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

anaMtaM vaasukiM shEShaM padmakaMbalakou tathaa |

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)