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RITUALS AT TEMPLE
We now do Dhoop (incense) pujä. Just as the incense removes the bad odor, we should remove false faith.
Deepak (lamp)
puja is the next pujä that we do and it means that we want to gain right knowledge.
After finishing pujä, we can sit with our parents and make a Säthiya or swastika out of rice grains. Rice grain does not grow again if planted in the ground. Therefore the
Säthiyä made with rice grains represents that we do not want to go through the cycles of life and death again. On the Säthiyä, we can place fruits, and money. By putting money we learn not to be attached to our belongings.
Before the temple closes for the day and also after some special pujä, Ärati and Mangal Divo are performed. Ärati consists of singing "Jay Jay Ärati" and lighting five divo (lamps with cotton wicks soaked in
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