108 Shankhabhishekam

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Prodhosha Pooja &

108 Shankhabhishekam

 

PROGRAMME

ON: 03.05.2008, Saturday

Place: “Sri

Sai Nivasâ€.44-A, Manjanakara Street, MADURAI – 625 001

 

 

 

Time

 

 

Pooja Details

 

 

 

 

4.00 pm

 

 

Shanku Abhishekam Pooja

begins - Avahanan

 

 

 

 

4.30 pm

 

 

Sani Pradosham: 15 kinds of Abhishekam

 

 

 

 

6.00 pm

 

 

Sri Rudra, Chamaka,

 

 

 

 

 

7.00 pm

 

 

Shankh Abhishekam

 

 

 

 

8.45 pm

 

 

Mangala Arathi

 

 

 

 

Pradhosha Mahima

 

Pradhosha pooja is one

of the most important among the poojas performed to the Graceful Lord Shiva. In

Shukla Paksha (15 moon days from New moon to Full moon) and Krishna Paksha (15

moon days from Full moon to New moon) the evening of the trayodasi (thirteenth

moon day) between 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. is called Pradhosha.

It comes once in fifteen moon days. Pradhosha time is especially meant for

praying Lord Shiva. Praying in that time will free us from out sins and gives

moksha finally (hence the name Pradhosha). During pradoSha time a special type

of circumambulating called soma sutra pradaxiNam(1) is done.

Significance of Shanku [Conch Shell]

There are certain

objects made by GOD and came into existence for human use with divinity. Shanku

(Conch) is one among them. Significance

of Conch, shell of a mollusc derived from deep sea bed cannot be narrated at

one stretch.

Conch has been

revered and held high in Hinduism since the time of yore. We learn from Puranas that when Asuras and

Devas churned the milky ocean for nectar, Shanku came out between other holy

objects and was kept by Sri Mahaavishnu on HIS left hand. It is used in all

religious occasions - it is blown through its sawn-off point during a religious

occasion, at the birth of a baby, during marriage or even before a battle as an

invocation to a deity. The intensity of

the sound produced by the conch shell depends on the spirals and volume of the

conical shell. The sound imparts a

soothing effect, vibrates the atmosphere and drives away the evil forces.

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