Cid Vaibhava dasa & Lajjavati devi dasi - Auckland, New Zealand
last updated 27th February 2013

By Their Divine mercy we have stone deities of Lord Balaji and Srimati Padmavati, Gopalji salagram sila, metal deities of Rukmini and Vithala and metal deities of Nitai Gaura

 The pics below are from the installation of Padmavati thayar
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1. Padmavati thayar

2. Pots for panchamrta snanam

3. Paraphernalia for thayar’s first abhisekam

4. Pots with pancamrta

5. Candrakoti mataji making all arrangements to greet thayar

6. Saubhagya Sundari mataji readying Lord Balaji for His abhisekam

7. Padmavati thayar

8. Saubhagya Sundari mataji with full concentration

9. Lords Gauranga and Nityananda get ready for Their abhisekam. Sri Sri Rukmini Vithal and Gopalji sila in the background.

10. Jasmine flowers and Lotus oil for thayar

11. Padyam, acamaniyam, argyam

12. Saubhagya Sundari mataji and Lajjavati dd readying Lord Balaji for His abhisekam

13. Cid Vaibhava Dasa preparing idlis for offering and Mahavan Dasa getting all the paraphernalia ready for the ceremony

14. Rathangapani Das (Lajjavati’s father)

15. Khela Tirtha prabhu doing kirtan

16. Perumal’s lotus feet

17. Padmavati thayar

18. Saubhagya Sundari mataji getting thayar ready for Her abhisekam

19. Padmavati thayar

Khela Tirtha prabhu and his friend sing like gandharvas for the pleasure of Their Lordships. Padma Sambhava prabhu chanting intensely in the background.

22. Saubhagya Sundari mataji and Candrakoti mataji

Perumal and Nitai Gaura ready for Their abhisekam

Perumal and Nitai Gaura ready for Their abhisekam

24. Candrakoti mataji inviting thayar for Her abhisekam

25. Candrakoti mataji offering argyam to the deities

26. Saubhagya Sundari mataji untying thayar’s eyes

27. Thayar’s beautiful, smiling lotus face

28. Candrakoti mataji offering prayers

29. Mahavan Das chanting the Purusasuktam

30. Candrakoti mataji offering argyam to thayar

31. Thayar and little Gopalji

32. Saubhagya Sundari mataji offering a garland to thayar

33. Mahavan Das purifying the pancamrta pots

34. Gopalji salagram sila

35. Thayar’s beautiful, smiling lotus face

36. Their Lordships awaiting abhisekam

37. Nitai Gaura Haribol!

38. Touching thayar with a silver wand - netra unmilanam (opening eyes) and pran pratistha (breathing life to the Archa-vigraha)

39. Cid Vaibhava Das and Lajjavati dd rubbing scented oil on Perumals

Rubbing lotus oil on thayar


 

offering fragrant oils

offering fragrant oils

offering fragrant oils

offering fragrant oils

offering fragrant oils

Yogurt abhisekam

49. Milk abhisekam for perumal

Milk abhisekam

50. Perumal’s beautiful lotus face

Ghee abhisekam

Ghee abhisekam

Honey abhisekam

Honey abhisekam

Honey abhisekam

56. Wonderful kirtan

57. Milk abhisekam for Gopalji salagram

58. Yummy caranamrtam

Sugar water abhisekam

Sugar water abhisekam

61. Villakku (ghee lamp)

62. Water pots for the deities

63. Padyam, acamaniyam, argyam

64. Bathing brush made from hair on cow’s tail

Bathing thayar

Bathing thayar

Bathing thayar

Bathing thayar

aromatic agarbhattis to please the Lord

70. Balaji being wiped down

Devotees bathing thayar

Devotees bathing thayar

Devotees bathing thayar

Devotees bathing thayar

Devotees bathing thayar

76. Little Gayatri fanning thayar with the chamara with full concentration

all the deities after the abhisekam

Padmavati thayar dressed in her alankaram

Sri Balaji with full alankarams

Sri Sri Balaji & Padmavati thayar

guru-parampara and Srila Prabhupad murthy

Balaji darshan

Gopalji Saligram on His asana

ecstatic Sri Sri Nitai and Gaura

Srimati Padmavati thayar giving ashirvadam blessings

Sri Balaji with His Sangu Chakram alankaram

jai Sri Balaji perumal

Srimati Padmavati thayar


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