Namaste Devotees ! I Rajiv Krishna Dasa welcome you to the world of Saligramas. Shaligrams are the divine gift of Lord Vishnu to the mankind, whose worship can
spiritually uplift and show us the way to philanthropy, austerity and Salvation. Lord Vishnu has been taking birth in several forms (incarnations) duing the time immemorial and is saving the mankind from the hardships and miseries..Read More
striyo va yadi va sudra brahmanah ksatriyadayah
pujayitva sila cakra labhante sasvatam padam
Avahana
or asana mudra, for offering
a seat to the Lord.
Padya mudra.
Arghya
mudra.
Acamaniya
mudra.
Madhuparka
mudra.
Punaracamaniya
mudra.
We prepare
the snana-vedi with a tulasi leaf and flower petals
Then show cakra
and dhenu mudras. Over the vedi We chant klim gopijanaballabhaya
namah eight
time, counting the mantra on my fingers. Then we show matsya mudra.
With avahana
mudra We invite the silas to sit on the snana-vedi. We do not physically place
Them on the vedi; I meditate on Their going there.
Showing snana mudras.
Silas are
bathed eight times by mudra-mantra. We chant a verse from the Sri Jagannatha-astakam
for each bath.
we
prepare the throne of for Their return after bathing as we prepared the snana-vedi.
Having
returned to Their throne, Their are dressed. Vastra mudra is shown.
Abharana mudra.
Gandha
mudra.
Dhupa
mudra.
Dipa mudra.
Puspa mudra.
Naivedya mudra.
After
setting the offering plate (of banana, yoghurt and gur) before the silas, We place
3 drops of water into my right palm...
Sacred
