SSVT 10-day Mahaganapathy Mahotsavam reglious texts collection given below was compiled and arranged by Sri Shanmukha Sivachaariar. Two letter index codes are followed by the number of the day in the series. These texts can be appropriately used for personal anushtaanam. Before using this for any personal or temple purposes, please email publications@ssvt.org to obtain more information.
Sahasranaam for daily recitation – SN
Ganapathy kavacham collection – KV
Images and annotation from “Loving Ganesha” book, published by Himalayan Academy (Kauai Ashram). Please do not re-publish the images without permission from the original publishers. The images and dhyana shlokas can be used for personal upaasana under the proper guidance of a suitable Guru.
Shiva_10000_shivaayutha_namavali has been extracted from Sri SV Radhakrishna Sastry’s Siva nama manjari part 1. The intro for this section (original in Tamizh) goes like this:
Lord Shiva’s 10,000 names have been arranged alphabetically for archana. These names have been extracted by Gundu Guruswamy Sivacharyar along with Devar Konda Subrahmanya Sastry and Vedam Nrusimha Dikshita for a Garward king of Andrapradesh from the following texts:
Mahabharatha, Linga-,Brahma vaivartha-, vamana- ,kurma-, varaha-, matsya-,skanda-, bhavishyottara- puranas, Yajurveda – rudra prasna, rudrayamala tantra, agama sarasangraha, shivarahasya, vyasa gita, halasya mahatmya and other siva stotras.
After the Jeernodharana Kumbhabhishekam, 48 days of mandalaabhishekam was conducted. Shri Shanmukha Sivacharyar, pradhaana achaarya of the saiva aagama traditions at the temple provided detailed notes about dravyam, procedures, special pujas etc. to be conducted. The details of this mandalaaraadhana is given here. A part of this event was special 1000 kalasha abhishekam to Shri Ramanathaswamy (Shiva). The kalashams had various materials - herbs,metals, powders, flowers - soaked in them and the list followed for the same is also provided above. If you have any doubts or questions, please write to publications@ssvt.org to follow up.