2.1  Aalaya kriyai(worship according to aagamas) The kriyasin the temples are three types. 1. KARSHANATHI  PRATHISTANTHAM 2. PRATHISTATHI TO UTHAVANTHAM 3. URSAVATHI PRAYACHITHTHANTHAM. Let us explain each one of the ... More

3.1  Different kinds of temple functions:  The functions in a siva temple fall under three categories. They are 1. Daily functions called Nithya kriyaygal  2. Naimitthiga kriyas celebrations conducted ... More

The word Muthra denotes a particular method in which the fingers are kept for the worship of God. This is the meaning found in Sanskrit dictionaries. The word muthra is a name with a reason.  The verb “MUTH” means that ... More

DAILY RITUALS AT THE TEMPLE: The daily rituals conducted in the temple fall  into two categories. They are Nithya(Daily) and Aaganthuga Nithyam.  Nithya poojas are the one that is conducted daily just as Usath ... More

Ushath kaala pooja:  The sivachariyar should get up in the morning  2 hours before sun rise. He should recite sthothras(divine hymns) by his mouth, Medidate God in his mind  and should complete his morning ... More

7.1 The substances that are added in the water meant for bathing the God are  1. Paathiri poo(Trumpet flower) 2. Uthbalam, 3. Thaamarai Poo (lotus)4. Alari Poo(Oleander or Arali in tamil)

7.2  The order in which ... More

8.1  Flowers  as per time:  Morning: Lotus, coral flower, Tulsi, Nava Malligai(a variety of jasmine), Nandiyaavattai(a kind of flower), Manthaarai(ebony flower), Mullai(arabian jasmine), Shnbagam(champak flower), ... More

9.1   Dress for Avudaiyar(Base portion of the Lingam) :  White dress during Kaala santhi. (before dawn), Red dress during Midday(Uchchi kaaala pooja), Yellow dress during  the sayarakchai(Evening Sandhya ... More

10.1  Upasarams are three types. They are  Saangam, Upaangam, and Prathyangam.
(1)  Saangam:  Abhishegam(Bathing) Paathyam(offering water for legs), Aasamanam(Offering three spoonful of water to drink), ... More

11.1:  The honey bee goes to a flower drinks the honey in it, and returns the same honey to us. Because of that the smell of the flower or taste or coolness or gentleness are not affected. In the same way the offering s made ... More

12.1  Before the beginning  of the  abhishegam, at the end of the abhishegam, At the beginning of Neivethyam, At the start of the festival, at the end of the festival and at the end of the dance. The bell must be ... More

13.1  Vedas should be recited during Abhishegam, Neivethyam, showing of Dhoopam and Deepam.

13.2  Towards the end of Abhishegam, Neivethyam and Dhoopa Deeepam  devotees should sing devotional hymns praising ... More

14.1 Those who on completion of the pooja does not do prathakshinam  will acquire the full and complete benefits of that pooja. It means that he is doing the pooja only for publicity. So one should compulsorily  should ... More

15.1  The methods/ways adopted to do poojas are kept as if to appreciate God’s five jobs. 1. Creation; abhishegam  2. Protection; neivethyam 3. Samharam(destruction):  Giving Bali (offering of cooked food ... More

16.1  worshipping the god by coming to the temple on a day when one has taken other’s food.
16.2  Doing neivethyam with other’s materials
16.3  Going to the  temple without performing pooja normally ... More