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srimathe raamaanujaaya namaha
srimath varavara munaye namaha
sri annan thiruvadigale saranam

Dear Sriman Vishnu and other Bhagavathas,

>From one of the kalakshepams by my swami, I was fortunate enough to 
know about the purpose of samprokshanam of temples. I am explaining 
whatever I've understood. Please feel free to correct / comment the 
same.

There are 3 types of shakthi that an archaa moorthy in temples 
possess.
a. aavirbhaava shakthi
This is the shakthi which is possessed by the archaa moorthy at the 
time of arrival to that particular place on earth(the place is 
nothing but the temple). This shakthi never deteriorates. It is 
place specific and hence doesn't change even if the idol is replaced 
by another.

b. aaraadhanaa shakthi
This is the shakthi that comes into the archa moorthy when 
proper "thiruaaradhanam" is performed at the temples. The 
thiruaaradhanam is nothing but the way in which we invite the lord 
to be with us and keep him with us. We treat him as one of our 
family members. We wake him up in the morning, clean his teeth, give 
him breakfast, make him take bath (snaanaasanam), decorate his hair, 
dress him up (alankaaraasanam), give him sumptuous meal
(bhojyaasanam) and eat after he eats the same and then take him to 
bed (paryangaasanam). If I am right, the manthraasanam is performed 
to keep him "live" inside the archaa moorthy. (the words he, him 
refers to the entire family of sriman naaraayanaa i.e samastha 
parivaaraaya sarvamangala vigrahaaya sriman naaraayanan)
When, the aaraadhanaa is not performed properly or if there are any 
defects in aaraadhanam(lopam in sanskrit), then, once in 12 years, 
the defects are patched by means of a process called Samprokshanam. 
During this time, appropriate rituals are performed like cleaning up 
the house of perumal(temple) so that it is reside-able for him. Even 
the archaa moorthy's existing aaraadhana and anushtana shakthi are 
transferred to water and is kept in a kalasam. After all the clean-
ups are performed the shakthi is restored back into the archaa 
moorthy.

c. and the shakthi due to aachaara/anushtaanam
This is the shakthi that is added to the archa moorthy via 
performance of vedic rituals, homams, yagnas etc and vedic / 
prabandham recitations. When lopam(defect) occurs in this 
anushtaanaa, once an year, the Pavithrotsavam is performed. This 
utsavam patches up all the ritualistic defects and the decrease in 
the manthra shakthi. In tamil there is a word called "uru" that 
means count. When manthras from vedas and pasurams from prabandhams 
are chanted in large counts, that itself adds a power to the goal of 
chanting. If the chanting is for something like a siddhi, one 
attains that result. When chanting is done in places like temples, 
for bhagavadh anubhavam, perumal comes with more vigor and stays in 
the archa vigraham. 

Mistakes are solely mine due to my agyaana while the credit for all 
the valuable information goes to my swamy.

sarva aparaadhaan kshamasva

adiyen,
raamaanuja daasan

--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Vishnu" <vsmvishnu@xxxx> wrote:
> Dear Sriman Padmanabhan and other learned members,
> 
> What is the specific purpose of samprOkshaNam of temples? What is 
the 
> procedure involved (apart from chanting tamil/sanskrit vEdas)?
> 
> rAmAnuja dAsan
> Vishnu





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