SRI ANANTHA PADMANABHA VRATHAM.
THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON 18-09-2013. ANANTHAAYA NAMASTHUBYAM SAHASRA SIRASEA NAMAHA. NAMOSTHU PADHBANAABHHAYA NAAGAANAM PATHAYEA NAMAHA. WE HAVE TO DO POOJA TO MAHAVISHNU
AS HE IS PROTECTING US IN THE NAME OF ANANTHAN (AADHI SESHAN0 with his thousand heads.) we have to do aavaahanam in kalasam of anatha padhmanabhan along with his sister yamuna
riverin another kalasam.DO 16 UPACHARA POOJA ALONG WITH TWO METRE SILK THREAD RED IN COLOUR WITH 14 KNOTS.BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL DO THIS POOJA.
BOTH OF THEM, AFTER POOJA IS OVER, MUST TIE THE SILK THREAD ON THEIR RIGHT HAND. THIS WIL BE DONE FOR FOURTEEN YEARS ON ANANTHA VRATHAM DAY WHICH WILL COME EVERY YEAR THE
PREVIOUS DAY TO FULL MOON IN AAVANI OR PURATASI MONTH. THEN VRADHA UDHYAAPANAM AS PER VRADHA CHOODAMANI BOOK SHOULD BE DONE. WE HAVE TO DO ATLEAST FOR THREE YEARS.IF 14 YEARS
IS IMPOSSIBLE. POOJA PROCEEDURE IS THERE IN ALL VRADHA POOJA VIDHAANAM BOOK.
AAVARANA POOJA FOR ANANTHAN IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN VRADHA CHOODAMANI BOOK. EVERY YEAR ALONG WITH 16 UPACHAARA POOJA YOU MAY ALSO DO AAVARANA POOJA. ALL LEAVES AND FLOWERS
ARE USED HERE AS IN VINAYAKA CHATHURTHY.
UMA MAHESWARA VRATHAM;THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON 19-09-2013. THIS VRATHAM WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE TAMIL MONTH OF PURATASI ON SUKLA PATCHAM FULL MOON DAY. THIS IS A POOJA TO BE
OBSERVED FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. FOR THIS, YOU NEED SIXTEEN KALASAMS TO COMPLETE THE VOW. STARTING, COMPLETION, DHAMBATHY POOJA, TIFFIN, MEALS ETC; FOR THIS VRATHAM ARE AS FOR RISHI
PANCHAMI VRATHAM.THOSE WHO 0BSERVE THIS VRATHAM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO OBSERVE SMALLER VRATHAMS LIKE SIVARATHRI, PRODHOSHAM, SOMAVAARAM ETC.
FOR THIS VRATHAM VAAYANA DHAANAM (SWEETS, FRUITS, ETC) SHOULD BE MADE FOR SIXTEEN PUROHITS. THERE IS NO NECESSITY TO HAVE WINNOWS. THERE IS ALSO NO NEED OF TO HAVE EIGHT
VARIETIES OF FRUITS. AND EIGHT VARIETIES OF SWEETS. ONE SWEET, ONE SAVOURY, ONE WHOLE COCONUT, (MATTAI THENGAI) THAAMBOOLAM AND DAKSHINAI IS ENOUGH FOR EACH PUROHIT. YOU MAY
GIVE TO EACH IN A PLATE AND THE PLATE CAN BE RETAINED.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR ATHIRASAM IS MUST FOR RISHI PANCHAMI AND UMA MAHESWARA VRATHAM. IN OTHER YEARS ITEMS ARE OPTIONAL. SOME WILL PERFORM DHAMBHATHY POOJA WITH SIXTEEN
COUPLES IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY WILL BE COMPLETING THE VRATHAM.SOME OTHERS WILL PERFORM WITH 0NE COUPLE IN EACH YEAR. SOME WILL PERFORM IN THE FIRST AND IN THE LAST YEAR. ALL
THESE WILL DEPEND ON ONE"S OWN CUSTOMS AND CONVENIENCE.
15 KALASAMS AND FIFTEEN PRATHIMAI. FIGURE OF UMA MAHESVARAN IN A SMALL THIN SILVER LEAF. 1. UMA MAHESVARAR. 2. SIVAR. 3. SARVAR. 4. RUDHRAR. 5. PASUPATHY. 6. UGRAR. 7.
