SAHASRA KALASA POOJA

Sahasra Kalasa Abhisheka Pooja

Only the Sabarimala Temple authorities conduct this at their own expenses.  This is huge expensive Abishekam.  Every year lot of devotees and others are visiting the temple.  Due to this the purity of the temple may go down. To avoid this i.e., to increase the purity & power, the Devaaswom is conducting this.  This has been conducted on the last day morning before the temple is closed after Makara Vilakku at the temple premises.

The santhies will arrange for 1000 Pots (metal) and cleaned well.  It would be tied around the neck by cotton thread and new cotton towel would be tied to them, individually. Then it will be filled with medicated water (Aayurvedic medicines making water sacred).  The Padmam (Kolam), a traditional one would be arranged.  All the said Pots would be placed over the Padmam.  All the pots would be closed well by Thulasi flower.  Apart from that a big sized Pot made of Gold filled with water and tied with cotton thread and towel, etc., as explained above would be kept at the center of the hall on a wooden plank over a Padmam duly drawn as detailed above.  The golden pot would be placed only on Plantain leaf with some Raw Rice over it.  All the Pots would be decorated with flowers.

Then the Thanthri will start the Pooja as per their customs.  Chantings of all lthe Vedas by authorized Brahmins and Nambudiries will follow this.  The Deeparaadhana would be performed for the Kalasams. After that all the Kalasams will be taken to Ayyappan Sannidhi one by one.  These would be taken to the Sannidhi over the head of the available human beings.  Abhishekam would be done to Lord Sri Ayyappan on a particular time prescribed by the temple authorities.  All of them would be taking the Abhisheka Theertham and some may fill the same in bottles for taking home.