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The Installation of Sri Sri Radhika Raman archa-murthylast updated 16th February 2006

How the Deities came about: (coming soon - something is there, but not complete yet)The installation proper (coming soon - something is there)Pictures of the installation (some pics are there, but morecoming soon)

The ritual prayog for the Avahan - installation

Some pre-installation pictures - Their arrival etc

Making Veshes, making Mangal Giris (Thiruman), and Cooking milk sweets for the Lord

Some close ups of the Deities

The story how the Deities of Sri Sri Radhika Raman came about:By the grace of the Lord someone has donated and sent to me a wonderful set of Deities called RadhikaRaman, please see the picture attached. The story goes that I'd had several dreams of Radha Raman in

both the Deity form and Salagram form.

So many far out things were happening, I was waking up singing Radhika Raman Radhika RamaaanRadhika Raman jaya Radhika Raman repeatedly, so I figured something was in the transcendental pipe-line. I contacted a few devotees to share what was happened and they were very supportive andencouraged me to be patient and see what the Lord had/has planned. So I did......

Actually all this started happening after my son Gaura Gopal paid for a trip to India in early 2005 for theGaura Purnima festival and to visit his birth place of Sri Vrindavan Dham. The first few days especially
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in Vrindavan we were very eager to visit some of the major temples, a few of my favourites are RadheyShyamasundar of Shyamananda Pandit and Radha Raman of Gopal Bhatta Goswami. On one particularday we went to Radhey Shyamasundar in the late morning but the curtains remained closed for whatseemed like for ever. The devotee maning the book table and donation booth assured us the curtainswould open in five minutes, anyway over half an hour later and still not open we decided to rush to

Radha Ramanjis.

We jumped on our faithful rickshaw and headed down the road. The green light was on when we arrivedso we rushed in, only stopping to purchase a couple of big fat red rose garlands for Radha Raman on theway in. Needless to say we got caught up with that and with where to put the shoes.and rushed infor darshan.

Sadly as we entered the doors were just closing, so we just handed the garlands to the pujari up on thealtar and paid obeisances. As we got up the doors were wide open and Radha Raman was there visible tous. Then the pujari came over and gave us two even bigger red rose garlands and put them over ourheads as we stood in pranams. One old man next to us said You have just received the special favour of

Radha Raman which was enough to send the emotions haywire and tears to fill the eyes.

We then received some maha-prasadam barfi in the small clay pots, a treat that I had often rememberedin the 12 years absence since my last visit to Vraj. We went back to the MVT and shared the maha-prasadam with a couple of other devotees there.

It seems that from that time on all kinds of wonderfully nice things began happening. A few days laterwe were off to Govardhan hill as I wanted to receive a few more Govardhan silas, which I did. We werethere just a few minutes, and after some preliminary prayers and dandavats, and brief Dhyana I beganlooking for silas. That wasnt difficult as They were literally everywhere. The first was an incredibleGovardhan sila, we found by the side of Govinda kund with what appears to be a womans' face cameod

on it, yellow in colour just as mentioned in Vritti Cintamani of Vishvanath Chakravarti Thakur, as being

places on Govardhan where Radharani had been. You can see the picture of that Radhika RamanGovardhan sila at the Radhastami 2005 link on my page www.salagram.net/sstp-JTCd.html

Then after returning to New Zealand I had several dreams which were that of bathing that sila and itmagically turning like Gopal Bhatta Goswami's Radha Raman into a three fold bending form this wasway before we had named the Sila. A few days later in another dream I was dressing a similar form ofRadha Krishna Deities but much bigger and the Deities were moving to assist in the dressing (Radharanilifted Her arm to help me put the choli on Her), and when I looked on the back They had chakras likethat of the marks on a Salagram, and I awoke. Then we had this other dream of Bhaktisiddhanta swami

walking through the Himalayas and finding this Salagram that had a golden chakra inside and looked

like a human shaped body, and His name was, yes you got it Radhika Raman.

