITS. THE BOOKS

ETC, ARRANGED ON THE PREVIOUS DAY "S POOJA WILL BE TAKEN OUT AND SOME PORTIONS READ OUT FROM IT. PLAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IF ANY. iN THANJAVUR DISTRICT , ON THE NIGHT OF VIJAYA

DASAMI DAY , 2 WOODEN DOLLS WILL BE KEPT ON THE KOLU STEPS IN A SLEEPING POSITION ANDE THEN THE THE KOLU DOLLS WILL BE REMOVED ON THE NEXT DAY.

IN MADURAI DISTRICT ., IT IS USUAL TO TAKE OUT TWO WOODEN DOLLS AS ABOVE , GIVE THEM OIL BATH, SING GOWRI KIALYANAM AND THEN DRAPE THEM WITH FRESH CLOTHES AND APPLY SANDAL

PASTE AND KUMKUMAM..THEN THE DOLLS WILL BE ARRANGED IN A SLEEPING POSITION AS ABOVE ACCOMPANIED BY SINGING AND AARATHY. THE KOLU AND DOLLS WILL BE REMOVED ON THE NEXT DAY.


ON VIJAYA DASAMI DAY : THIS IS CALLED DASARA IN MYSORE . KILLED MAHISAASURAN AFTER 9 DAYS WAR. ON THIS DAY YOU MAY START NEW BUSUINESS, YOU MAY START EDUCATION FOR

CHILDREN. IT IS A BELIEF THAT STARTING ON THIS DAY WILL GIVE VICTORY. ON THIS DAY EVENING THE SUN SETS AND STARS CAN BE SEEN SLIGHTLY THIS TIME IS CALLED VIJAYA. YOU HAVE TO

DO POOJA AT THIS EVENING TIME TO VAHNI TREE OR TO THE LEAVES OF VAHNI TREE. BRING VAHNI LEAVES TO YOUR HOUSE AND DO POOJA IN THE EVENING TIME. AND DO PRAYER SAYING THIS SLOKAM

" SHAMI SHAMAYATHEY PAAPAM SHAMI SHATHRU VINAASINI ARJUNASYA DHANUR DHAATHREE RAAMASYA PRIYA VAADHINI KARISHYA MAANAA YATHRA YAA YATHAA KAALAM SUKAM MAYA THATHRA NIR VIGNA

KARTHREE THWAM BHAVA SRI RAMA POOJITHEY." IF VANNI TREE IS NOT AVAILABLE YOU MAY DO POOJA ON AALA MARAM, ARASA MARAM, ATHI MARAM, PURASA MARAM. ANY ONE. AFTER POOJA IS OVER

YOU MAY BRING SOME WET MUD FROM THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE TREE AND HAVE IT IN YOUR HOUSE. WHEN EVER YOU ARE GOING ON YAATHRA YOU MAY TAKRE THIS MUD (SMALL PORTION)YOUR YATHRA

WILL BE SUCCESSFUL, WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
 
Sarath navarathri.

Every year there are 4 navarathris, in which 2 are very important. One comes during vasantha ruthu which is called vasantha navarathri in march-april. Other is coming

during sarath ruthu which is called sarath navarathri coming in puratasi-ipasi month every year. This year it falls on 5-10-2013 to 13-10-2013. On these nine days along with

full fasting do daily sri vidhya navaavarana pooja,thithinithya devi pooja, sri vidhya homam, sapthasathi paaraayanam, lalitha sahasranamam,thrisathy, soundharya lahary, kadga

maalaa, , devi bhaaghavatham paaraayanam, suvasini pooja and kanya pooja and chandi homam must be done.

"aganda deepakam devyaahaa preethayea nava raathrakam ujwaalayea ago raathram aekachitha vrutho rudaha" place some raw rice on a brass plate and on it place one mud or

brass lamp put oil and ghee and put a thiri and light it on 5th october morning and it must burn until 14 th morning daily day and night. This is called aganda deepam. You

will get full blessings from durga , lakshmi, saraswathy.

Akaikaam poojayeth kanyaam aka vrudhyaa thathaiva cha dwigunam thrigunam vaapi prathyekam navakam thu vaa." on navarathri nine days each day 9 suvaasini pooja and 9 kanya

poohja daily total 18 persons each day for 9 days.pooja for them is the uthama paksham. Or on first day one sumangali and one kanya pooja on second day 2 sumangali pooja and 2

kanya pooja like this on 9th day 9 suvasini and 9 kanya pooja may be done this is madhyama paksham. Each day one sumangali and one kanya pooja for 9 days this is athama paksham.

Or on the last day of navarathry one sumangali and one kanya pooja can be done.

On these nine navarathry days devi and durga aavaahanam on sumangali and kanya and do pooja to them and feed them and give them saree/ paavadai-shirt , bangles, chain, ear

ring, soap and seepu , mirror, thaamboolam and eyetex, marudhaani powder, turmeric, kumkumam, coconut, fruits ,flowers, blouse bit, and for kanya children pen, note book

etc.must be given as charity. 9 yard sarees and chudidhar materils for children may be given.

During vasantha navarathiri along with these in addition you may do ramar pooja and study ramayanam.
 
