Sahasra Lingarchana: "Om Sri Uma Pardhiveswara Swamine Namaha"
Sahasra Lingarchana: "Om Sri Uma Pardhiveswara Swamine Namaha"
Sahasra Lingarchana: "Om Sri Uma Pardhiveswara Swamine Namaha"
Sahasra Lingarchana
Preparation Booklet
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
a. About
b. Kailasa prastharam
c. Manah Sankalpam
d. The program
e. FAQs
2. Srushti
a. Preparation
b. Ganapathi puja
c. Bhoomi puja
d. Making Mruthika lingas
e. Alankaram
3. Sthiti
a. Preparation
b. Arranging in Kailasa prastharam
c. Alankaram
4. Archana
a. Preparation
b. Ganapathi puja
c. Mahanyasam
d. Shodasavarana puja
5. Abhishekam
a. Preparation
b. Ekadasavara Rudra Abhishekam
c. Shantivara Abhishekam
d. Cleanup
e. Alankaram
f. Punah puja
g. Maha Nivedyam
h. Mantra pushpam
6. Homam
a. Preparation
b. Shatpatram
c. Rudra Homam
d. Jayadi Homam
e. Poornahuti
f. Nivedyam
g. Teertham & Mahaprasadam
7. Anandam
a. Preparation
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a. About
Sahasra Lingarchana is a unique vedic ritual to worship lord Siva in the name of Uma Pardhiveswara
Swamy. It is performed by making 1,116 mruthika siva lingas also called as Pardhiva lingas made out of
well prepared and sanctified clay. All these siva lingas are arranged in the form of Kailasa prastharam
which is a depiction of Siva Kailasam with 16 avaranas and 1,116 Rudra swaroopas. Siva Shakti is invoked
into each Siva lingam thru vedic mantras during Shodasa Aavarana puja and worshiped with great
devotion and bhakti to seek the blessings of Sri Uma Pardhiveswara Swamy for health, wealth,
prosperity, bliss and ultimate mukthi.
b. Kailasa prastharam
According to our Siva Maha Puranam, it is said that our lord Siva and goddess Parvathi reside in Kailasam
which is surrounded by 16 aavaranas. Each avarana contains a set of Rudra swaroopa devata ganas.
There is a well-defined name for each aavarana and the respective devata ganas in the Sahasra
Lingarchana kalpam as shown below. Refer to Annexure A: Sahasralingarchana Kailasa Prastharam
Layout document.
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c. Manah Sankalpam
All those who wanted to perform this great ritual Sahasra Lingarchana need to have strong desire, will
power and manah sankalpam to perform or participate in this. You may be able to wish, think, plan,
organize and spend lot of time and money. But it will happen only thru his blessings. So, we need strong
manah sankalpam or desire to perform this puja and appeal to him well for his blessings to shower on
you to be able to do it successfully.
Once decided, on an auspicious day pack 3 cups of rice and some small amount of money in a white
cloth and place it in front of Lord Ganapathy in your home. Offer prayers to him with devotion to bless
you with your wishes to come true with no hurdles and complete the Sahasra Lingarchana puja
successfully. We need to cook Vundrallu / Kudumulu for Ganapathy on the Srushti day with this rice.
d. The program
The main component in Sahasra Lingarchana is to make 1,116 mruthika Siva lingas. To make these many
Siva Lingas out of clay we need about 6 to 8 hours. As this is a big task, we can make these few days or
one week in advance with a group of devotees. Once they are dried up same day or after few days, we
can do alankaram by putting vibhudi namam and kumkuma tilakam. When 1,116 Siva lingas are ready,
arranging in Kailasa prastharam take about 2-3 hours. After everything is made ready, the Sahasra
Lingarchana program along with homam takes about 10 hours. Everybody should prepare well with
physical and mental ability to devotedly focus on the ritual well.
Here are the main program details and rough time estimates.
e. FAQs
i. Who can do?
