Maha Ardra 2017 Homa

Several days ago the monks and nearly 60 devotees from around the world celebrated Tiruvembavai a festive holy day for Lord Shiva. The morning began at 6:30am with a stunningly powerful homa performed by Sannyasin Yoginathaswami and followed by an abhishekam to Kadavul Nataraja. Several Rudra rounds were chanted hundreds of gallons of milk yogurt chandanam rose water abhishekam powder and panchamritham were offered and the monks performed their yearly tradition of the 108 coconut chain.

Very little can be documented after the homa is finished due to the monastery policy of not filming Kadavul Nataraja. The monks are also all busy to film the coconut chain so you must actually come to experience the magic.

30 gallons of our pancha-herb mixture

30 gallons of our abhishekam powder mixture

30 gallons of our sandlewood mixture

A giant pot of pure honey

The smoke from the homa billows into the Lambodara Kulam office as the temple door opens

Hundreds of gallons of yogurt. These buckets are moved from here to the shrine with the help of 4 monks.

Polished lamps thanks to the Kondapis

Coconuts sit and wait patiently for their chance to dance with Siva

Little Yuvan Katir

The homa kumbha sits in the Nataraja shrine and waits its destiny

Not much can be said about this event one must experience it to fully understand. An easy way to think of Kadavul\

s darshan is to compare it to smoke in a small room or the steam in a sauna. It surrounds you and you have nowhere to go when it hits. We breath it in and breath it out never exchanging new air. The smoke of darshan that is Kadavul Nataraja is all-consuming. The monks can feel the change days before the event and days after. The sun rises after the abhishekam and we are finished for another year. What does the darshan feel like to you? Comment below. '
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