Mandala Puja for Kadavul Nandi, Balipeetam and Dhvajastambha
Following the Kadavul Temple kumbhabhishekam to mark the stone upgrades to Nandi, Balipeetam and dhvajastambha, another homa and abhishekam must be performed 48 days later as a vibrational completion to the intensity of a kumbhabhishekam. March 12th was the 48th day, which also just happened to be the 50th anniversary of Kadavul Nataraja Deity installation.
The ceremonies began with a homa at 8am, including five kumbhas to represent Siva, Varuna, Nandi, Balipeetam and Dhvajastambha. After the homa we paraded the kumbhas outside, broke a coconut and returned inside for abhishekam of Nataraja and Sivalingam. After Nataraja's kumbha was poured we returned outside to pour the kumbhas over Nandi, balipeetam and dhvajastambha. Thereafter we closed the curtain to decorate Nataraja. Some temple visitors led vigorous bhajans during this time. Then we completed our normal routine for morning Siva puja, albeit with extra monks present as happens at monthly Ardra puja.
Enjoy the photo collection.
Bala Alaya Ceremonies, Day 3, January 23-25, 2023
Aum Namah Shivaya
Please enjoy this video made by Indivar Sivanathan from Oregon.
Description: “Final day of the reinstallation of the energies into
Kadavul Temple's Kodimaram, Bali Pittam (Peedam), and Nandi facing the temple entrance. Three priests performed consecration ceremonies for three days invoking the powers of the earth and inner realms.
Concluding, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives an easy-to-understand explanation of the complex and intricate ceremonies.“
Namasivaya! Sivayanama!

It is the Great Night of Siva. Enjoy a four minute slide show Rajkumar Manickam made, and enjoy the silence within. As Tayumanavar wrote:
"It is easy to tame an elephant in musth and bind the mouth of the bear or ferocious tiger, it's easy to ride the back of a lion. It is easy to hold a cobra in your hand and make it dance. It is easy to sit in a blazing fire, alchemize the five base metals into gold and sell them for a living. It is easy to roam about the worlds that are invisible to others, to live young eternally, command the celestial devas, enter another's body and walk on water. What is difficult is to control the mind and remain still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AQzlU035Ks
Bala Alaya Pujas, Day 2 Afternoon
More Angles of Bala Alaya Pujas, Day 2 Morning
Bala Alaya Preparation, More Angles of Day One Afternoon
The first few photos below show some of the preparations in the days before events began.
After that, are photos of the Bhumi Puja under the bilva tree, during which Mother Earth was honored for providing abundance.
The rest of the photos show the process of transferring the shakti from the wood replica of Nandi, Bali Peedam and Dhvajasthambha back into kumbhas and bring the kumbhas to the yagasala for multiple homas to energize them.
Kadavul Punaraavarthana Jeeranothaarana Mahakumbhabishekam – Final Morning
Today's ceremony will reintroduce the energies into Kadavul Temple's Kodimaram, Bali Pitam and Nandi, which had been extracted for construction.
Kadavul Punaraavarthana Jeeranothaarana Mahakumbhabishekam Day 1
From Our Gurus' Teachings
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