test file for ISCII plug-in testing

{.. shrii gaNesha puujaa ..} {..    ..} Ganesha or Ganapati is an extremely popular God in India. He is called Vighneshvara or Vighnaharta, the Lord of and destroyer of obstacles. People mostly worship Him asking for siddhi, success in undertakings, and buddhi, intelligence. He is worshipped before any venture is started. He is also the God of education, knowledge and wisdom, literature, and the fine arts. This puuja is commonly performed on Ganesh Chaturthi day ie. 4th day of bright half of moon in bhaadrapada month. Puja is done where possible at 1200hrs and morning 0600hrs or earlier. Night puja is visarjana puja where lord is kept for one day ( unless you keep the vigraha / idol for more than one day). Check List 1. Altar, Deity (statue/photo), Ganesha Idol 2. Two big brass lamps (with wicks, oil/ghee) 3. Matchbox, Agarbatti 4. Karpoor, Gandha, Kumkum, gopichandan, haldi 5. Sri Mudra (for Sandhyaavandan), Vessel for Tirtha, Yajnopaviita 6. Puujaa Conch, Bell, 7. One aaratii (for Karpoor), Two Aaratiis with wicks 8. Flowers, Akshata (in a container), tulsi leaves 9. Decorated Copper or Silver Kalasha, 10. Two pieces of cloth (new), 11. Coconut, 1/2 kg. Rice, Bananas 6, 12. Gold coin, gold chain 13. Extra Kalasha, 3 trays, 3 vessels for Abhisheka 14. Beetlenuts 6, Beetlenut Leaves 12, Banana Leaves 2, Mango Leaves 5-25 (if available) 15. Dry Fruits, 5 bananas, 1 coconut - all for naivedya 16. Panchaamrita - Milk, Curd, Honey, Ghee, Sugar and Tender Coconut Water 17. Sri Ganesha ashTottara Book, Puja Book 18. Red flowers and red flower malas. 19. Modaka, Also fruits and prasad as far as possible 21 varieties. Previous Night, think of the Lord Ganesha and mentally decide to perform puujaa the next day. This is the sankalpa. Next day early morning keep the same thoughts of worshipping the Lord and take a head-bath (if possible an oil-bath). Have some soothing Indian Music (Shehnai or sa.ntuur or sitaar or naadasvaram - preferably any instrumental) going on in the background till the puujaa begins. The music should be pleasing (not too loud) for creating a serene mood. (Of course people should be internally peaceful also!) Wash Kalasha and fill it with clean water upto 3/4 of it. Cover and place it near the altar. Observe Fast (if possible). Decorate the front door, altar and the place near the altar. Invite your relatives, friends (who have bhakti in the Lord). Keep all the things for puujaa ready, near the altar. Duration - start to aaratii - 2 hours At the regular Altar     |     |     ||    |   |       ||   || At Shrii Ganesha Altar     |    |    | (sip one spoon of water after each of the above three mantras)    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    ||      |   |    |   ||   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         ||  (Repeat aachamana 2 - given above)      || (Apply water to eyes and understand that you are of the nature of Brahman)  (Stand and hold a fruit in hand during sankalpa)     |    |    |    |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     |     |     || ||  ||     |     ||      |      ||       |      ||        |        ||     |      ||     |      ||                              (   St Lewis  or Australia  Victoria  or Bahrain )        ,  ,    ,                                                     ||      |    || (keep fruits in front of the Lord)  ( show mudras)     | (snap fingers, circle head clockwise and clap hands)   || (shut off all directions i.e. distractions so that we can concentrate on the Lord)          |      || (light the lamps)   (open palms and touch the ground)        ||        |      || (Touch the grains/rice/wheat)           || (keep kalasha on top of rice pile)          |      || (fill kalasha with water)       |      || (sprinkle in/apply ga.ndha to kalasha)       |     || (put beetle nut in kalasha)      |   || (put jewels / washed coin in kalasha)        |   || (put gold / daxina in kalasha)              || (put duurva / karika )      |       || (put five leaves in kalasha)        |        || (tie cloth for kalasha)      |     || (copper plate and ashhTadala with ku.nkuM)    ||     ||   (continue with second kalasha)       |        ||        |   ||      |       ||      ||        |        || ||   ||       |        ||       |      ||   |     ||  (Show mudras as you chant ) {.mall 1. Garuda's mudra: interlock both little fingers (forms tail); bring back of the knuckels together; join the thumb (forms beak); six fingers form the wings of garuda. 