h344111
★★★★4.0Wrote on 12 Dec 2021
Historical, Fulfilling from an offering done for the departed soul.
I am writing this review for people who want to do Bali at this temple, as I did not find any detailing in any of the reviews or anywhere else. The history of the temple can be found elsewhere, hence let me get into the process of Bali straightaway. Bali is done on different days, there is 41 day bali, Maasa Bali (Monthly) & Aandu Bali (Yearly). The monthly and yearly i am told or rather understood that has to be done on same Thithi or Naal (for e.g., my dad passed away on Nov 25 (uthrattadhi) and yearly anniversary was on Dec 12th (Uthrattadhi). Now to the process 1. Try and reach the temple before 6 Am with all the people who are offering the Bali. 2. Tickets can be picked up from the counter either the day before evening or the same day when you reach (Remember, the queue can get very long on some days). 3. At the entrance on the left-hand side there is a shop, where you need to tell the details of the departed soul and they will give you the necessary things (mine cost me Rs.500). 4. You also should be dressed in a white mundu and have a thorth (white towel) with you. During the process of Bali, they will ask you to take a string from the Thorth, hence the thorth. 5. With all this, you then enter the temple and take right. 6. While there is nothing written anywhere, you can ask people and they will generally show you where to hand over the receipt. Depending on where it is free, you will be allocated a space. 7. There will be kindi's placed in the temple, take that fill water and keep it with you. 8. When they call your departed soul's name, go and occupy the place designated. 9. Clear instructions will be given for the process. 10. Post all process, you (along with all the others, so dont worry, there will be many), offer the pindams (it may vary from 2 to many depending on people offering Bali, I had 2, because i was the only one performing) to the 9 stones which is kept outside the entrance of the temple. You will then offer the rest to the river. Wash and come back to the place you offered Bali. 11. Go back to one of the halls adjoining the area where you offered the Bali and they will give you the receipt, basmam, flowers and if you had aalroopam back to you. 12. Take that and now go inside the temple and you will find priests offering pooja on left hand side, give that to them and they will do the needful. If you have an alroopam, he will do pooja and give back to you and you will have to go and give it at parasuraman sannithi. Take prasadam from there also (pushpanjali types). One huge advantage, no one pushes you to offer this Dakshina etc...in fact, at some places, I was told you can give it when you come back etc. So nothing is done from a money-minded point of view. This place has no instructions written, and hence for Keralites coming from outside Kerala or people having no knowledge about the process can be a little unwelcoming. I went in the day before and gathered some information (not all), from people around there, who were willing to take you through the process (although not in detail as I have mentioned). I wished that some one wrote in detail, hence this review.
