Ritual Bao de Shivalinga Despus de los ritos prescritos en el Purana Shiva, cada tres horas, shivalingam se da un bao especial

con leche, yogur, miel, pasta de sndalo y agua de rosas. Puja, la meditacin y canto de Om Namah Shivaya acompaar el bao ritual. Tras el bao, la pasta de bermelln se aplica sobre la linga. Tradicionalmente, las hojas de un rbol de los bosques marmelos Egle (bilwa, maredu, la manzana de la madera) se utilizan para Shiva puja. Posteriormente, Bilwa hojas, que tienen que ser un tallo con tres hojas, se mantiene en la cima de la Shivalinga. Ber o fruto de azufaifo es una oferta especial a la de Dios en este da. Escarabajo de las hojas tambin son ofrecidos por algunos. Algunos tambin ofrecen bilwa hojas en la creencia de que la Diosa Lakshmi reside en ellos. Muchos devotos tambin decoran el linga con flores y guirnaldas, y ofrecer varitas de incienso y frutas.Importancia de los elementos de Puja Segn el Purana Shiva, hay un significado especial de los seis artculos puja esenciales utilizados en el culto a Shiva. Bao de Shivalinga con agua, leche y la miel y la manzana de madera o de hojas de bel aadido a la misma, representa la purificacin del alma. La pasta bermelln aplicado en la linga despus del bao ritual representa la virtud. Ofrenda de frutos simboliza la longevidad y la satisfaccin de los deseos. La quema de varitas de incienso produce riqueza. La iluminacin de la lmpara simboliza el logro de los conocimientos. La oferta de las marcas de las hojas de betel satisfaccin con los placeres mundanos. En esta ceremonia de adoracin al lingam, aquel que es el oficiante acaricia uno de piedra pulida, lo adorna con guirnaldas y traza con l, untado con pasta de sndalo amarillo, los signos rituales y simblicos. Durante toda la celebracin, el oficiante y los participantes cantan a coro, durante horas, OM NAMAH SHIVAYAH, arrojando al mismo tiempo flores y ptalos de flores sobre el lingam que queda casi cubierto con ellos. En el momento culminante, el oficiante vierte sobre el lingam un lquido blanco viscoso, hecho de leche y miel que corre lentamente por la piedra y se derrama en el arghya, para ser luego repartido entre los participantes, que lo beben con devocin. En ese instante, Shiva est presente en el lingam. Lord Shiva pooja every Monday will bless you with good wife / Husband - Lord Shiva bless us with Peace , prosperity and Harmony in family. "Om Lakshmi Ganapathaye Namah" Chant "Om Lakshmi Ganapathaye Namah " 108 times : First by praying Lord Ganesha we will gain blessings to do the Shiva Pooja regularly with devotion and Lord Ganesha also will bless us with peaceful Life , especially Prosperity and Harmony in family. All the time you do this pooja please chant "Om Namah Shivaaya" in mind or by lips. Lets say you travel to office or any place, immediately imagine that theres a shiva temple in your mind and you are offering

flowers to shiva lingam n chant "Om Namah Shivaaya" ... please see www.saipaadhalingam.com Lord Shiva website for more details on greatness of Shiva pooja by heart ... Have fruits ,juice or biscuts instead of break fast every Monday : Sairam Friends, Its written in the sacred Book Guru Charitra that a women who regularly does fasting on Mondays and worships Lord Shiva will be blessed with a Good Husband. For men who do fasting on mondays and do pooja to lord shiva, they will be blessed with good wife. I wish all children of God in india learns the importance of devotion in gaining blessings to get good life partner. So i am not asking you to do fasting as some people are able to do. All i request is please have tea, coffee, juice or some fruits like bananna in the morning of every Monday and offer your prayers to Lord Shiva. I write this because i dont want many who don't have habit of fasting to try this suddenly. Shirdi Sababa also has said that when we are in hunger how can we show devoton on God.So have little food/fruits and offer your prayers to Shiva lingam. You can have lunch and dinner as usual. Every Monday Pooja for Shiva Lingam : If possible get a statue of Shiva Lingam made of stone or marble. A little statue will do. If you live abroad etc its ok.Simple take print out of any Lord Shiva - Parvati photo by search google and keep with devotion offering flowers every monday and lighting lamps. For Devotees who has Statue of Shiva Lingam : Please perform Holy bath ( Abishekam) to lord shiva statue. See, you have to take some milk,honey and water in seperate vessels. Keep a small tub and a resting place for little Shiva Lingam. First Offer water, then Milk, again water, Honey, again water and then if you have Kumkum ( red sacred ash ) , please keep it over Shiva lingam along with Vibuthi. Light lamps to Lord Shiva : Lamps...lamps..lamps...the more lamps ( diya ) you light the better your life will be. You can see from what i wrote i have not written a sacred rituals based on scriptures etc. My goal is to simplify devotion so that every one in this fast world starts thier day with love on God. Hinduism is a beautiful religion but people stop their devotion just in doing pilgrimage to temples once ina while or they perform pooja rarely. Devotion to God must come from deep inside your heart. Its a personal factor. Thats why through StarSai.com i have given importance to Pooja. So once you did Holy bath to lord shiva , please light Lamps . I request you to light 2 lamps. Any day when you can take proper safety measures ,please keep a big steal tray and light 27 lamps or 108 lamps. Well, if you are in india, you can get earthern lamps to light so many lamps. If you live abroad next time you visit india, Get few brass lamps for yourself and also gift them to your friends and encourage them to regularly light lamps in their house. This is a great Seva. Shiva Lingam Pooja : Once again let me clarify once again all the time you do this pooja you can chant "Om Namah Shivaaya" with devotion on lord Shiva and Parvati devi. You can also chant any mantra you like about Lord Shiva . I shall try to provide few mantra in the days to come in saipaadhalingam.com Forgive me as its not a Shiva Pooja as explained in holy scriptures ..Its simplified one :

Sai ram friends, This is a Simple Shiva pooja written by a very ordinary Shiva bhakta. I am not a priest and don't have knowledge about vedas etc. So if you are able to gain knowledge about doing proper Lord Shiva pooja by reading any sacred pooja , i highly appreciate it. My intention is to make all indian youths have a spiritual track in their life.So tried to simplify Pooja for Shiva as i used to do. Well, i really don't fast friends. I am not able to . I do have friends who can fast all 3 times on mondays. So its personal thing. so instead of fasting , have fruits , juice etc.. Reminder of this Shiva pooja Step 1 - Prayer to Ganapathy by chanting "Om Lakshmi Ganapathaye Namah" Step 2 - Start Chanting "Om Namah Shivaya" Step 3 - Offer Holy Bath to shiva lingam ( if made of stone or marble ) or offer flowers to lord shiva parvati photo. Step 4 - Light 2 lamps ( only if u really cant get lamps u can light candles ) .Light 27 lamps and do a special pooja if you wish to show your love on Lord Shiva. Step 5- Every Monday where ever you go what ever you do, even if you are not able to do this pooja, Keep chanting in mind any mantra of Lord Shiva or chant "Om Namah Shivaaya" .."Om Naham Shivaaya." Om Namah Shivaaya"...