I contacted maharaj by e-mail and asked him to which he mentioned that recently he did see a Silafitting that description but was in a shop in Katmandu. He said he'd go back and see if he could offer apranami donation to acquire Him. But when he went back there, there was no sign of Him, and the shopkeeper said that someone else had taken Him. So accepting that the Lord had His plan and that ifsomething was to happen then it would and if not then so be it. I just carried on with the daily pujas andeverything.

Just out of the blue one day one mataji from Perth contacted me and in the course of out discussion, as afellow Salagram sevak I mentioned some of the events. Suddenly she mentions that she'd seen these old

South Indian style that kind of fitted my detailed description of the Deities I was dressing in the dream(except the moving and chakras on Their backs hahaha). She mentioned that when she went back there
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last time two years ago she noticed that They were still there also, and that soon, in a few weeks she wasgoing back again, and if I liked she'd like to gift Them to me. So, as they say, it came to be, she sent theDeities as you can see herein.

Strangely time went by and this was when I had the thing of waking up singing Radhika Raman RadhikaRamaaan Radhika Raman jaya Radhika Raman .. repeatedly, with hairs stood on end in horipulations..

The next thing that happened was that Bhaktisiddhanta Swami contacts me from Kathmandu where hehad been for a couple of days and had located the Radhika Raman Salagram with the golden charkasinside, and so sent me photos of Him.

I told maharaj that recently Id been sent a couple of nice pictures of South Indian Deities dressed with avesh and sitting in Rajasana with Their legs dangling over the altar, and that Id love to offer that to theNew One when He comes, with a Empuruman style helmet on His head and so on.

As a meditation I printed out the pictures that maharaj sent me and placed them on the pith with the otherShaligrams claiming His space and aiding my visualization of His coming.

The day He arrived I immediately began making the vesh for Him to sit on. As His body was separatedby the two internal charkas He had to sit on something, so thats why the vesh. Heres a few pics of myputting the vesh together over a few days, it was really exciting. Anyway, back to the Radhika Ramanarcha-murthys

As I mentioned this to other friends different things began to manifest. One nice South Indian brahmindevotee who is studying dentistry at Harvard asked how big the Deities of Radhika Raman are. So I toldhim about eight inches, and he blew me away by saying that when his grandmother went to India lastyear the devotee who sold her sets of clothes for their Radha Madanagopal Deities mixed in with the teninch sets which hed ordered. So hed send the smaller sets to us, which he kindly did.

A couple of devotees came forward and offered a nice donation so that we could do the installationnicely, which was totally amazing. Even during that, as we prepared for the event, we ordered flowers

from Auckland, the same place the temple gets all their Roses for garlands. Then one devoteeMadhumangala rang and asked if wed like a big bag of carnations for the Lord as he was working andwouldnt be able to come to the installation. We thanked him and thought wow so many flowers..Then as the time drew closer and the flowers we checked and the devotee who wed asked to get theRoses had forgotten to send them, but just see how Krishna had prompted Madhu to bring a big bag offlowers.

So many little things happened too, like when my wife was making Tamarind chutney for the bhoga

offering for the installation feast she was looking for a recipe. She looked in Kurmas cook book as wenormally do first, but she couldnt find one, and so then she picked up Yamunas cookbook, she simply

opened the book and there is was Tamarind, Coconut and fresh dhanya chutney, it just opened on thatpage..

Just a few days before the installation was Diwali so when we went to get all the different items for theinstallation the shops (Moshims and Bollywood) were fully stocked with all that we needed includingkusha grass, mango leaves, jaggery, mangos, all sorts of nice things we could offer to the Lord.

