devi saranam

[Guest guest]

namaskaram members, when i read about the tantric pooja i thought i

should write this about the bagawathy temple poojas.In kerala all

the bagawathy temple there is no vigraham only one siva lingam type

vigraham and silver kavacham of devi with big face upto the the

waist length and so many garlands are put one longer than the other

and cover till down and we cannot bring garland from out side we

have to buy mala tickets from them which is only minimal and keep in

front of mala making people and they will place in front of devi and

say to us the mala has been kept that much sudham is maintained.and

no flowers with smell like jasmine. our adimakavu is pallasena

meenkulathu bagawathy in pallasena in kollangode district in kerala

state in all the kerala bagawathy temple only tantric pooja is done

by nambhothiries and the pujari is called embrandhiri. these poojas

are worth seeing they will not say any mantra loudly[as it is done

in tamil nadu amman temples] only their hands will move from head to

toe of devi and there will be pin drop silent inside the temple and

no one will dare to talk any kind of talk while these poojas are

going on and even if some one talks the assistant will come and say

not to talk. that pin drop silence make the whole surroundingsso

divine as if devi comes and stands in front of us and no kind of

impurities are allowed inside the temple and if anyone brings small

infant children they will be told to take the baby out as fast as

possible and noone should touch the embrandhiries and if some one

does by mistake he will go directly to the temple tank take a dip

and come to do the pooja.When the door closes for naivedyam it will

be very silent out side and the assistant will play odukku only that

sound can be heard.In some bagawathi temple there will be velichapdu

that is bagawathi elakkam.In our adimakavu temple only we can keep

the padipanam that is keeping money in the footsteps that is show

that we the adima [slave] of that bagawathy. we do that whenever we

go to that temple.for what ever mistake i have written oh amme devi

forgive me m.s.iyer