MAHAA DEVAR. 8. BEEMAR.9. EESHAANAR. 10. UMAPATHY. 11. SAMBU. 12. SOOLI.13.AMRUDESAR. 14. VAAMADEVAR. 15. KAALAKAALAR. DO AAVAAHANAM IN FIFTEEN KALASAMS AND DO ARCHANA WITH 15
DIFFERENT FLOWERS. AND WITH DIFFERENT NEIVEDHYAM. SILK THREAD POOJA AND HAVE IT TIED ON YOUR HAND. THEN DO DHAMBATHY POOJA. DO LIKE THIS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS OR ATLEAST THREE
YEARS. SAYS THE BOOK SIVA RAHASYAM.
ON 19-09-2013 FALLS VISWA ROOPA YATHRAA.
. CHATHUR MAASYAM BEGINS ON 20-07-2013 AND ENDS ON 19-09-2013. CHAATHUR MAASYAM VRATHAM ENDS ON THIS DAY. SANYASIS MUST GO FROM THIS PLACE TO OTHER PLACES. THIS IS CALLED
VISWA ROOPA YATHRA.
ON 5-10-2013 FALLS DOWHITHRA PRATHIPATH. PURATAASI MONTH SUKLA PATCHA PRATHAMAI IS CALLED AS DOWHITHRA PRATHIPATH. DOWHITHRAN= DAUGHTER"S SON. OUR SASTRAM SAYS ON THIS DAY
DAUGHTER"S SON MUST GIVE MEALS AND PRIZES CLOTH AND AABHARANAM,TO THE MATERNAL GRAND PARENTS, MUST TAKE THEM TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY LIKES TO GO.GRAND FATHER AND GRAND MOTHER
WILL BLESS THE GRAND CHILDREN. THIS IS CALLED DHOUHITHRA PRATHIPATH.
ON 25-09-2013 FALLS KAPILAA SHASHTY.:
NIRNAYA SINDHU -115 SAYS: "" BHAADHRAE MAASYA SITHEY PAKSHEA BHAANOW CHAIVA KAREASTHITHEY PADHE KUJEA CHA ROHINYAAM SAA SHASTY KAPILAA BHAVETH. VRADHA UPAVAASA NIYAMYHE
BHAASKARAM THATHRA POOJAYETH KAPILAAM CHA DWIJAWKRYAAYA DHATHWA KRATHU PHALAM LABETH."" ON THIS DAY YOU HAVE TO DO POOJA TO SUN GOD. PURATASI MONTH KRISHNA PATCHAM SHASTY AND
SUN WILL BE HASTHAM STAR ON THIS DAY. THIS IS CALLED KAPILA SHASHTY.
DRAW KOLAM WITH RICE FLOUR ONE CHARIOT WITH ONE WHEEL AND DRAW LOTUS WITH 8 PETALS IN ONE WHEEL, AND FROM EAST 1. SUN.2.THAPANAM.3. SWARNA
BEDHANAM.4.RAVIM.5.AUDHITHYAM.6.DHIVAAKARAM.7.PRABHAKARAM 8.SURYAM FOR EACH PETAL, IN THE CENTRE SURYAN AND IN FRONT HIS SAARATHY ARUNAM DO AAVAAHANAM AND DO ARCHANA WITH ARALI
FLOWER AND ERUKKAM FLOWER AND DO NEIVEDHYAM WITH TENDER COCONUT AND UTTER THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM.
PRABHAAKARA NAMASTHUBHYAM SAMSAARAN MAAM SAMUDHARA BHUKTHY MUKTHY PRADHO YASMAATH THASMAATH CHAANTHIM PRAYASCHAMAY ( DHARMA SINDHU -75). NAMO NAMASTHEY VARADHA RUK SAAMA
YAJUSHAM PATHEY NAMOSTHU VISWARUPAAYA VISWA DHAATHREY NAMOSTHUTHEY DHIVYAYA MOORTHIR JAGAKSHACHUR DWADASAATHMA DIWAAKARAHA KAPILA SAHI THO THEY VO MAMA BHU (MU) KTHIM
PRAYASCHATHU.. CHANT AADITHYA HIRUDHAYAM, AND OTHER SLOKAS ON SUN, SURYA KAVACHAM,SURYA HRUDHAYAM ETC.AND PRAY TO HIM.
THEN DO COW POOJA (KAARAAM PASU). DO PRADHAKSHINA NAMASKARAM AND CHANT THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM AND DO PRAYER. NAMASTHEY KAPILAE DEVI SARVA PAAPA PRANAASINI SANSAARNAVA MAGNAM
MAAM GO MAATHAS THRAATHU MARHASI. YASMAATH THAWAM KAPILAE PUNYAH SARVA LOKASYA PAAVANI POOJITHA SAHA SURYAENA MAMA BHU (MU) KTHI PRADHA BHAVA.
BY DOING THIS YOU MAY GET LONG LIFE, PEACE OF MIND, HEALTH AND WEALTH.
THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON 18-09-2013. ANANTHAAYA NAMASTHUBYAM SAHASRA SIRASEA NAMAHA. NAMOSTHU PADHBANAABHHAYA NAAGAANAM PATHAYEA NAMAHA. WE HAVE TO DO POOJA TO MAHAVISHNU
AS HE IS PROTECTING US IN THE NAME OF ANANTHAN (AADHI SESHAN0 with his thousand heads.) we have to do aavaahanam in kalasam of anatha padhmanabhan along with his sister yamuna
riverin another kalasam.DO 16 UPACHARA POOJA ALONG WITH TWO METRE SILK THREAD RED IN COLOUR WITH 14 KNOTS.BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL DO THIS POOJA.
BOTH OF THEM, AFTER POOJA IS OVER, MUST TIE THE SILK THREAD ON THEIR RIGHT HAND. THIS WIL BE DONE FOR FOURTEEN YEARS ON ANANTHA VRATHAM DAY WHICH WILL COME EVERY YEAR THE
PREVIOUS DAY TO FULL MOON IN AAVANI OR PURATASI MONTH. THEN VRADHA UDHYAAPANAM AS PER VRADHA CHOODAMANI BOOK SHOULD BE DONE. WE HAVE TO DO ATLEAST FOR THREE YEARS.IF 14 YEARS
IS IMPOSSIBLE. POOJA PROCEEDURE IS THERE IN ALL VRADHA POOJA VIDHAANAM BOOK.
AAVARANA POOJA FOR ANANTHAN IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN VRADHA CHOODAMANI BOOK. EVERY YEAR ALONG WITH 16 UPACHAARA POOJA YOU MAY ALSO DO AAVARANA POOJA. ALL LEAVES AND FLOWERS
ARE USED HERE AS IN VINAYAKA CHATHURTHY.
UMA MAHESWARA VRATHAM;THIS YEAR IT FALLS ON 19-09-2013. THIS VRATHAM WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE TAMIL MONTH OF PURATASI ON SUKLA PATCHAM FULL MOON DAY. THIS IS A POOJA TO BE
OBSERVED FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. FOR THIS, YOU NEED SIXTEEN KALASAMS TO COMPLETE THE VOW. STARTING, COMPLETION, DHAMBATHY POOJA, TIFFIN, MEALS ETC; FOR THIS VRATHAM ARE AS FOR RISHI
PANCHAMI VRATHAM.THOSE WHO 0BSERVE THIS VRATHAM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO OBSERVE SMALLER VRATHAMS LIKE SIVARATHRI, PRODHOSHAM, SOMAVAARAM ETC.
FOR THIS VRATHAM VAAYANA DHAANAM (SWEETS, FRUITS, ETC) SHOULD BE MADE FOR SIXTEEN PUROHITS. THERE IS NO NECESSITY TO HAVE WINNOWS. THERE IS ALSO NO NEED OF TO HAVE EIGHT
VARIETIES OF FRUITS. AND EIGHT VARIETIES OF SWEETS. ONE SWEET, ONE SAVOURY, ONE WHOLE COCONUT, (MATTAI THENGAI) THAAMBOOLAM AND DAKSHINAI IS ENOUGH FOR EACH PUROHIT. YOU MAY
GIVE TO EACH IN A PLATE AND THE PLATE CAN BE RETAINED.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR ATHIRASAM IS MUST FOR RISHI PANCHAMI AND UMA MAHESWARA VRATHAM. IN OTHER YEARS ITEMS ARE OPTIONAL. SOME WILL PERFORM DHAMBHATHY POOJA WITH SIXTEEN
COUPLES IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THEY WILL BE COMPLETING THE VRATHAM.SOME OTHERS WILL PERFORM WITH 0NE COUPLE IN EACH YEAR. SOME WILL PERFORM IN THE FIRST AND IN THE LAST YEAR. ALL
THESE WILL DEPEND ON ONE"S OWN CUSTOMS AND CONVENIENCE.
15 KALASAMS AND FIFTEEN PRATHIMAI. FIGURE OF UMA MAHESVARAN IN A SMALL THIN SILVER LEAF. 1. UMA MAHESVARAR. 2. SIVAR. 3. SARVAR. 4. RUDHRAR. 5. PASUPATHY. 6. UGRAR. 7.
MAHAA DEVAR. 8. BEEMAR.9. EESHAANAR. 10. UMAPATHY. 11. SAMBU. 12. SOOLI.13.AMRUDESAR. 14. VAAMADEVAR. 15. KAALAKAALAR. DO AAVAAHANAM IN FIFTEEN KALASAMS AND DO ARCHANA WITH 15
DIFFERENT FLOWERS. AND WITH DIFFERENT NEIVEDHYAM. SILK THREAD POOJA AND HAVE IT TIED ON YOUR HAND. THEN DO DHAMBATHY POOJA. DO LIKE THIS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS OR ATLEAST THREE
YEARS. SAYS THE BOOK SIVA RAHASYAM.
