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  Welcome November 12, 2011 14:16

  1) First blowing the conchshell three times outside of the deity room

  2) Then offering dhupa incense (three sticks).

  3) Then offer an ekadipa with karpura (one large ghee wick with camphor)

  4) Then pancha pradipa. Five ghee wicks

  5) Then a small conchshell with water.

  6) Then a handkerchief.

  7) Then a fragrant flower.

  Then the peacock fan, but not in the winter months.

  9) Then the camara fan.

  Then outside of the deity room, the conchshell is blown three times

  I hope this helps

  With regards,

  Yours in Srila Prabhupada’s service

  Yasoda nandana dasa
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  Welcome August 29, 2011 15:53
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  Welcome June 11, 2011 2:29

  Indoor fire sacrifice

   

  
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  Welcome May 31, 2011 13:58

  Purity of foods and offering when out;

  6 October, 1968
  68-10-06

  My Dear Brahmananda,

  
  Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Oct. 1, 1968, and some of the important points that you have tried to discuss, I am replying as follows: The first thing is that in the meeting of Dr. Spock, you should eat there. But you simply eat vegetarian dishes, like fruits, nuts, boiled potato, biscuit, milk, etc., and remembering Krishna.

  As you will pay for the dinner, for the fooding, you can offer them to Krishna within your mind, then eat them as Krishna Prasadam. Any foodstuff when it is paid for, it becomes purified. There is a verse in Vedic literature, Drabyamulyena Suddhati. The source of receipt of the thing, may be not very good, but if one pays for it, it becomes purified.

  So, vegetable diet when it is paid for, you can offer it in your mind to Krishna and take it. But this Drabya means eatables, and eatables meaning vegetables, grains, milk, flowers, fruits; meat is not considered an eatable—it is considered untouchable.
   
  Just like if somebody purchases some stool, that does not mean it is now purified. So meat is like that. This Drabya means vegetables, etc. And this Drabyamulyena Suddhati is only in special cases like this.

  It is not to done ordinarily, or unless in special circumstance. We should prepare our own foodstuff and offer as much as possible, of course.

   
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  Welcome April 1, 2011 5:30

  if you have several photos of the same temple, altar, or deities, kindly add as discussion.

  If but individual items, then the comments section is ok.  Thanks ! Om Gonesh. Hare Krishna AGTSP !