Anyway so that, in brief is what transpired over six months or so, and how the changes to the piths

seating arrangements have been made. I hope it inspired you in this cyber-darshan as it has me in beingpart of it. The whole experience has given a lot of faith that the Lord interacts with us and fulfils ourdesires, if and when they are to serve Him.
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The installation took place on Friday 4th November 2005 under the auspicious Anuradhanakshatra during the Scorpio lagna, with the 7th and 8th houses both empty.

Shanti daanam - Harih om

saha na vavatu / saha nau bhunaktu /

saha viryankaravavahai / tejasvi navadhitamastu /mavidvi sa vahai /

May He, Lord Sri Krishna protect us all together; may He nourish us all together; may we workconjointly with great energy, and enthusiasm together; may our realizations be vigorous and effective;may there not be any dispute between any of us (nor may we not hate anyone inside or outside of thisassembly). Let there be peace, and peace, and peace in all assembled here, in our temple environmentand in the forces that act upon us. (Maha-Narayanopanisad & Swetasvara Upanishad invocation verse)

om dhyauh shantiurvantariksham shanti

prithivis shantiapaha shantivayuh shantitejah shantioshadhayah shantiloka shantibrahmana shantivaishnava shanti

shanti astu dhrtir astu, om shanti shanti shantih

harih om

om jaya sri krsna caitanyaprabhu nityanandasri advaita gadadharasrivasadi gaura-bhakta vrnda

hare krsna hare krsnakrsna krsna hare hare

hare rama hare ramarama rama hare hare

Om yasya dvirata vaktradyaparisadya parasatam

vighnan nighnanti satatamvishvakshenam samashraye

"Before beginning this work, I take refuge of the plenary portion of the Personality of Godhead, LordVishvaksena, the elephant faced one, the leader of the assembly. It is He who constantly destroys all

obstacles."

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born from the womb of Vishci in the house of a brhmana named Vishvasrashth. (Srimad

Bhagavatam 8:13th chapter summary 8:13:23., 8:21:16-17. as powerful associate of Vishnu., 11:27:29

With offerings such as prokshana one should worship Durg, Vinyaka, Vysa, Vishvaksena, the

spiritual masters and the various demigods. All these personalities should be in their proper places

facing the Deity of the Lord., 12:11:20 Vishvaksena, the chief among His personal associates, is known

to be the personification of the Panchartra and other tantras. CC Madhya 20:327. In the Brahma-

svarya-manvantara, the avatra is named Vishvaksena,)

Sankalpa: (Declaration of intent)

Sri govinda sri govinda sri govinda

om vishnu om tat satadya brahmano dvitiya parardhesveta varaha kalpe, vaivasvatakhya manvantareasta-vimsati kali yugasya prathama sandhyayambrahma vimsatau vartamanayam

......do hasar panch (2005)..... samvatsare (year) (519 Gaurabda)

......uttara ........................... ayane (course of the sun)

......grishna...........................rtau (season)

......Damodar - Karttik.. mase (month)

......Shukla..........................pakse (fortnight)

......Vrischika (Scorpio lagna). rasi sthite bhaskare (sun sign)

......dwitiya......................... tithau (lunar day)

......shukravar(Friday).........varanvitayam (day of the week)

......Anuradha...(excellent in nature, looking forward and appropriate)... nakshatra samyutayam

(constellation)......Shobhana (gives Splendor) soli-luna yoga

jambudvipe bharata khandemedhi bhutasya sumeroh daksinelavan arna vasyottare konegangayah paschime bhagesri saligrama sila go brahmana vaishnava vahni sannidhau

acyuta gotrah....................Jaya Tirtha charan..........................dasasri krsna prityarthah............pran pratishtha..................karmaham karisye

Throwing some of the water to the N.E. direction, turned vessel up side down, placed gandah and puspahon it.

and after chanting the sankalpa sutra

Yaj Jagrato Duram UdaitiDaivam Tad U Suptasya Tathai VaithiDurangamam Jyotisam Jyotirekam

Tan Me Manah Siva Sankalpam Astu

Swastikarpanam, offering respects to the dik palikas, who look after the directions.

