Good Brahmin / Pujari in Srikalahasthi

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Hello All, I am looking for a noble brahmin / Pujari in Srikalahasthi (who is local to Srikalahasthi) who can help perform Rahu Shanti Puja for me. I cannot travel to Srikalakasti now, hence this search for a Pujari. Thanks much

 

[prasad1]

I assume all "BRAHMINS" are "NOBLE".

If you want to perform the puja, my sources tell me that you have to be present.


The Sarpadosha Pooja

The Rahu-ketu sarpa dosha puja is a frequently performed activity.

• The Rs.1000/- ticket is highly recommended, since they give you "5 star" service (like holding the pooja right within the temple). It takes around 25 minutes to perform the pooja.
• No advance booking by telephone or money order is allowed.
• You can book the pooja only if you are physically present at the temple. And your pooja ticket must be used up on that day itself.
• If you are particular that the pooja be conducted during Rahukalam (for maximum effect) be at the temple at least an hour or two before the start of Rahukalam and buy your ticket from the appropriate counter located within the temple walls.
• After climbing up an interminable staircase near the car park we were told that another entrance @ gate level could have been used !! So look out for this entrance especially if there are aged/ handicapped persons in your tour group. Since this entrance is some distance away from the car park, use your mobile phone (outside the temple please !) to summon the driver for your return journey.
• Though there are other minor poojas also, the Sarpa Dosha Nivarana pooja is classified as a combination of all the other poojas(rituals). So there is no need to buy separate tickets for each pooja if you are buying the Nivarana pooja ticket.
• Astrology regards Rahu and Ketu as the only two "planets" which has varying degrees of malefic ( some benefic effect is also present) effects on ALL human beings. Which means that the Nivarana pooja at Kalahasti (for removing the bad effects of Rahu and Ketu) is good for ALL human beings.
• A good astrologer may guide you to select the appropriate day and time to visit the temple. Hopefully he may select a week day when no festival is being conducted (as the crowd may be unmanageable at other times). Also check and see if any visit by high profile VIPs are scheduled. Temple entry may be temporarily barred during such visits for security reasons.
• CAUTION : Do not purchase pooja materials from the stalls outside the temple. Along with the Rs.1000/- ticket, you are also given all the materials that are needed for the pooja. This ticket also entitles you to an exclusive darshan (glimpse) and archana (special pooja) of the main deities within the temple. (I.e. There is no need to stand in the queue since you are taken right into the inner sanctum of the main deities within the temple).
• Keep this ticket carefully and don't lose track of it. Also keep track of the materials given to you for the pooja. And don't hesitate to ask for clarifications when in doubt.
• The pooja itself is not a fire ceremony. You are only expected to carefully drop first some flowers (little by little) and then coloured ash on the metal representations of Rahu and Ketu while the priest chants the mantras. (After the pooja, these metal representations MUST be deposited in a special box @ the temple AFTER you give them to another priest in the main sanctum and get them back in a few minutes). The priest (conducting the Nivarana pooja) will want the names (only family members) and nakshatras for conducting the pooja).
• Upto five members of a family (for Rs.1000/- ticket) are allowed to be physically present at the pooja though you are allowed to give a long list of other family members who are not present.
• Tipping is inevitable and you may fix a fair amount at your discretion. Reserve your main tip for the priest condcuting the Nivarana pooja. (He will ask you for "dakshina").
• Though there is a dress code for the pooja, the temple does not seem to be implementing it rigorously. But it is good if gents wear dhoti and angavastram.

Sarva Mangalya Mangalye Sivesarvartha sadhike
Sharanye Trynbake Devi Narayani Namosthuthe

The Legend of Srikalahasti

You may contact any priest from this list.

https://www.justdial.com/Srikalahasti/Pandits/nct-10351915

Best of luck.