Dwaara-thorana-kalasa-pooja

The next step is the pooja of the kalasas at dwaara-thoranas of the samskaara-mandapa by reciting manthras. It is to be noted that the erection of mandapa, laying the sayya etc are meticulous procedures for elevating the mandapa as a sacred place, where the preliminary rites of prathishta are conducted

	Temples of Kerala
	Temple Rites Related To Prathishtha
	Muhoortham	Prathishtha rites
	Aachaarya-varnanam	Mulayital or Ankuraaropanam
	Dhwaja-sthhaapana	Bimba-parigraha
	Nethrollekhana	Bimba-sodhana
	Akshatha-homa	Kauthuka-bandhana
	Jalaadhivaasa	Sthhala-suddhi
	Mandapa-samskaara	Bimba-suddhi-kalasa-pooja or Kumbesa-pooja
	Praasaada-suddhi	Agni-janana
	Sayya-pooja	Nidra-kalasa pooja
	Vidyeswara-kalasa-pooja	Upahaara-daana
	Ashtamangala	Dwaara-thorana-kalasa-pooja
	Snana-peetha or Bhadra-peetha pooja	Bimba-sodhana and bimba-suddhi
	Nethronmeelanam	Bimba-suddhi-kalasaabhisheka and alankara-pooja
	Sayya-sayanam	Dhyaanaadhivaasa
	Jalaadhivaasa of peetha and napumsaka-sila	Prathishtha-homa
	Sirasthathwa-homa	Adhivaasa-homa
	Saanthi-homa	Godhana
	Praasaada-prathishtha	Kalasaabhisheka at adhivaasa
	Napumsaka sila-prathishtha	Peetha-prathishtha
	Nava-sakthi-homa or pari-homa	Bimba from Sayya to garbha-graha
	Paraavaahana and avasthaavaahana	Praana-prathishtha
	Niyamam-nischayikkal	Deepa-sthhaapana and closing of sreekovil
	Natakkal-pooja	Parivaara and upa-deva prathisththas
	Maathru and Nirmalyadhaari prathishthas	Samskaara of valiya-balikkal
	Peetha-prathishtha of valiya-balikall	Dhwaja-prathishtha
	Thathwa-homa and kalasas	Dravya-kalasa-pooja
	Kalasaadhivaasam	Nata-thurakkal or opening of sreekovil
	Kalasa-pooja and usha-pooja	Kalasaabhisheka, uccha-pooja and avasraava prokshnam
	Vaisya-homa	Sree-bootha-bali
	Concept of uthsava

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