om etan mahaprasada naivedyadi

East...........purvasyam sri naradaya svahaS.E............agneyam sri kapiladevaya svaha


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S...............yamye sri yamabhagavataya svahaS.W..........nairrtyam sri bhismadevaya svahaW.............praticyam sri sukadevaya svahaN.W.........vayavyam sri janakarajaya svahaN..............udicyam sri sadasivaya svaha

N.E...........aisanyam sri prahladaya svahaUp.............urdhvam sri brahmane svaha

Down.........adhah sri bali-daitya-rajaya svaha

om apagacchantu te bhutaye bhuta bhuvisamsthitahye bhuta vijna kartayatve gacchan tvagyaya hare

"May all inauspicious subtle beings that may obstruct our service be gone by the order of the Lord."

PUNYAVACANA / SWASTI VACHANA (invoking auspiciousness)

As the Priest I said:

om asya karmanah punyaham bhavanto bruvantu

Let there be good fortune in this ceremony we are about to perform.

Three (or the rest) brahmanas should throw akshata or flower petals from their right hands saying:

om punyaham om punyaham om punyaham

Priest says:

om asya karmanah svasti bhavanto bruvantu ayusmate svasti

Let there be all prosperity in this ceremony we are about to perform.


om svasti om svasti om svasti

Priest says:

om asya karmano rddhim bhavanto bruvantu

Let there be great praise in this ceremony we are about to perform.


om rdhyatam om rdhyatam om rdhyatam

om svasti no govindahsvasti no acyutanantausvasti no vasudevo visnur dadhatu

svasti no narayana naro vaisvasti na padmanabha purusottama dadhatu

svasti no visvakseno visvaresvarah


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svasti no hrsikeso harir dadhatusvasti no vainateyo harihsvasti no anjana suto hanur bhagavato dadhatusvasti svasti sumangalaih keso mahansri krsna sac-cid ananda ganah sarvesvaresvaro dadhatu

jaya sri krsna caitanya

prabhu nityanandasri advaita gadadharasrivasadi gaura-bhakta vrnda

hare krsna hare krsnakrsna krsna hare harehare rama hare ramarama rama hare hare

Sudarshan Avahan invoking Sudarshan into the Kalasha waters

With thread joining the container where the waters are in, with Kurcha of kusha grass inside those watersto infuse it with charge linked to the Yajna kund and Sudarshan chakra to be installed.

Sankalpa - Declaration of what the purpose is i.e. Avahan, installation of Sudarshan into the waters.

Harih om tat satSri Govinda Sri Govinda Sri Govinda

Shubhe Shobane muhurte bhagavat ajnaya bhagavat kainkaryebaddha nivrrti purvakamsarva arishta shanti arthagm

bhagavad bhakti abhi vrdhi arthamadya sudarshan avahan puja tathaa homagm aham karishyami

Anga NyasamPurificatory preparation of priest for calling Lord Sudarshan, by Bhuta Suddhi, pranayama, and nyasa.

The invocation is done by first performing nyasa on my own body and then holding flower while doingvisualisation of chakra-deity - reciting dhyana slokam is helpfull to get the visualisation going. Then theLord is transferred from your mind into the water displaying the mudras and reciting mula-mantra anddropping the flower into the waters.

DhyanamRemembering the personal attributes of Lord Sudarshan.Has 1000's of arms each having divine weapons, firey like the sun, protector of the devotees etc.

shankham chakram cha chapam parashum asi mishum shula paasham kushams cabibhraanam vajra ketagm hala musula gadaa kuntagm atyugram dagmshthramjvaalaa keshagm trinetragm jvaladanala nibhagm haara keyura bhushamdhyaayet shatkona sagmsthagm sakal ripu kula prana samhara chakram

om sahasraara hum phat sudarshanam dhyaayaami

I visualize Sudarshana the eliminator of all hostile forces, located within the six-cornered star, bearingthe conch, discus, bow, axe, sword, trident, noose, goad, the diamond-shield, plough, kudgel, mace,


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spear, with aweful sharp fangs, with blazing halo, three eyes, the intensity of a raging inferno, adornedwith garlands and anklets.

