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Home > Temples of Kerala > Temple rites Dravya-kalasa-poojaIn the aftemoon of the eighth day dravya-kalasa-pooja is done. It is performed with 17 or 25 thathwa-kalasas having dravyas (articles) depending on the deity, the maximum number being 1,000 (for Vishnu and Siva). Each article is filled in a separate kalasa after the prescribed purificatory rite of the kalasa and also the procedures laid down for it relating to the Devatha. It is to be noted that the arrangements of kalasas are in a specified order. Generally the kalasas represent Brahma and thathwa. The central kalasa is known as Brahma-kalda. In the case of 17 thathwa-kalasas the thathwas are jeeva, manas, five senses of perception, five objects of perception and five elements, whereas 25 kalasas represent the thathwas of Purusha, prakrthi, buddhi, manas and ahankara, five than-maathras, five organs of action, five organs of perception and five elements. After twining these kalasas (pots)) with cotton thread they are adomed with leaves of mango, flowers and placed under a darbha-koorcha (conical shape). Then these kalasas are invoked with the power of the deity by appropriate manthras and mental process. Many aavaahanas and nyaasas based on saasthric principles are then performed followed by poojas. The dravya-kalasas are to be used for abhisheka on the forenoon of ninth day when the sreekovil opens after the prathishta.
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