Ayappa devotees start fast from today
Posted on: 17/Nov/2011 1:02:18 AM
Tamil month Karthigai has started today. Ayappa devotees have started fast from today. Special poojas, abishekam have been performed in the Ayappa temples.
Devotees used to put mala for Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimalai on the first day of the Tamil month of Karthigai. They have to wear Rudraksha malai or Thulsi mala.
Devotees should have to follow strict rules for 48 days after wearing this malai and till they start for sabarimalai.48 days is called `Mandalam` in Tamil.
They can either wear this with the help of the priest in a temple or any person who has gone to sabarimalai many times. If anybody has gone to sabarimala atleast 18 times, they are called `Guruswamy`. They can put malai to any ayyappa devotee.
Rate of various poojas, rituals and offerings
Usha pooja - Rs 501
Ucha Pooja - Rs 2,001
Nithya Pooja - Rs 2,501
Ganapathihomam - Rs 200
Bhagavathi Seva - Rs 1,000
Pushpabhishekam - Rs 2,000
Kallabhabhishekam - Rs 3,000
Ashtabhishekam - Rs 2,000
Laksharchana - Rs 4,000
Ullsavabali - Rs 10,000
Muzhukappu - Rs 500
Thulabharam - Rs 100
Navagrahapooja - Rs 100
Ayyappa chakram - Rs 120
Thanka angi charthu - Rs 7,500
Velli angi charthu - Rs 4,000
Neeranjanam - Rs 75
