Bath and theetu.

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Dear NVS Swami,

Who is a bhoktha in a chradham (pardon

my ignorance in Sanskrit). Otherwise AdiyEn am

clear from Swami's posting that,

a. Head-bath should be taken daily, other than one's

extreme personal/physical discomfort (sickness, cold,

fever etc)

b. No restrictions on oil-bath, other than for a

person performing tharpanam.

 

It will be valuable if Swami can detail on SnAnam to

include other scenarios (Eg. Bahishtai, Subha/Asubha

Asaucham)

 

DanyOsmi

 

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Bhoktha means the swami who takes the food of

a chradham in the place of a " Visvedevar "

or in the place of a " Pithru " .

 

When our community people are in villages, in agraharams,

there they had have bathing source only in a common pond (Kulam).

So, the bahishtai sthree is adviced to not take bath for the

four days. And the fourth day they will be poured water in a separate

place and then they are allowed to take bath in the pond from the fifth day.

Now we are in towns / cities with several bathing sources.

So, they can do it as per their convenience.

 

Regarding Vrudhdhi theetu (subha / janana theetu) and

in a Kshaya (Asubha / Marana) theetu they can take bath

daily, but they could not do the daily anushtanam like

perumal thiruvaradhanam. In all theetu sandhyavandhanam

should be performed but the count of Gayathri japam is

restricted to 10 counts.

 

Participating in any subhams / functions is restricted only

for the days of theetu.

nvs