For Dhanur masam following should be followd
- The routine should be finished like sna:nam and anushtta:nam, then do the pu:ja to Lord Krushna and Go:da and all others as usual.
- Offer havis as naïve:dyam. It is also called pongali. Cook rice and green dal. Add some black pipper. This is offered to deity and then follows ha:rathi.
- Now, you bring Go:da to a front seat organized specially, as if she is leading us to the Lord. Then we perform go:da ashto:ththara satha na:ma pu:ja to her.
- Giving ha:rathi to her, we start chanting specific songs like guru parampara, then Thiruppalli ezhuchchi, to wake of Lord Rangana:ttha, and then 28 songs of Thiruppa:vai.
- Then we offer some prasadam to the Lord and Go:da as well. May be dadhi yo:danam. (yogurt rice, or sweet rice on special days ).
- While Ha:rathi, we sing 24th song first and then normal slo:kas. It is then we chant remaining 29th & 30th songs of thiruppa:vai as Sa:ththu murai or Sa:nthi pa:ttam.
- go:da de:vi sung one song a day before God. So, we sing that days’ song while giving ha:rathi. Today we sing 1st song. Tomorrow 2nd…like that.
- Immediately there is a para reading like ‘ go:dai piranda vu:r – go:vindan va:zhumu:r, so:di mani ma:dam tho:nrumu:r………….vaiyyam sumappadum vambu’ . There we end
- Then we distribute thi:rttham to all. We chant regular chantings like ‘ sarva de:sa dasa:ka:le:shu avya:hatha para:krama:..’
- After that if possible there are two stho:thras we chant. 1. Go:da chathus slo:ki, 2 Rangana:ttha ashtakam.
- Finally, we try to understand the meaning of that days’ pa:suram ( go:da’s song) in our own way possible and enjoy sharing the meanings to everyone.
Important point to remember is, we try to finish all this process as early as possible in the morning and then take prasadam and again till sunset we wont eat food.
Depending upon the necessity we may take some prasadam after sunset. The program dhanur ma:sam ends with the go:da kalya:nam.
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Source: Varija News