Karake Sudarshan aavaahanamInvoke Lord Sudarshan into the waters using the kusha grass Kurcha - wand.

om namo bhagavate sudarshanaya aagaccha aagaccha (times three).

MURTHI SUDDHI - PANCAMRTA ABHISEKA KRAMAH

Pancagavya. gomutra, om visnave namahgomaye, om brahmane namahksire, om acyutaya namahdadhni, om sukraya namahghrte, om krsnaya namahkusodake, om savitre namah

Invoke the following Deities into each of the pots touching each with the kusha grass kurcha.

Prepare Pancamrta:

Curd. om namo bhagavate visnave agacchagacchaMilk om namo bhagavate madhusudanaya agacchagacchaHoney. om namo bhagavate trivikramaya agacchagacchaSugar. om namo bhagavate vamanaya agacchagacchaGhee. om namo bhagavate vasudevaya agacchagaccha

SHOW PANCH MUDRAS:

Touch the Deities with the Kurcha and invoke the life airs to be present.Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam namah avahami, sthapahami, pujahami.

om Sri Govindaya nama ihagaccha

param shaktiman vighrahaya tvam Sri Krishnaya namasi

om Srimati Radhikaya nama ihagacchasubha shakti vighrahaya tvam Radhikaya namasi

DAS-VAYUNAM AHUTIS:

om pranaya svaha om pranaya nama Heart (breath out - digest)om apanaya svaha om apanaya nama Posterior ( breath in - removal of waste)om samanaya svaha om samanaya nama Navel (distributes fluid to body parts)om udanaya svaha om udanaya nama Throat (separates water from solids)om vyanaya svaha om vyanaya nama All limbs (stretching moving)

om nagaya svaha om nagaya nama Heart ( burping)om kurmaya svaha om kurmaya nama ( blinking )om krkalaya svaha om krkalaya nama ( sneezing )om kesaraya svaha om kesaraya nama ( relaxing, yawning )om dhananjayaya om dhananjayaya nama ( keeps healthy )

ANGA NYASAklim hrdaye namah to the heart


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krsnaya sirase swaha to the headgovindaya sikahe swaha to the sikhagopijana kavachaham accross chestvallabhaya netraya vausat to eyesham astraya phat around His body

Srim hrdaye namah to the heart

Radhikaya sirase swah to the headMoha mohini sikahe swaha to region of top knotRasabihari kavachaham across chestGuna yava dhamini netraya vausat to eyesham astraya phat around Her body

OFFER ASAN :Idam Asanam Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Asanam Samarpayami, Warn And Place OnBathing Asana.

Prabhu Krpaya Swagatam Kuru Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Swagatam Samarpayami

Etat Padyam Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Padyam Samarpayami

Idam Acamaniyam Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Acamaniyam Samarpayami

Esa Madhuparka Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Madhuparka Samarpayami

Idam Acamaniyam Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Acamaniyam Samarpayami

Idam Sugandam Tailam Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Sugandam Samarpayami

REMOVED THE BLINDFOLDS.

NETRA UNMILANAM.taking one gold cup with honey in it , and one silver cup with ghee in it, place a silver skewer (salakaya)

in each cup, cover with a new cloth, sprinkle with punyah water.

sankalpa: om evam purvokta guna visesana visisthayamasya subha tithau bhagavad ajnayabhagavad kainkarya rupena asmin pratisthakarmani

adhyaham netronmilanam karisye

Purified the honey:

madhuvata rtayate madhu ksaranti sindhvah, madhvir nassantvosadhih.madhunaktam utosasi madhumat parthivagam rajah, madhudyaur astu nah pita.madhumanno vanaspatir madhumagam astu suryah, madhvir gavo bhavantu.

madhu madhu madhu.

