Invoking the Lord of Spiritual Aspiration Murugan's Vaikasi Puja
May 21, 2016When the full moon enters the Visakha nakshatra in the month of Vaikasi, the doors to the Third World open and invocation of Lord Muruga brings us His highly auspicious energy for spiritual advancement. This is the ancient day for initiations, deepening our focus on Raja Yoga and renewing out connection to the Lord Skanda, the Lord of Yoga. The profound darshan and shakti that comes during this puja cannot be described... it must be experienced. It is the high, saphhire blue actinic "other wordly" shakti that takes one, literally "out of this world."
We made a recording near the end of the puja. Saravanathaswami invokes Lord Muruga with bija mantras, followed by Tirumurai and Tirupugal by Yoginathaswami and the final arati.
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Our monks have prepared all day for the evening abhishekam.
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A fortunate few are here to participate.
Saravananathaswami is the lead pujari today with Sadhaka Dayanatha assisting in the shrine and five other monks helping on the side
Pal (milk) abhishekam
Yogurt...
The alankara (dresssing and decorating) has been done and offering of various arati\
s (lamps with different numbers of flames) follows '
Huge baskets of flowers were on hand from the devotees
Haro Hara!
Vetri Vel Muruganukku!
One can feel the actinic forces being to flow from deep within Lord Skanda\
s spiritual realm.. the invocation of praise with 108 names with flowers begins'
Huge baskets of flowers were on hand, offerings gathered by the devotees.
One can feel the actinic forces being to flow from deep within Lord Skanda\
s spiritual realm.. the invocation of praise with 108 names with flowers begins'
Final arati
Vetri Vel Muruganukku!
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