Mangal, Rahu & Sani puja

When the 108 names of Sani are chanted, abhishekha is done into the mud pot. Each time a mantra is chanted the bilva leaf is dipped in the mud lamp containing the red liquid. Then the liquid is poured into the mud pot using the bilva leaf.

The camphor is lit and waved as Arati, a highly symbolic process. Camphor, when it burns, burns completely, without leaving any trace behind. While doing the Arati our prayer is - like the this camphor, may my ego be completely eliminated. Only in that egoless state will we be able to feel and experience the omnipresence of the Divine.

At the close of the Mangal Puja, Finally the lemon oil lamp is offered into the flames of the homa kunda, the sacrificial fire pit, indicating the total burning up of our problems.

For the Rahu Puja, the turmeric snake is finally thrown by the participants on to the image of Rahu etched on the image in the temple.

The Sani Puja concludes with the participants carrying the mud pots are then taken to the temple, where the brahmacharis use the water inside the pots to perform abhishekha to the idol in the sanctum sanctorum.

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