Right Eye of Krishna, then Radha:Took the salakaya and diped it in the honey with the mantra:

citram devanam udagadanikam caksur mitrasya varunasyagne


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apradyava prithivi antariksagam surya atma jagatasthusas caand draw it across the right eye.

Left eye of Krishna then Radha:Sanctify the ghee and follow the same proceedure with the left eye.

tac caksur devahitam purasta chukram uccarat, pasyema saradah satam.

jivema saradas sata, nandama saradas satam, modama saradas satam,bhavama saradas satam, srnavama saradas satam, prabravama saradas satam,ajitah syama saradas satamjyok ca suryam drse

OFFERED GANDAH, PUSPA, DHUPA, DIPA, AND NAIVEDYAM.

Esa Gandah Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Gandah Samarpayami

Idam Sugandam Pushpam Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Sugandam Pushpam Samarpayami

Esa Dhupa Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Dhupa Samarpayami

Esa Dipah Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Dipah Samarpayami

Idam Naivedyam Srim Klim Radha Krsnabhyam Namah Naivedyam Samarpayami

ABHISHEKAM

IDAM SNANIYAM SRIM KLIM RADHA KRSNABHYAM NAMAH SNANIYAM SAMARPAYAMI

Sodasa upachar seva pujan offer aradhanam of 16 items

Asan suddhi offer seat:idam Asanam asanam samarpayami

Swagatam Greetings greeting with anjali mudra:swagatam tu swagatam te - swagatam kuru samArpayAmi

Padyam offering to Lords feet - footwash: etat pAdyam - pAdyam samArpayAmi

Sugandham Tailam anointing with oils:idam sugandam tailam - sugandam tailam samArpayAmi

Snaniyam - bathing:idam snaniyam - snaniyam samArpayAmi

phala malyam fruit garlands (grapes, mandarins, dried fruits)idam phala-malyam phal malyam samArpayAmi

.bathed Deities with Pancha-gavyamcow urine, cow dung and ghee (these in small proportion), cow milk and yogurt.

.bathed Deities with Panchamritamilk yogurt ghee honey - sugar


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.bathe Deities with Juices(was orange, apple, dark grape, cranberry, and kiwi fruit juice on day)

.bathed Deities with Seeds of herbs Sarvaushadhi-snana (sahasra dhar)fennel, anise, caraway, cardamom, cloves

..bathed Deities with MANgala-snana (sahasra dhar) bathe the Lord in water mixed with auspicious things,such as jasmine flowers, durva grass, and darbha grass

.bathed the Deities with Astaka-bija-snana (sahasra dhar)bathe the Lord in water containing eight types of seeds: barley, wheat, wild rice, sesame, millet, ricepaddy, panic seed, and rice which grows in sixty days

.bathed the Deities with Gandhodaka-snanabathe the Lord in water mixed with scents such as musk and aguru

.bathed the Deities with - Urshodaka-snanabathe the Lord with warm water

.bathed Deities with protective waters from Sudarshan homathree Kumbha/kalasha each Deity

.bathed Deities with Sahasra-dhara seva with water using sahasra-dhara

Returned the Deities to the Altar on a towel, cleansed Them of any residue of the bathing dravyas, anddried Them nicely

Sotariya Vaastram offering cloth change out of wet set: (screen)idam sotAriya vaastram - sotAriya vaastram samArpayAmi

Tilakam marking the Deity with auspicious signs and symbols: idam tilakam - tilakam samArpayAmi

Upavatam sacred thread:idam upAvatam - upAvatam samArpayAmi

Abharanam Alankaram:

idam abhAranam - abhAranam samArpayAmi

Malyam - garlands:idam malyam - malyam samArpayAmi

Gandam sandalwood paste:esha gandhah - gandhah samArpayAmi

Sugandham Pushpam flower petals dipped in sandalwod paste:idam sugandham pushpam sugandham pushpam samArpayAmi