Unto me, worshiping God is everybodys fundamental right. Lord Siva is everybodys own. Anyone
with bhakti and devotion can perform this puja. Whoever wishes to do this must remember it needs
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some self-discipline and preserve the sanctity of this puja by observing pleasant environment,
devotional and religiously inclined devotees group (satsangam), traditional attires, sanctified
vegetarian foods and drinks etc.
For performing Rudra Homam, its defined in vedas and scriptures that only those with a culture of
wearing Yagnopaveetam / Janoi can do it. Others also can do it with the assistance of pundit for
offering ahutis. Everyone can certainly be part of the Homam and reap all the benefits thru
participating, contributing, and helping, listening, watching and even breathing the sanctified air in
the premises depending on your interest.
Next, to give opportunity to all the interested devotees to sit around the Kailasa prastharam and do
the Sahasra Lingarchana, we arrange the mruthika lingams on a bigger size wooden plank.
As you know most of the houses in abroad have carpet or wooden floors. To be safe from water
damages and fire accidents, we arrange multiple sets of deep dish trays made of aluminum or steel
as needed around the Kailasa prastharam. We put separate Siva lingams or Saligramas in each tray
to perform the abhishekam by each devote family or group. This gives opportunity to perform
abhishekam to all those attended the program.
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Finally, Rudra Homam will be performed in a safe way on tiled area by host or by pundits on behalf
of host.
Remember Bhakti and devotion always plays a pivotal role in all our prayers at all times. It is well
said and I too believe in that any puja performed as a group gives more vibration and good results to
all the participants and the society. Group participation will also give good understanding and
opportunity to all of us and our children to learn more and more about our Indian culture, religious
beliefs and practices. They can adopt and carry it forward to future generations although being
abroad.
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a. Preparation
Srushti describes the part of creating Mruthika Siva Lingams. Few days in advance, we need to collect
fine clay preferably black soil and remove any stones, wood picks and grass from it. Using a hammer or
any other tool, break lumps into fine grain to easily mix with water and other material later. It is
recommended to collect adequate quantity of this fine soil well prepared in advance. All the participants
attending to make Siva Lingams must come after full shower from head to toe, carefully dressed to work
with clay and apply bhasmam and tilakam on fore head. Select a right place preferably car garage or
back yard where you can comfortably sit, work, clean easily and does not spoil carpets / floors to make
these Siva Lingams.
b. Ganapathi puja
The preparation day starts with Ganapathi puja and Vundrallu / Kudumulu nivedyam with the rice
packed during Manah Sankalpam. Refer to Annexure E: Items list for Ganapathi Puja. Offer prayers to
Lord Ganapathi to help you at all times in successfully performing the Sahasra Lingarchana and invite
him to be part of the puja.
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c. Bhoomi puja
The fine grain clay is to be sanctified with Bhoosuktam and sprinkle a pinch of turmeric and kumkum
from Ganapathy puja. Mix the clay with adequate quantity of water and thoroughly mix it to turn it into
soft wet clay like chapatti floor. Let all the devotees offer their prayers and small pinches of each of the
list of materials described in Annexure C: Items list for Making Mruthika Lingas into the clay mixture
while chanting Om Sri Uma Pardhiveswara SwaminE Namaha mantram. I recommend mixing
reasonably big amount of cow Ghee / Sesame oil to the clay mixture to retain the softness.
If hand carving them is time consuming, you can take the help of molds to make these Mruthika lingas
for consistent shape, size and speed. Please refer to Annexure B: Sivalingam mold design document on
how to make a 2-piece latex rubber mold and other methods. If you have at least 20 molds and 20
people making them you should be done in 4 hours roughly.
We need 1,116 Mruthika lingas for puja. But anticipating some discards due to breakages and cracks, its
ideal to make 1300. Additionally, one can hand carve Nandi the bull to place in front of the Maha Lingam
and 4 comparatively bigger sized siva lingams for placing at Ganga, Parvathi, Dakshina moorthy and
Chandra kalas place in 1,116 Sahasra Linga Kailasa Prastharam. Ensure to grade them for good quality
with neat look and feel while making to avoid more discards down the line. Collect and place all the
perfected Siva lingams into trays or cardboard planks in 10 X 10 matrix sets to leave them untouched to
get them dried up for few days.
