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Customs & Rituals
Browse customs & rituals in plain, devotional language.
Customs & Rituals
8 entries
Abhishekam
The sacred bath of the deity, and what it washes in you.
The panchang
Why sacred time moves differently from the calendar on your wall.
Why we light lamps
The lamp is the oldest argument against darkness.
Prasad
Food the deity receives first changes how you receive it.
Pradakshina - why we walk clockwise
The circumambulation is cosmology disguised as a walk.
Namaste
The greeting still contains the whole philosophy.
Why we ring the bell in a temple
The sound is meant to wake your attention, not the deity.