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The Abhisheka of Siva Lingams was a grand fair of spiritual celebration. The devotees were coming in hordes continuously. The Siva Lingams Lord was anointed with holy water from 108 small kalashas and nine big kalashas and white sesame paste and sandalwood oil and bathed with panchamrita, panchagavya, fruit juices and other items. Then the Siva Lingams were smeared with Vibhuti and offered a special arati with lamps of various sizes. This was followed by pushpa-vrishti, showers of a variety of colourful and fragrant flowers on the Siva Linga.

Before showering flowers on the Siva Lingams the recitation of the Shiva   Panchakshari   Stotra and Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra by the great Goddess Sarswati. The daughters of Kadrama and Apsarasas were dancing in ecstasy, crying with joy upon seeing Siva Lingams.

There was a huge crowd and no-one was needed to control them for they were one with their Lord, who rules their hearts.   It was great to see people from all walks of life sit down together to enjoy the prasadam feast, all social boundaries were obliterated and everyone was in the state of pure  consciousness with <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Shiva bhakti. ==<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);">What is Lord Shiva's Bhakti? <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; color:#333333"> ==

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