Aipasi month ;
thula cauvery snaanam: Suryan is in thula rasi .so it is called thula maadham. During this month all other rivers: Ganga, yamuna, godhavary etc are coming to

cauvery river. It is a belief. We have to take sankalpa snaanam in cauvery in ipasi month 30 days. Or at least 3 days in this month. During cauvery snaanam chant this slokam; "

namasthey thaditham mukyea nigamaagama samsthuthey paapkaayam paarisudhyam aayur aarokya meva cha sowbhagyamapi santhaanam gnaanam dehi marudhvrudhey.. Marudhvrudhey mahaadevi

mahabhagea manoharea sri cauvery namasthubhyam mama paapam vyapohaya.

After cauvery snaanam do pooja,and charity.only in thalai cauvery pure cauvery water will be available.

On 18-10-2013 annabishekam.to lord shiva. New paddy will come after harvest , we are doing thanks giving to lord shiva by doing cooked rice abishekam. And then the rice

will be distributed to all.

On 18-10-2013 or on 3-11-2013 or on 17-11-2013 aagrayana homam may be done with new rice. Cooked rice homam in aupaasana agni may be done by the couples ,. Those who had

done soma yagam will do this as eishty.

This year on 18-10-2013 ko jaakarthi vradham is there. Aashwinae pourna maasyaam hu sarej jaakaranam nisi. Linga puraanam says: On aaswina month full moon day in the

evening time lakshmi pooja along with indran and the elephant iraavadham should be done. Place some raw rice in a brass plate and on that raw rice place gold or silver lakshmi

prathimai or gold ring . Do aavaahanam of lakshmi, indran, iraavadham and 16 upachara pooja and do lakshmi ashtothram and do neivedhyam tender coconut and aval=rice flakes.

Then do namaskaram saying this slokam" namasthey sarva devaanaam varadaasi haripriyae yaa gathis thwath prapannnaaanam saw may bhuyath twatharchanath. Sa chithrai

aavasthaathaaya bhaaswath kulisa paanayea powlom yaa lingi thaangaaya sahasraakshaaya they namaha."

dharma sindhu -142 says; nisithey varadha lakshmihi ko jaakartheethi bhaashini thasmy vitham prayaschaami akshaihi kreedaam karothi yaha". Sitting on elephant along with

indran mahalakshmi is coming to earth on this night . She is blessing those who are waking on this night.

On 31-10-2013 ipasi month krishna patcha dwadasi is called go vatsa dwaadasi. On this day cow pooja along with its calf is to be done. Give more milk for the calf to

day. Wash the cow and decorate with manjal and kumkumam and do pooja to cow.give grass agathi grass to cow chanting this slokam:" surabhi thwam jagan maathar devi vishnu pathey

sthithaa. Sarva deva mayea graasam maya dhaththam emam grasa. And chanting this sloka pray to cow sarva deva mayae devi sarva devaischa sath kruthaa maathar mamaa abhilashitham

sa phalam kuru nandhini.


On 01-11-2013 dhanvanthri jayanthi:
One of the avathaar of maha vishnu who discovered ayurvedha system of treatment . On this day do 16 upachaara pooja to danvanthri and chant his sthothrams. Disease

reliever.

Skandha maha puraanam says yama deepam will relieve diseases from you. This comes on 1-11-2013. Friday. " aaswinas yaasithey pakshe thryodasyaam nisha mukea yama deepam

bahir dhatyaath apa mrithyur vinasyathi." the previous day to deepavali thryodasi day is called yama deepa thryodasi. On this day after sun set put gingilly oil in mud agal

vilakku and lit it out side the house.or in the nearby temple.

Sankalpam-=" mama sarvaarishta nivruthi poorvakam apa mruthyu nivaarana dwaara yama raja preethyartham deepa dhaanam karishyae. On each family each member must lit one mud

agal by their hands and each must do namaskaram to the deepam and pray to god chanting this slokam. "mrithyoonaa pashan dhandaabyaam kaalena shyaamaya saha thrayodasyaam deepa

dhaanath sur yajaha preeyathaam mama.

Deepavali--ganga snaanam.: On 1st november night before 2nd nov. Sun rise before 5-30 a.m. All should take oil bath with hot water.
Nirnaya sindhu -147 and 148 says: Thailae lakshmir, jalae gangadheepaavalyaas chathurdasim. Prathas snaanam thu yah kuryaath saha yama lokham na pasyathi" " apaamaargamayea

thumbeem prapunnata mathaaparam. Brahmayeth snaana madhyea thu narakasya kshyaaya vai seetha loshta samaayuktha sakantaka, dhalaanvitha. Hara paapam apaamargam brahmyamaanaha

punah punaha."


there is a belief that on this day maha lakshmi is there in gingilly oil and ganges is there in hot water. During taking bath take one naayuruvee plant turn around your

head three times clock wise and throw it away by chanting the slokam as above. " apaamargha mayea-----punah punaha. This year deepavali pandikai is there. And amavasai will be

on the next day only.

As day starts from sun rise 6-08 a,m. On this morning followers of bodhayana maharishi can do amavasai tharpanam on this day, after taking oil bath before 5 a. M. Which

belongs to previous day. Do not take oil bath after 6-08 a.m. On this day. All people may take oilbath with hot water but people who are waiting for varushaabhdeekam should not

wear new clothes and do not take sweets and snacks on this day.and also should not take vadai payasam in meals.


To be coninued
 
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