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Ashta Dravya Ganapathy Homam
is done with a mixture of 8 items: dried coconut, puffed rice, jaggery,
kadali plantain, honey, sesame, sugarcane and fried paddy of rice.All the
8 items are offered separately also to the holy fire amidst chanting of
Moolamantra. Then KARUKA leaves dipped in cow’s milk are offered.MUKOOTTY
plant along with its roots dipped in Thrimadhura ( a combination of three
sweets) is another offering.In order to overcome the obstacles to education
and work(job) ‘Ganapathy Upanishad Parayanam’ is arranged and
cow’s ghee is offered.Pooja and Homam are performed exclusively for
the benefits of seekers also. For these the names of the place, month ,
day , the person, star and rasi and also the purpose are mentioned in the
beginning. The divine language ,Sanskrit, is used.On special request , this
Homam is performed for enabling early ‘Mangalya Yoga’, with
lotus flower petals dipped in cow’s ghee.To realize noble desires,
Mukkootti dipped in Thrimadhura is offered.||According
to Vedas Homam , an offer to fire God, is an offer to SUN. This is to improve
the energy level in the environment and to eliminate undesirable elements.
The environment is purified, protected and preserved.Homam induce people
to practice them, by giving a divine nature to such rituals.Such divine
Karmas are result oriented ; lead to overall prosperity- both material and
spiritual- so say the Vedas.|| |
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