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1. Pavitreekaran (Purification)
2. Aachamana(sipping water)
3. Shikha bandhanam (Tying the knot)
4. Pranayama(Breath control)
5. Nyasa (Super-imposition)
1. Pavitreekaranam(purification):
2. Aachamana:
Take three spoonfuls of water and sip it three
times. With every sip, chant Gayatri mantra. The meaning of
these 3 aachamana is to symbolize the intake of three types
of energies latent in Gayatri. They are the
Hreem – The power of wisdom
Shreem – The power of plenty
Kleem - The power
3. Shikhabandhanam:
The place where shikha (the tuft of hair at
the top of head) is kept must be touched with wet fingers by
chanting Gayatri mantra. This is to awaken the powers latent
in the hundred petaled lotus (Sahasrara Chakra) present in
our Bramha Randhra. Those who have no hair at that place
should touch it with wet fingers.
4. Pranayama:
c) Now, exhale the air slowly from both nostrils. Repeat the
bhargho devasya dheemahi part of the mantra and imagine
that,
The divine prana has destroyed all my sins and
impurities and is expelling them from body so that I
remain fresh and powerful. The time taken for this
rechaka must be equal to that of pooraka, which is the time
taken to inhale.