Preparing for Ardra Darshanam

Aum Namah Sivaya

Tomorrow morning the Aadheenam celebrates Ardra Darshanam with a Homa and an elaborate abhishekam for Lord Nataraja in Kadavul Temple. Offerings for the abhishekam are being prepared and the Temple is being decorated. Monks from the Siddhidatta Kulam, along with Yajatadeva, spent an afternoon juicing citrus, hand-picked from our trees. This morning the silpis picked a huge bag of sacred bilva leaves to be offered as well. This afternoon monks prepared for the morning homa and hung a new festival flower curtain on the temple's ceiling.

Paramacharya hangs a cloth flower curtain in Kadavul Temple

Tejadevanatha, Dayanatha, Yajatadeva and Adinatha prepare citrus juice for the abhishekam

We have many wonderful lemons from our trees

Buckets and buckets of juice

Outside the temple, the siplis gather leaves from the bilva tree

Later Chinnu helps prep coconuts for the 108 coconut abhishekam. He\

s an expert at this. '

Yoginathaswami collects betel leaves for the homa

108+ coconuts prepared and ready for Siva

We find Tandu in the Banyan mandapam preparing flower arrangements

Siva Shakti

And our newly crafted flower curtain

We carry it over to the temple

Up it goes

Yogi Mayuranatha and Siddhanathaswami prepare for the homa

Aum Namah Sivaya

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