Enjoy making Siva lingas while chanting Rudram, Om Namah Sivaya, Om Sri Uma Pardhiveswara
SwaminE Namaha mantram, singing bhajans and listening to Siva Maha Puranam pravachanam etc. Do
not entertain any food in the making area to maintain sanctity of the work being done. People leaving
for food, drinks and nature calls should wash their hands and feet or take baths as appropriate before
resuming their Siva Lingam making work. No need to water them after they are made well to avoid
cracks. Finally upon completing the making of Siva Lingams, the devotees can offer Aarati and prayers
before they leave for the day.
e. Alankaram
Once the Siva Lingams are ready, carefully check each Siva Lingam for good quality and apply wet
vibhudi bhasmam and wet kumkuma tilakam as alankaram on both sides of the Siva Lingam while
holding the Soma Sutram horizontally. We apply bhasmam and tilakam on both sides of the Siva Lingam
as alankaram can be seen well by all the devotees sitting around the big Kailasa prasharam layout.
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a. Preparation
The day before to the Sahasra Lingarchana, a selected small group of devotees assemble at event
celebration place after taking full bath, neatly dressed and applying vibhudi and kumkuma tilakam in
preparation to arrange the mruthika siva lingams in Kailasa prastharam. Verify the list of items and move
all the siva lingams and items close to the puja room. Please refer to Annexure D: Items list for Kailasa
Prastharam arrangement document.
Plan your team as Helpers to move stuff around and assist, Placers to place siva lingams in an organized
way and Quality to monitor the alignments, verify the correct counts, look and feel aspects. Measure the
base width and base height of the siva lingam made. Calculate the size the kailasa prastharam as 65
times horizontal base width and 65 times vertical base width of the lingam to get an estimate of the
area of your layout. Add additional 2 inches extra on all sides on the plank for error corrections. This
should help you to find the size of cloth and plank needed.
After placing the plank on the floor, wrap it with flat sheet of white cloth and fold back excess cloth
under the bottom of the plank. While all devotees chanting ganapathi mantram, hosts should apply wet
turmeric and tilakam to the cloth in the center and all 8 directions. The Placers team should start placing
the mruthika siva lingams from the center in all directions in a planned way so that you do not need do
revisit to move them in the center. Helpers team help in supplying the siva lingams and Quality team
ensure alignments, beautification, cleanliness and counts. Ideally the central Maha Siva Lingam should
be placed well first, count them and then arrange all avaranas around it. Once perfected, the
Tandameswaras should be placed around as a boundary and complete with outer avaranas layout. At
the end double check the counts in each avarana and ensure people do not touch or add any more siva
lingams later. Remember to place the special sivalingams and Nandeeswara made as and when needed.
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c. Alankaram
Finally, apart from the kailasa prastharam, a separate table needs to be arranged for Ganapathi puja and
Kalasa sthapana close to the premises. Place a Ganapathi moorthi, a beetel leaf with turmeric Ganapathi
and a picture frame of lord Siva Parvathi as available on that kalasa table. Refer to Annexure M: Lord
Siva Photos. Take a round bottom vessel made of silver, copper etc. as poorna kalasa kumbham. Fill
3/4ths with water and drop some copper coins, gandham (sandal wood powder), akshatas and flowers
into it. Take a coconut with turmeric and kumkuma tilakam applied. Wrap it with a cloth and place on
the top of vessel as kalasam with beetel or mango leaves at the bottom of the coconut. Complete the
garlands and other decorations to Maha Siva Lingam on Kailasa prastharam and other kalasa table
deities. Please make all arrangements with deepams, bottom plates, twigs and ghee or oil, dhoop sticks
placed, match box as needed. Place all the puja items as per the given lists in separate boxes ready to
access as per your convenience. Get a plate with good amount of wet vibhudi and kumkuma tilakam
cups and place it at the entrance door on a table for all the devotees to apply before they enter into the
premises. Ensure your preparations are in a ready to start puja state with water and puja glasses and
plates ready.
