Puja Rituals in Srimandir

Ritual purification of the self -
Samanyarghya Vidhi (Preparation of holy water),
Asana Suddhi (Purification of the seat), Kara
Suddhi (Kara suddhi is smearing the palms with
some sandal- paste, then having taken a flower,
rubbing the same with utterance of the mantra
'Sudarsanaya Astraya Phat'), Dasa Diga Bandhan,
Bhuta Suddhi (Purification of the elements of the
body), Pranab, Prana Pratistha (Establishment of
the vital breaths; Kara nyasa; Deha nyasa etc of
the Mantra; meditation on Pranasakti), Pranayam
(The regulation of vital breaths), Matruka Nyasa
(Touching of various parts of the body by right
hand palm and finger tops; along with chanting of
appropriate mantras). Antarmatruka and
Bhirmatruka both to be covered.)
Deification of the self - Devata Nyasa
(Srikanthadi Nyasa for Balabhadra; Kala Nyasa
for Subhadra, and Keshbadi Nyasa for
Jagannath), Tattwa Nyasa (The worshipper has
to identify the body part by part with the whole
universe with all the mundane and the Devine on
it), Bhabanacatustayam / Pitha Nyasa (Muladhar
bhabana; Hrdaya bhabana; Hasta bhabana and
Deha bhabana), Mantra Nyasa (Basudev mantra
for Balabhadra, Bhubaneswari mantra for
Subhadra and Gopal mantra for Jagannath),
Murtipanjara Nyasa (Placing of alphabets inside
and outside the body for identification with
Brahma Basudev mantra for Balabhadra,
Bhubaneswari mantra for Subhadra and Gopal
mantra - Bibhuti Panjara Nyasa for Jagannath).
Antaryaga (mental or internal worship) -
the worshipper establishes the image of Krisna-
Jagannath in his heart, undertakes an internal firesacrifice
and offers Him mental worship. In course
of conducting such action the Cakra in the
Muladhar is considered as the Vedi and the deity
is imagined as the fire burning on it.
Preparation for external worship - Arghya
Samskar (Vishesarghya Bidhi), Upacar Samskar
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(Sanctification of upacars by Bikhana; Prokhana;
Tadana; Abagunthana; Dhenumudra;
Mahamudra and recitation of Mulamantra),
Atmapitha puja, Suddhitrayam (The purification
of the worshipper; the Mantra and the Deity).
Realization of the deity and Actual worship
- Devata Pithapuja -Yantra puja, invocation of
the deities; Establishment of the deities; Prana
Pratistha; Nyasas on the bodies of the deities;
exhibiting the Mudras of the deities; (abahan;
sthapana; sanniddhana; sannirodha; sakalikarana;
abagunthana; dhenumudra; amrutikaran;
mahamudra; paramikarana; these are the ten
mudras).
Upacar Puja -(offering of the following
upacars) -- Asanam (Offering of seat), Swagatam-
(Extending welcome), Padya -(Providing water
for foot washing), Arghya - (Providing water for
face washing), Acamaniya -(Providing water for
mouth rinsing), Madhuparka -(Mixture of honey
and other items), Punah Acamana - (Rinsing of
mouth on subsequent occasion), Snana -(Taking
Bath on exhibition of Snana mudra), Bastra and
Yajnopavita -(Offering of dresses and provision
of sacred threads), Abarana - (Offering of
ornaments to the deities), Gandha -(Offering of
sandal paste and other scented materials), Puspa
-(Offering of varieties of flowers), Puspanjali -
(Offering of five Puspanjalis), Abarana Puja (from
first Abarana to Seventh Abarana, as discussed
earlier, this is an interruption in between the
Upacar Puja), Dhoop -(Offering of incense),
Deepa -(Showing of candle pot to the deities),
Naivedya -(Naivedya samskar; offering of
Naivedya to the deities, showing Naivedya mudra
with mantrochattan; Japa or muttering of the
mantra; providing water for ablution to the deities;
acamana; offering of tambula and aratrikam.),
Candanaivedya -(Bahyabali).
Concluding rites - Prasannarca -
(Keeping the deities in full charming attitude),