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mamaSri:

Dear All :

It  seems that I had sent in a e-mail ( Aug 14, 1997) on the subject of
what to eat and when to eat on Upaakarmaa Day.

A dear friend sent it to me .
I am sharing it with you .
V.Sadagopan

  
The tarpaNam done on UpAkarmA day is Rishi TarpaNam and 
not pithru tarpaNam . Hence no fasting is needed on that day . The one meal and 
the raathri palAhAram on UpAkarmA day is in preparation for the next day's 
Gayathri japam .  mantra Japam is performed after snAnam, pratha: SandhyA and 
SamithAdhAnam ( if a bachelor ) .New YajnOpaveetham has been recommended either 
before the start of Japam , if the YajnOpaveetham is not in good shape.Manthra 
Japam is followed by UpAkarmA that Sri Vijay Srinivasanis going to write about 
. it is common practise to eat Idly and  Appam after manthra Japam . Our 
achAryAs do not recommend wearing newpUNal and tarpaNam  and Adhyayana Homam 
after such heavy eating . They recommend that the sequence is (1) sananam 
(2)prAtha: SandhyA (3) YajnOpaveetha DharaNam , if needed (4) 
KamOkArsheethJapam by 1008 times . All of these to be done before six 
naazhikais after sunrise like all other prAyascchittha karmA . This japam 
isdone as indicated by Sri Vijay Srinivasan for not performing the 
VedOthsarjanam in Thisha PowrNami ( Thai month Full moon day ) .  The day ( 30 
Naazhikais from sun ise to sunset ) is split in to two parts ( purvAhNam and 
AparAhNam)  for us .KaamOkArsheeth Japam is to be done in the PurvAhNam and the 
UpAkarmA is to be done in AparAhNam after MaadhyAhnikam , bhagavadhArAdhanam , 
vaisvadEvam .Then one retires in the villages to the bank of a river or Swami 
PushkaraNI and jointly undertake the sankalpam with adhyAya upAkarma KarishyE ; 
as a part of that w esay," Tadhangam Yajnopaveetha DharaNam karishyE and follow 
it with Tadhangam SnAnam karishyE and after snAnam ,make the next sankalpam , " 
KhAnDa rishi tarpaNam karishyE .with wet cloth , Achamanam is performed , face 
north ,wear the pUNal as maalai , hold it with both thumbs and perorm tarpaNam 
with water containing rice(tandulam ) and Sesame seed in the standard manner . 
After that change into dry clothes and initate Adhyayana Homam prior to 
VedhArambham ( UpaakarmA ) . Adhyayana Homam is vital for the observance of 
UpAkarma , since the VedhArambham done at homa kaalam is why this ceremonyis 
called UpAkarmA . Sri Vijay Srinivasan will be covering thisaspect of the 
observance . Even in India , many do not performadhyayana homam , which removes 
the significance of UpAkarmA . Here , the best approach may be to join in a 
homamat the local temple . Now is the time to be rewarded with the feast of 
Idly and appam et al .


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