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a. Preparation
This is really the day of Sahasra Lingarchana puja. Invite all the participants to be in traditional attire at
the premises by 5:00am in the morning after taking full head to toe shower. Offer wet vibhudi and
kumkuma tilakam to all at the entrance to apply on their fore head. Whoever has yagnopaveeta
sampradayam must complete Sandyavandanam and other nitya karmanusthanams before the puja
begins. Priest on site can also help those people if need be, to perform Sandhyavandanam which starts
sharp at 5:00am. Meanwhile double check all the puja items in boxes at the puja place, keep them
handy and get ready for puja by 5:30am. All participants must sit with their puja plate around the kailasa
prastharam with family accommodating all the participants as close as possible leaving some space
without touching the kailasa prastharam.
b. Ganapathi puja
The priests who are attending to perform the puja are always honored with great respect and devotion
and called as Brahma throughout the day. Hosts Gruha Lakshmi or devotees will inaugurate the event
by lighting all the oil or ghee deepams. Ganapathi puja and kalisa puja will be performed praying to
remove all obstacles in our life and the event. Sankalpam will be chanted with all the names and
gotrams of the participants in this process. Refer to Annexure E: Items list for Ganapathi Puja.
c. Mahanyasam
Naa Rudro Rudramarchayeeth means one should not worship Shiva without realizing that he is Rudra
himself. Mahanyasam is the process of cleansing the environment, premises, our body parts, mind etc.
and invoke Rudra devathas on all parts of our body to symbolize and make one realize that we are
swayam Rudra himself before we worship lord Siva in the form of Uma Pardhiveswara Swamy.
Mahanyasam gives total body protection, good state of mind and health in our life. Participants should
observe and follow Brahma and other Ruthviks to touch and clean their body with mantram as they
perform. Please circulate Namashambhavecha Mantram to all devotees to chant during Dasanga
rowdreekaranam and Shodasanga rowdreekaranam. Refer to Annexure L: "Namashembhavecha
mantram. Upon completing mahanyasam, everyone should understand, realize, believe, feel and live in
the state of Aham Brahmasmi to enjoy Siva Anandam.
d. Shodasavarana puja
Refer to Annexure F: Items list for Sahasralingarchana.
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Lord Siva and goddess Parvathi reside in Kailasam which is surrounded by many Rudra swaroopa devata
ganas in 16 aavaranas. Shodasa Avarana puja is the process of invoking Rudra swaroopa devata shakti in
all 1,116 mruthika sivalingas arranged in kailasa prastharam with 16 avaranas by each ones name and
respective mantras. We invite them into the kailasa prastharam with all shodasa upacharams to worship
them. Have copies of the kailasa prastharam layout document handy and follow the Brahma to identify,
offer the fruits and flowers, and perform puja at each specified devatha murthy in each avarana when
directed. To perform Shodasavarana puja please refer to Annexure I: SahasraLingarchana Puja Kalpam
step by step guide.
Once this is complete, youll have 1,116 Rudra devata swaroopams with Maha Linga swaroopa Uma
Pardhiveswara swamy in the kailasa prastharam at your house. This becomes the pivotal point of the
entire universal energy and universal consciousness. Imagine the great opportunity of every one
participating in such event to receive the universal energy as blessings. The mahanyasam is the process
to tune your mind and body to absorb this high frequency universal energy present in Kailasa
Prastharam which is invoked thru vibrant vedic beejakshra mantras during prana prathistha. So, its very
important to be part of such event and participate with great bhakti and devotion.