Tulasi Patram Tulasi leaves:etAt TulAsi pAtram - TulAsi pAtram samArpayAmi


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Dhupa - incense:esha dhupah - dhupah samArpayAmi

Deepa - lamps:esha deepah - deepah samArpayAmi

Here we did a Full arati for the pleasure of the Lord and the devotees

Naivedyam - Paniyam:idam naivedyAm naivedyam subham astu samArpayAmiidam pAniyam - pAniyam samArpayAmi

om pranaya svaha (prana mudra) om apanaya svaha (apana mudra)om vyanaya svaha (vyana mudra)om udanaya svaha (udana mudra)om samanaya svaha (samana mudra)om brahmaye svaha

om Amrito pAstrAnamAsi - Amrito pAstrAnamAsi samArpayAmi

we chanted mantras to guru:nama om vishnu padaya..namo mahavadanayanamo brahmanya devayajaya sri krishna chaitanyahare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare,hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

First line of the Gayatri mantra:Om bhur bhuvah swah tat savitur

om Amrito peedAnamAsi - Amrito peedAnamAsi samArpayAmi

Tambulam betal, cloves, cardamom, rock candy, churnas, suparis: idam tambulam - tambulam samArpayAmi

Sarvam conclusion whilst ringing the bell(4 everything & everything lacking:idam sarvAm - sarvAm samArpayAmi

Darpanam - show mirror

Namam offering with Harer Nama:hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare harehare rAma hare rAma rAma rAma hare hare

Sthapanam final placement of Deities in Griha garbha

Radha-Krishna Gayatri (Times 10)

Srim Klim Radha Krishna Govindaya Gopijanaballabaya Namah


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Om Narayanaya Vidmahi Vasudevaya DimahiTanno Visnuh Pracodayat (X 3 Times)

Om Mahalaxmis Ca Vidmahe Visnupatnis Ca DhimahiTanno Laxmi Pracodayate (X 3 Times)

Om Tat Sat

Om Adya Krte 'smin Deva avahan KarmaniYat Kincit Vaigunyam JatamTad Dosa PrasamanayaSri Visnu Smaranam Aham Karomi

"To alleviate any fault which may have been committed in the ceremony of installing the Deity, I nowperform Visnu smaranam."THEN DID IT - REMEMBER LORD VISHNU, NARAYANA, & KRISHNA

Dandavat pranams

The whole time there was wonderful chanting by the devotees who had come for the program - it was

really nice, very small, very personal, and VERY NICE.

Aparadha kshama:ACCHIDRA DHARANA, VAIGUNYA PRASAMANAM(allaying faults):

All the rules of puja are formed to prevent one from committing offense to the Lord. If one breaks a ruleand commits offense the first remedial measure is to beg forgiveness for the offense with a sincere heart.

As a safeguard, one should in conclusion beg pardon for any unintentional offense (intentional offense isout of the question for one who is initiated) as the final means of accruing success from the puja.

To free oneself from offense one can also bath in the yamuna at mathura and serve the Lord there; studya chapter of Bhagavad Gita every day; worship salagrama sila with tulasi leaves, read verses glorifying

tulasi on dvadasi while staying awake all night; and mark oneself with the weapons of visnu and thenworship the Lord.

THE MANTRAS FOR OBTAINING FORGIVENESS FOR ONE'S OFFENCES

The priest turns to the fire or the Deity and says:

om ajnatam tad anajnatamyajnasya kriyate mithuvisno tad asya kalpayatvam hi vettha yatha tatham svaha

"Oh Vishnu, rectify whatever was performed wrongly, consciously or unconsciously, in this sacrifice.

Understand our sincere intention and take care of that."