ON 19-09-2013 FALLS VISWA ROOPA YATHRAA.
. CHATHUR MAASYAM BEGINS ON 20-07-2013 AND ENDS ON 19-09-2013. CHAATHUR MAASYAM VRATHAM ENDS ON THIS DAY. SANYASIS MUST GO FROM THIS PLACE TO OTHER PLACES. THIS IS CALLED
VISWA ROOPA YATHRA.
ON 5-10-2013 FALLS DOWHITHRA PRATHIPATH. PURATAASI MONTH SUKLA PATCHA PRATHAMAI IS CALLED AS DOWHITHRA PRATHIPATH. DOWHITHRAN= DAUGHTER"S SON. OUR SASTRAM SAYS ON THIS DAY
DAUGHTER"S SON MUST GIVE MEALS AND PRIZES CLOTH AND AABHARANAM,TO THE MATERNAL GRAND PARENTS, MUST TAKE THEM TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY LIKES TO GO.GRAND FATHER AND GRAND MOTHER
WILL BLESS THE GRAND CHILDREN. THIS IS CALLED DHOUHITHRA PRATHIPATH.
ON 25-09-2013 FALLS KAPILAA SHASHTY.:
NIRNAYA SINDHU -115 SAYS: "" BHAADHRAE MAASYA SITHEY PAKSHEA BHAANOW CHAIVA KAREASTHITHEY PADHE KUJEA CHA ROHINYAAM SAA SHASTY KAPILAA BHAVETH. VRADHA UPAVAASA NIYAMYHE
BHAASKARAM THATHRA POOJAYETH KAPILAAM CHA DWIJAWKRYAAYA DHATHWA KRATHU PHALAM LABETH."" ON THIS DAY YOU HAVE TO DO POOJA TO SUN GOD. PURATASI MONTH KRISHNA PATCHAM SHASTY AND
SUN WILL BE HASTHAM STAR ON THIS DAY. THIS IS CALLED KAPILA SHASHTY.
DRAW KOLAM WITH RICE FLOUR ONE CHARIOT WITH ONE WHEEL AND DRAW LOTUS WITH 8 PETALS IN ONE WHEEL, AND FROM EAST 1. SUN.2.THAPANAM.3. SWARNA
BEDHANAM.4.RAVIM.5.AUDHITHYAM.6.DHIVAAKARAM.7.PRABHAKARAM 8.SURYAM FOR EACH PETAL, IN THE CENTRE SURYAN AND IN FRONT HIS SAARATHY ARUNAM DO AAVAAHANAM AND DO ARCHANA WITH ARALI
FLOWER AND ERUKKAM FLOWER AND DO NEIVEDHYAM WITH TENDER COCONUT AND UTTER THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM.
PRABHAAKARA NAMASTHUBHYAM SAMSAARAN MAAM SAMUDHARA BHUKTHY MUKTHY PRADHO YASMAATH THASMAATH CHAANTHIM PRAYASCHAMAY ( DHARMA SINDHU -75). NAMO NAMASTHEY VARADHA RUK SAAMA
YAJUSHAM PATHEY NAMOSTHU VISWARUPAAYA VISWA DHAATHREY NAMOSTHUTHEY DHIVYAYA MOORTHIR JAGAKSHACHUR DWADASAATHMA DIWAAKARAHA KAPILA SAHI THO THEY VO MAMA BHU (MU) KTHIM
PRAYASCHATHU.. CHANT AADITHYA HIRUDHAYAM, AND OTHER SLOKAS ON SUN, SURYA KAVACHAM,SURYA HRUDHAYAM ETC.AND PRAY TO HIM.
THEN DO COW POOJA (KAARAAM PASU). DO PRADHAKSHINA NAMASKARAM AND CHANT THE FOLLOWING SLOKAM AND DO PRAYER. NAMASTHEY KAPILAE DEVI SARVA PAAPA PRANAASINI SANSAARNAVA MAGNAM
MAAM GO MAATHAS THRAATHU MARHASI. YASMAATH THAWAM KAPILAE PUNYAH SARVA LOKASYA PAAVANI POOJITHA SAHA SURYAENA MAMA BHU (MU) KTHI PRADHA BHAVA.
BY DOING THIS YOU MAY GET LONG LIFE, PEACE OF MIND, HEALTH AND WEALTH.