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a. Preparation
Once the Shodasavarana puja is complete, all the participants will move away and make arrangements
for placing the trays around the Kailasa prastharam with Siva Lingams or saligramas to perform
abhishekam. Depending on the number of individuals or families who signed up for performing
abhishekam, arrange required number of trays with a Siva Lingam in it. Let there be one separate tray
with Siva Lingam for host to perform abhishekam for all 11 rudrams. We perform Ekadasavara Rudra
Abhishekam which means the rudram will be chanted 11 times. So, using one tray 11 families can
perform abhishekam as one family per one rudram one after the other. In case you have 50 registrants,
having 4 trays will accommodate 4 X 11 = 44 and by adjusting 6 here and there as multiple families per
tray will help all 50 to participate. Please refer to Annexure J: Abhishekam participants signup template
document. Have a big tumbler or container ready to collect abhisheka teerdham from all plates
periodically to avoid spills from each tray. Refer to Annexure G: Items list for Ekadasavara
Rudrabhishekam.
When needed, people participating in puja including hosts, Brahma and Ruthviks can take small quantity
of milk, butter milk, fruits or fruit juice just enough to concentrate on puja rather than growling
stomach and return to puja premises after washing hands and feet.
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This process takes about 2.5 to 3 hours. So, its good and recommended to have as many Rudram
chanters as we can who chant with good swaram (rhythmic vedic notes) to produce healthy and positive
vibrations. There is a well-defined set of items to be used signifying the results we get during Rudra
abhishekam.
Always perform abhishekam with one item at a time followed by abhishekam with water for each of the
items you have. Remember to involve completely with bhakti and shradha as they are very important
while doing any puja. Chant Om Namah Sivaya in mind for each offering you give. Perform
abhishekam with the items you have while Namakam is being chanted and stop everything and just
offer namaskarams with devotion while Chamakam is being chanted as its the phalasruthi part.
Occasionally during each rudram, host or Brahma will perform abhishekam to the 1,116 mruthika
lingams in Kailasa Prastharam by gently sprinkling Ganga water using beetal leaf or flower.
One group of people will plan and arrange juice trays equal to twice the number of abhishekam trays
with small quantities of abhishekam juice items in glasses to alternatively reuse for each Rudram. One
organizer should plan and manage to invite the registrants per each Rudram to take one juice tray and
get to their respective allotted abhishekam tray as per the planned signup sheet to avoid time wastage.
c. Shantivara Abhishekam
Shantivarabhishekam is performed while chanting Sri sooktam, Purusha sooktam and Manyu sooktam.
Only water from poorna kalisa kumbham needs to be offered in all abhishekam trays during this
Shantivarabhishekam. This concludes abhishekam part and proceed to Cleanup and Alankaram.
While deities get ready for punah puja with cleanup and alankaram, all the Ruthviks and rudram
chanters together continue to chant Dasashanti and Ghoshashanti mantras.
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d. Cleanup
Abhisheka teerdham from all trays should be emptied into the container carefully. The siva lingams and
saligramas from all trays are collected into a tray and washed with lemon juice, rinsed with hot water
and wiped with paper towel. One group of volunteers cleanup the premises around Kailasa prastharam
and make arrangements with a table for placing all the siva lingams and saligramas for Alankaram and
Punah puja. Preferably, as the poorna kalasa kumbham is removed from Ganapathy puja table, thats
the best place to reuse.
e. Alankaram
Decorate all the cleaned up siva lingams and saligramas used for Abhishekam with sandal wood paste
and kumkuma tilakam. Place them in a new tray decorated with flowers, Rangoli Flower (muggu) drawn
with rice floor, kumkum and turmeric. Never touch or remove or displace any of 1,116 sivalingams in
Kailasa Prastharam.
f. Punah puja
Brahma will perform punah puja with shodasopacharams to all the deities using Rudra Trishati.
A small group of volunteers and Ruthviks should move to Homam area to make arrangements like
preparing ghee by heating up, getting cooked rice ready in a bowl, readying puja patras with water,
opening Homam items packets and putting them in bowls, opening doors, windows and muting fire
alarms etc.
Ruthviks in this group should start Arani Madhanam program to prepare fire while chanting Rudram.
Once fire is produced, ensure to safe guard it in a special bowl by adding small amounts of camphor,
twigs and dry coconut pieces.
g. Maha Nivedyam
All food, fruits and sweets collected along with water should be offered as Maha Nivedyam. Darbaru
seva follows with a song from devotees, chatur veda mantras and Ghana patham by Brahma and
Ruthviks.
h. Mantra pushpam
Distribute flowers to all the devotees to hold and offer their prayers while mantra pushpam is chanted.