The priest then recited aloud :

om prajapate visno na tvat etani anyo


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visva jatani parita babhuvayat kamah te jahumah tat no 'stuvayam svamah patayo rayinam svaha

"Oh Vishnu, master of all creatures, there is no one besides You. The Lord has encompassed everything.With desires we have sacrificed unto You. May those desires be fulfilled. May we become the masters of

spiritual wealth."

mantra-hinam kriya-hinambhakti-hinam janardanayat pujitam maya devaparipurnam tad astu me

"O my Lord, O Janardana, whatever little puja or worship that has been performed by me, although it iswithout devotion, without proper mantras and without the proper performance, please let that becomecomplete."

yad-dattam bhakti-matrena

patram puspam phalam jalamaveditam nivedyan tutan grhananukampaya

"What has been offered with devotion, the leaf, the flower, the water, the fruit, the foodstuff, which hasbeen offered, please, out of Your causeless mercy, accept it."

vidhi-hinam mantra-hinamyat kincid upapaditamkriya-mantra-vihinam va

tat sarvam ksantum arhasi

"Whatever has happened without the proper chanting of the mantra, or without following the properprocedure, kindly forgive all that."

ajnanad athava jnanadasubham yan maya krtamksantum arhasi tat sarvamdasyenaiva grhana mam

sthitih seva gatir yatra

smrtis cinta stutir vacahbhuyat sarvatmana visnomadiyam tvayi cestitam

"Whatever inauspicious things I have done out of ignorance or unknowingly, please forgive that andaccept me as Your insig-nificant servant. Let my normal condition be service; let my movement beholy pilgrimage; let my thought be remembrance of You; let my words be glorification of You. OVisnu, let my activities, with my whole mind and body and soul, be engaged in You."

DISTRIBUTION OF PRASADAMS.

Some Pictures of the Installation - more to come.......


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photos by Tungabhadra devi and Kirtida Sundari

Explaining to the assembled devotees what we were about to do.


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Reciting the sankalpa declaration of intent for Their Lordships and reciting other mantras like SwastiVachan etc


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some of the upacharas all lined up ready to go


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the different bathing ingredients and naivedyas, the flowers and so on......


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The Archa-vigraha waiting on the Altar Their eyes still blindfolded prior to installation.


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placing on the san vedi and performing the pran-pratishtha touching with the kusha grass kurcha andinvoking with dasavaryuh pran-ahutis


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just prior to the Netra unmilinam - opening of the eyes.


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opening the eyes using honey in gold recepticles and silver recepticles and using a silver salakaya dippedin honey......


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offering of panch upachar seva - ganda, sugandam pushpam, dhupa, dipa, naivedyam


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offering phala malam - dried and fresh fruit garlands


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bathing with milk


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rinsing off with conches of fragrant waters


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bathing with yogurt


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rinsing with conches of water between the panchamritam


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after the ghee had been poured over Them


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bathing in Honey


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bathing in jaggery water


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bathing in fruit juices - orange


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bathing with cranberry juice


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bathing with Kiwi fruit juice


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bathing with the protective Sudarshan tatah waters

after massaging soft sweet banana onto Their bodies


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seated on the front of the Altar ready for wiping down and redressing etc


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Take a closeup look at the beauty of Sri Sri Radhika Raman


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after the dressing my son led kirtan of Damodarastakam, and everyone offered candle dipas


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a VERY pregnant mother Indira looks across for the words to the song


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my wife Vedavati devi dasi offering the Naivedya food offering


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A total of 54 different food items were offered


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all dressed ready to receive pushya abhishek from all the devotees


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November 2005


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December 2005


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February 2006


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Sri Sri Radhika Raman - Chard Rd 2008


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Radhastami 2008 (Lund Road) on Their swing


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Radhika Raman murthys Karttik 2008


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Radhika Raman murthys May 2009

Sri Sri Radhika Raman murthy ji ki jaya

There are many more pictures to come, so please come back, they fill in all the gaps of what we did totry to please the Lord.


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