Naga-Chouti
-Vasantha Susheelendra
Pooja Items
1.Nagappa idol
2.Gejje VAstra
3.Flowers
4.Arati
4.Have 3 cups of water, add salt in one, jaggery (bella) in other and one cup is just plain water.
5.cup of Milk
5.Soak a bit of kadle kaalu (black Channa)
Pooja procedure:
Place Nagappa in a plate.
Do abisheka in the order below chanting following mantras
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tathaa kaarkOTakaM naagaM bhujaMgashvatarou tathaa ||
dhRutaraaShTraM shaMKapaalaM kaalIyaM takShakaM tathaa |
piMgalaM cha mahaanaagaM sapatnIkaan prapUjayEt ||
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1.abisheka with Plain water first (Take water in spoon and pour it 3 times on idol)
2.abhisheka Salt water
3.jaggery water
4.milk
5.plain water again
6. add 2-3 soaked kadle kaalu
Every one in the house can do one after other.
After this, remove the idol,wipe it and place it in a plate, put arshina,kumkum,akshate, flowers and gejje vastra.
Do Arati.
No rice or fried items should be prepared on that day. Just palahara (uppit,avalakki etc)