Everyone offers their flowers of prayers to lord Siva and Brahma concludes the Sahasra Lingarchana puja
with Harati.
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a. Preparation
Refer to Annexure H: Items list for Rudra Homam. By this time, it should be little late afternoon. To
accommodate kids, adults with special needs and elderly devotees, it is suggested to move the maha
prasadam food to the designated dining area to enjoy. Maha prasadam place near puja should be
cleaned with wet towel after uttaraposana. People after taking lunch should not participate in
performing Homam offering havissu in fire but can just sit aside, watch, pray and be part of the viewers.
People returning after eating lunch, must wash their hands and feet before returning to puja premises.
Strictly no food should be served or allowed in the puja or homam area to maintain sanctity.
When needed, people participating in Homam including hosts, Brahma and Ruthviks can take small
quantity of milk, butter milk, fruits or fruit juice just enough to concentrate on puja rather than growling
stomach and return to puja premises after washing hands and feet.
Verify all the preparations, items check list etc. for Homam before we start. Also, ensure the fire alarms
are silenced, enough ventilation is provided for smoke to go out by opening doors and windows. It is
strictly recommended to keep a bucket of water with a mug or a direct hose ready to use in case of any
emergency. Please have a dedicated person who will always ensure that the fire is active and control it
while watching for safety and be vigilant to avoid any fire related accidents. Alert the participants to
watch out their silk clothing and be extra cautious during Homam.
b. Shatpatram
As part of Sahasra Lingarchana, Rudra Homam is performed using Shatpatram procedure using 6
resources namely Srukku, Sruvam, Aadyam, Annam, Dalam and Dhanyam namely 6 patralu or vessels.
c. Rudra Homam
Rudra Homam will be performed by reciting Namakam with swahakaram, reciting complete Chamakam
once with one swahakaram followed by Purusha sooktam while offering Adyam (Ghee) by yajaman and
other items by others.
d. Jayadi Homam
Jayadi homam and Prayaschitta homam is performed next.
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e. Poornahuti
Poornahuti is the process of offering poorna phalam dried coconut along with many herbs, seeds, nava
ratna and nava dhanyam in a red silk cloth while pouring ghee continuously as dhara using vasoddhara
and chanting Chamakam mantrams.
f. Nivedyam
Fresh cup of ghee is offered to Lord Agni deva as nivedyam and a cup of curd rice is offered as nivedyam
for people to take as prasadam to devotees later. Yagneswara udvasana will follow next and this
concludes the Rudra Homam program.
Brahma will perform udvasana to the Uma Pardhiveswara Swamy in Kailasa prastharam to proceed
further.
Mahaprasadam can be served to priests in private and rest of the devotees shall follow to group lunch.
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a. Preparation
After taking lunch and having a quick break, in the evening do a quick cleanup and make arrangements
to sit around Kilasa Prastharam. People can take pictures and video while preserving the sanctity of the
premises when needed without disturbing the event. You can distribute the photos to all and enjoy Siva
Anandam with these memorable moments at all times.
c. Haarati
At end give haarati and offer some fruits as nivedyam.
d. Nivedyam
Distribute fruits prasadam to all devotees after Nivedyam.
e. Udvasanam
Brahma can perform udvasanam to all the deities at end concluding the program and safely relocating
the lit deepams safely to a puja place.