2 Dhenu mudra :(Kaama dhenu) hold both hands together with fingers touching each other forming a hollow and four sets of fingers forming the nipples of udder of cow. 3 Shankh mudra: All fingers of right hand push between the thumb and the fore finger of left hand. Other fingers of left hand grip the right hand forming a shankha like mudra. 4 Chakra mudra: Spread all fingers wide. bring the right hand on top of left hand with palms touching each other, and little finger of right hand touching the thumb of left hand and vice versa. A chakra formation is shown. 5 Meru mudra: clasp both hands interlocking all fingers in between each other. Open only middle fingers pointing down to earth. a form of gadaa is shown. }     | (to remove poison)     | (to provide nectar )     | (to make auspicious)    | (to protect)     | (to remove maayaa)  ( Sprinkle water from sha.nkha on puujaa items and devotees)       |       ||   ( put tulasi leaves or axataas in vessels )    | (keep milk in the centre)    | (curd facing east )    | (Ghee to the south)    | ( Honey to west )     | ( Sugar to north)      |   |    |   |    |   |    |   |   |          ||    ||      |      |     |   |    |    |   |      |    |    |    |     |     |    |    |     |    ||   (hold flowers/axata in hand) (hold flowers/axataa in hand)             |   |      |   |   |   |         || ||  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || ||  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || ||  ||          |           ||     |     |    |     |      |     || , , , , ,  | , , , , , , , , ,    ||       |       |          (   )     ||    |                     ||          |       ||         ||      |    (  )   || ||    ||        |  |   |     ||    |      |      |     |      | ||   : ||   |   |    |    |     |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |       |   |   |   |   |   |         ||      |     |     |    |     |     |    || (offer the flowers, axatas and prayers)      |    ||    (repeat 15 times) Close eyes and bring Lord Ganesha's image in your mind and chant    |    |    |     |      ||   ,   |      ||    |    ||  ( hold flowers in hand)      |    ||       |   ||    |   || (offer flowers to Lord).   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   || (show mudras to Lord)   ,    |  ,    |      |      ||     |   || (offer flowers/axathaas)  (offer water)       |      ||    |     ||     |   ||  (offer water)  ,  |     ||     |      ||    |   ||  (offer water or axathaa/ leave/flower)      |      ||     |     ||   |   ||       |    ||   .1   (milk bath)         ||      |      ||      |    ||      ||     || .2   (curd bath)     |     ||         |      ||      |    ||      ||     || .3   (ghee bath)             ||       |      ||      |    ||      ||     || .4   (honey bath)                     ||      |      ||      |    ||      ||     || .5   (sugar bath)         |       ||       |      ||      |    ||      ||     ||   (Sandlewood water bath)       |       ||       |       ||      |    ||     ||   (Perfumed Oil bath)   .   |       ||      |      ||      |   .     ||  (To clean the body)     |     ||      |   ||     ||   (Hot water bath)      |      ||      |    ||     ||   (Pure water bath) sprinkle water all around     |    |   |     |   |   |    |    ||      |    ||     || (after sprinkling water around throw one tulasi leaf to the north)   ( Sound the bell pour water from kalasha) ||   ||      |      || 1||       |   || 2||      |      || 3||    |     || 4||     |      || 5||     |     || 6||      |      |       |       || 7||    |     || 8||     |     || 9||      |       || 10||     |       || 11||      |       || 12||       |   || 13||      |       || 14||       |        || 15||     |         || 16||       |           || 17||      |    ||      |     ||      || (Repeat 12 times)         |        ||     ||  ||  (offer two pieces of cloth for the Lord)       |       ||      |     ||      |   ||     |     ||    ||     ||    |   ||      |     ||   ,     ,     |    ||       |       ||       |     ||   |   ||      |       ||     |     ||   |   ||       |       ||        ,     |   ||    |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||    |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||   |   ||      |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||    |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||     |    ||      |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||    | -   ||   |    ||   |    ||     |   ||     |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||   |    ||     |    ||       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     ||   Chant Dhyaan Shlokas to concentrate on the Lord       |        ||    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     ||       |       ||       |   ||      |   ||    ,    |   ,    ||      |       ||      |   ||  (dip finger in water and write a square and 'shrii' mark inside the square. Place naivedya on 'shrii'. remove lid and sprinkle water around the vessel; place in each food item one washed leaf or flower or akshata)      |    ||      || (show mudras)    |     |    |    |     | Touch naivedya and chant 9 times ''    (sprinkle water around the naivedya) !     | (request Lord to come for dinner)   | (drop water from sha.nkha)       |      |      ||          ,   ||     |     |     |     |     |        |         ||       |        ||     |   || (cover face with cloth, and chant gaayatri ma.ntra five times )    ||      |      ||     ||      |   || (Let flow water from sha.nkha)       |      ||   (put tulsi / axathaa on a big fruit)      |     ||      |   |  (put tulsi/akshata on fruits)        ,   ||       |      ||      |   ||       |       ||      |    ||      |       ||      |    ||    ,    |        ||      |     ||     ,   |      ||     |   |      |    ||         |         ||      |     ||      |    ||  {.mall Normally, the arati is done just after we chant the slokas for mahaa niraajana and karpura deepa. All the devotees sing the arati bhajan, while one by one each person comes and gives arati. The arati plate normally has 5 small diyas (with cotton balls dipped in oil and with a fine tiri -end). Some kumukum and flowers should also be kept in the plate. The arati is done at the puja altar, accompanied by the ghanta (bell) and once everyone completes the arati, we take it to the regular altar (assuming these are different), show it there, come back and offer arati to the bell. We also offer kumkum and flowers to the bell, prostrate and then offer the arati to the devotees. Here, all pujas are attended by minimum 40 to max 100+. So we have one or 2 aratis depending on the size of the crowd. Since this takes a lot of time, while the devotees offer the arati, the people who are doing the puja complete all other slokas upto the mantra pushpam. Once the arati is over we chant the mantra pushpam after which everybody offers akshata or flowers. After the visarjana puja, we offer a karpura arati in a similar fashion.} ||   ||        |      ||      |        |        | {}       ||   .     | .       |        |        || ||     || you can add more aaratii songs as needed   ,   |      ||      |       ||    ,    |      ||       |       ||    ||         |       ||       |       ||     |   ||  (Try doing 21 namaskaaram chanting 21 names of mahaganapathi from ashhTottara; Caution: See that you are medically fit for this exersion; do not over exert under any circumstances)      |      |       |      ||     |   ||       |      ||     |   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||     ||         .           ||      |       ||       |      ||        |         ||          |        ||        |      ||       |      ||                      ||                                ||     |   ||   (make three rounds of sha.nkha with water like aarati and pour down; chant OM 9 times and show mudras)      |       ||         |       ||   {.mall arghya pradaanam: offering arghya by those who fasted and those who came late or those like ladies of the house who could not participate in the puujas because of other works, can now get full merit by offering arghya which is equivalent to whole puuja. }       |      ||    |   ||       |       ||   |   ||     |      ||   |    ||       |      ||   |   || ||    ||       |       ||      |      ||   |   ||     |     ||   |   ||   ,        ,    |    |    ||    ||        ||      || ||   ||     | |   |     |  |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |    |     |    |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |     |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |    |     |    |     |    |     |    |     |    |     |    |     |       |       |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |        ||          |        ||     |       ||            |               ||    |    |       |    |       |    |      |        |       ||  |         ||       |       ||     |       || (Shake the kalasha) ||   || { Original transliteration by Sri S A Bhandarkar} { converted to suit ITRANS encoding.} { ProofReading Required}

baaraakhaDii and words from dvng.itx

Test page from Ram Charit Manas

Test page from Gita

ganesha_puja

hanuman chalisa

madhushaalaa