✦ Om Maa Tripura Sundarir Jai ✦
✦ The Pujas Of The Temple ✦
The Navavarana Puja →The Sacred Sixty-Four Offerings ↓✦ The Puja Of The Divine Mother ✦
The Sacred Sixty-Four Offerings
Traditionally The Divine Mother Mata Sri Lalitha Tripura Sundari Is worshipped by 64 Offerings. This is the full list of traditional 64 Offerings. One may offer physically or mentally.
1PādyamThe Divine Feet Of Maa Are Washed.
2Ābharaṇa AvaropaṇamThe Ornaments Of The Divine Mother Are Set Aside, before the Sacred bath.
3Sugandhi Taila AbhyañjanamThe Divine Vigraha Of Maa Is Anointed with fragrant oil.
4Majjanaśālā PraveśamThe Divine Mother Enters The Bathing Chamber.
5Majjanaśālā MaṇipīṭhopaveśanamThe Divine Mother Is Seated Upon The Gem Throne Of The Bathing Chamber.
6Divyasnānīya UdvartanamThe Divine Vigraha Of Maa Is Cleansed with fragrant powders.
7UṣṇodakasnānamThe Divine Vigraha Of Maa Is Bathed in warm waters.
8Kanakakalaśacyuta Sakala TīrthābhiṣekamThe Divine Vigraha Of Maa Is Bathed from golden pots of Sacred waters.
9Dhautavastra ParimārjanamThe Divine Vigraha Of Maa Is Gently Dried with soft cloth.
10AruṇadukūlaparidhānamThe Divine Mother Is Robed in red silk.
11AruṇakucottarīyamThe Red Upper Cloth is offered To The Divine Mother.
12Ālepa Maṇḍapa PraveśamThe Divine Mother Enters The Chamber Of Fragrance.
13Ālepa Maṇḍapa MaṇipīṭhopaveśanamThe Divine Mother Is Seated Upon The Gem Throne Of The Chamber Of Fragrance.
14Candanāgaru Kuṅkuma VilepanaṁThe Divine Vigraha Of Maa Is Anointed with celestial fragrant preparations such as sandalwood, agarwood, kuṅkuma, musk, camphor, kastūrī and gorocanā.
15Keśabhārasya KālāgarudhūpamThe Divine Hair Of Maa Is Perfumed with the smoke of eaglewood.
16Mallikā-Mālatī-Jātī-Campaka-Aśoka-Śatapatra-Pūgakuḍmalī-Punnāga-Kahlāra-Mukhya-Sarvartu-Kusumamālā SamarpaṇamA Garland Of Fresh Flowers is offered To The Divine Mother.
17Bhūṣaṇa Maṇḍapa PraveśamThe Divine Mother Enters The Chamber Of Ornaments.
18Bhūṣaṇa Maṇḍapa MaṇipīṭhopaveśanamThe Divine Mother Is Seated Upon The Gem Throne Of The Chamber Of Ornaments.
19Navamaṇi MakuṭamThe Crown Of Nine Gems Is Placed Upon The Divine Head Of Maa.
20CandraśakalamA crescent-moon ornament is fitted centrally into the front Of Maa’s Divine Crown of Nine Gems.
21SīmantasindūramSindoor Is Set In The Divine Hair Parting Of Maa.
22TilakaratnamThe Tilak Is Set Upon The Divine Forehead Of Maa.
23KālāñjanamKohl Is Applied To The Divine Eyes Of Maa.
24VālīyugalamThe Pair Of Ear Drops is offered To The Divine Mother.
25MaṇikuṇḍalayugalamGem Earrings are offered To The Divine Mother.
26NāsābharaṇamThe Nose Ring is offered To The Divine Mother.
27AdharayāvakamPaste Is Applied To The Divine Lips Of Maa.
28Prathama BhūṣaṇamThe Mangalsutra is offered To The Divine Mother.
29Kanaka CintākamA Necklace Of Gold is offered To The Divine Mother.
30PadakamThe Pendant is offered To The Divine Mother.
31MahāpadakamThe Great Pendant is offered To The Divine Mother.
32MuktāvalīA Chain Of Pearls is offered To The Divine Mother.
33EkāvalīThe Chain Of Twenty-Seven Pearls is offered To The Divine Mother.
34ChannavīramThe Channaveera Ornaments are offered To The Divine Mother.
35Keyūrayugala CatuṣṭayamThe Four Armlets are offered To The Divine Mother.
36ValayāvalīBangles are offered To The Divine Mother.
37ŪrmikāvalīRings are offered For The Divine Fingers Of Maa.
38KāñcīdāmaThe Waist Girdle is offered To The Divine Mother.
39KaṭisūtramThe Waist Thread is offered To The Divine Mother.
40SaubhāgyābharaṇamThe Auspicious Waist Ornament is offered To The Divine Mother.
41PādakaṭakamAnklets are offered At The Divine Feet Of Maa.
42RatnanūpuramAnklets Of Gems are offered At The Divine Feet Of Maa.
43PādāṅgulīyakamToe Rings are offered At The Divine Feet Of Maa.
44PāśamThe Sacred Noose Is Placed In The Upper Left Hand Of The Divine Mother.
45AṅkuśamThe Sacred Goad Is Placed In The Upper Right Hand Of The Divine Mother.
46Puṇḍrekṣu CāpamThe Sugarcane Bow Is Placed In The Lower Left Hand Of The Divine Mother.
47PuṣpabāṇamThe Flower Arrows Are Placed In The Lower Right Hand Of The Divine Mother.
48Śrīman Māṇikya PādukeThe Ruby Sandals are offered At The Divine Feet Of Maa.
49Sva Samāna Veṣābhir Āvaraṇa Devatābhiḥ Saha MahācakrādhirohaṇamThe attendants Of The Divine Mother are adorned in like splendour.
50Kāmeśvarāṅkaparyaṅka UpaveśanamThe Divine Vigraha Of Maa Is Placed In the divine lap of lord kameswara.
51AmṛtāsavacaṣakamThe Cup Of Divine Nectar is offered To The Divine Mother.
52ĀcamanīyamThe Water Of Āchamana is offered To The Divine Mother.
53KarpūravīṭikāThe Betel Leaf With Camphor is offered To The Divine Mother.
54ĀnandollāsahāsamThe Joyful Divine Laughter Of Maa Is Beheld.
55MaṅgalārtikamThe Auspicious Ārti is offered To The Divine Mother.
56ChatramThe Royal Umbrella is offered To The Divine Mother.
57CāmaramThe Chāmara Fan is offered To The Divine Mother.
58DarpaṇamThe Mirror is held before The Divine Vigraha Of The Divine Mother.
59TālavṛntamThe Palm-Leaf Fan is offered To The Divine Mother.
60GandhamSacred Sandal Paste is offered To The Divine Mother.
61PuṣpamFlowers are offered At The Divine Feet Of Maa.
62DhūpamSacred Incense is offered To The Divine Mother.
63DīpamThe Sacred Lamp is offered To The Divine Mother.
64NaivedyamThe Sacred Food is offered To The Divine Mother, to seek Divine Blessings.In adi traditions, the whole ritual could have been completed with only “rice” and “deepa”, and in some only mentally. In tantric tradition reality is manifested from subtle dimension. And just as “MahaYaga” performed mentally, all offerings are ultimately mental, when initiated, regardless of physical movements.
These sixty-four Offerings, the Chatushshasti Upachara, are drawn from the temple’s own teaching on the 235th Divine Name, “Chatushshasti Upacaradhya”. Read the full teaching →