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a. Preparation
Gently please collect all the 1,116 mruthika siva lingams, flowers etc. from Kailasam layout and place
them in a bag, blanket or tumbler. Please collect all the left over puja akshatas from the Kailasa
prastharam in this process, separate them into a bowl by dusting them until you get just the akshatas
and offer them to all devotees to preserve and use during birthdays and holy occasions in their home to
bless children, themselves and others throughout the year. A packet of small size zip lock covers will
be handy here for people to take them home. Please offer these akshatas, fruits, flowers with a souvenir
to the devotees before they leave to home. Please refer to Annexure O: Souvenir template document.
b. Visarjanam
Leave all the 1,116 mruthika siva lingams, flowers etc. in nearby lake, pond, river or sea waters while
offering your prayers. Never let people take any of these Siva Lingams to their home as they may be
spoiled or abused otherwise unknowingly. Offer the Kailasa prastharam blanket to yajaman as a gift
which can be used as a holy recovery blanket during sick times. Yadbhavam tathbhavathi
Note: All this guidance is written with the personal experience from doing Sahasra Lingarchana in USA
from many years, accommodating the circumstances, prevailing conditions, diverse participants and
preserving the sanctity of the vedic ritual. If you find any mistakes, all of them are solely mine and I beg
your pardon at all times. Ill be glad to accept and accommodate any genuine corrections you may have
for me. Refer to Annexure S: Contact References.
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Item Quantity
1 Turmeric / Haldi 100g
2 Kumkuma 100g
Enough for
making 1500 siva
3 Fine ground clay (preferably black clay) lingams
18 Flossing sharp edged picks to fine tune the siva lingams dozen
19 Big aluminium trays / card boards to move and arrange siva lingams dozen
20 Water / water hose to clean up at the end Few buckets
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Item Quantity
1 Turmeric / Haldi 100gm
2 Kumkuma 50gm
3 Fruits dozen
4 Flowers (never peel petals) small plate
5 Small wet Turmeric Ganapathi 1
6 Betel / Paan Leaves 6
7 Nut powder 50gm
8 Money Coins 6
9 Sandal wood powder 50gm
10 Turmeric Akshatalu small cup
11 Puja plate, water vessel, spoon 2 sets
12 Coconuts with water 2
13 Yagnopaveetam / Janoi 1
14 New Towel / Dhothi + Uttareeyam 1
15 Cow Milk 1/2 cup
16 Cow Milk Curd / Yogurt 1/2 cup
17 Sugar 1/2 cup
18 Honey 100gm
19 Cow Milk Ghee / Butter 1/2 cup
20 Water 1 liter
21 Ghee / sesame seeds Oil Deepams 2
22 Deep cotton wiks 10
23 Ghee / sesame seeds (Til) Oil for Deepams 100gm
24 Haarathi plate 1
25 Bell 1
26 Agarbathi 1 packet
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4 Siva Parvathi Ganapathi and Subrahmanya swami photo or Siva photo frame 1
5 Fruits 5 dozen
6 Flowers (never peel petals) 2 trays
7 Flower Garlands 5
8 Bilwa / Tulasi / Sabja dalams leaves 150
9 Betel / Paan Leaves 100
10 Supari Nuts / chips for Tamboolam 100gm
Tamboolam (2 Beetal leaves, 1 Beetal Nut, 1 money coin, 1 small fruit, 1 small
11 flower) 60
12 Money Coins 60
13 Sandal wood powder 250gm
14 Turmeric Akshatalu 4 cups
15 Dhavalakshatalu (Wet Rice) 2 cup
16 Puja plate, water vessel, spoon 2 sets
17 Puja plates for puja participants 20
18 Spoons for puja participants 20
19 Small water bottles for puja participants 50
20 Kalesa patra (Mara Chembu / Lota / Glass) silver / copper / bronze / steel 1
21 Coconuts with water 3
22 Yagnopaveetam / Janoi 1
23 New Towel / Dhothi + Uttareeyam 1
24 Cow Milk 1/2 cup
25 Cow Milk Curd / Yogurt 1/2 cup
26 Sugar 1/2 cup
27 Honey 100gm
28 Cow Milk Ghee / Butter 1/2 cup
29 Water 1 liter
30 Ghee / sesame seeds Oil Deepams 6
31 Deep cotton wiks 25
32 Ghee / sesame seeds (Til) Oil for Deepams 500gm
33 Konch Shell 1
34 Sambhrani Dhoop / Dhoop sticks 1 packet
35 Big Aluminium trays 2
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L. Namashembhavecha mantram
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S. Contact References
Chandra Sekhar Bodapati
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