Dhravyas (Poonal, Dharba, Pavitram, Akshada, Sesame) required for the Puja will be provided by the temple.Devotees will have to bring their own Pancha Patram/Uddharani/Plate, and will have to sit at the allocated seats.All devotees will have to wear a face mask, and maintain physical distancing/personal hygiene within the temple.Devotees will have to contact the temple office to pre-book their time slot.Tickets ($25 each) can be purchased at the temple Sankalpam will be provided for those performing the Gayatri Japam at home.Īll devotees are asked to contact the temple at 90 to pre-book your time slots. GAYATRI JAPAMĭevotees who want to participate/sponsor Gayatri Homam for First/Thala Avani Avittam, please contact the temple. There will be multiple batches, each with a restriction of 35 devotees at a time, as per below. This year, the Rig & Yajur Veda Upakarma falls on August 3rd, 2020 (Civic Day).ĭue to the current restrictions as a result of the COVID Pandemic, the temple has arranged for the following Mandatory Measures to ensure all devotees are able to participate in a safe manner: On the following day, the Gayatri Mantra is recited 1008 times. Please donate generously on this day as sambhavanai.Upakarma, a Vedic ritual, is conducted once a year during Shravan/Avani month, when Brahmins ritually change their Yagnopaveetam, or sacred thread accompanied by relevant rituals such as offerings to the Rishis.
To understand about the significance of doing sandhya vandanam please go through this link An interesting fact to note here is this ritual is celebrated on the same day by dwijas belonging to different vedams where as upakarma is observed on different days for different vedams. Gayathri japam prayaschita(Gayathri mantra chanted 1008 times) is performed to get rid of the sins committed between the previous upakarma and the current upakarma. So it becomes mandatory for a man to perform upakarma and if he doesn’t do upakarma then the power of mantras that his wife chants will be lost.
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This crops up a question in our mind like how to get this done for ladies who have the power of strotras,panchakshari mantras etc.Sastram says that a women is half of man and when man performs upakarma, mantras linked to his wife will get purified. Human body does not have the capacity to hold the power of mantra japams done like (Gayathri, pariseshanam, sandhyavandanam, Rudram etc) for more than a year and the power will be lost on this day similar to expiry date for medicines.Hence to rejenuvate this power, sastram says those who practice sama vedam should perform upakarma / avani avittam on Bhadrapada month and the Nakshatra on that day should be Hastham.In a way upakarma is done to restore all the mantras belonging to 3 vedams after doing shuddhi to these mantras. Upakarma means Karma that converts old to new. Now let’s understand the significance of these rituals. Taking this into consideration we have consolidated list of areas in Bengaluru where Sama Veda Upakarma the year 2016 is being conducted along with the timings. Upakarma / Avani avittam is an important ritual for most of the Tamil and kerala Brahmin communities.In this Dhurmukhi Samvatsaram it falls on for those who practice Sama vedam.