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Shilanyas
Vidhi
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Preparations for the beautifully
decorated foundation pit
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Flower festoons decorate
the foundation pit
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A carpet of rose petals
on the pathway to foundation pit
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Beautiful backdrop
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Materials for Shilanyas
ceremony
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Decorated arti
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Swamishri descends to
the Shilanyas 'gart' (pit)
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Swamishri performs pujan
of Thakorji
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Shila to be placed in
center of pit
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Doing pujan of the shilas
(stones) symbolizing the gods of earth with rice grains, kumkum and
flowers
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Swamishri pours water
in the center of pit
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... during Shilanyas vidhi
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Placing coins in the center
of pit
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Swamishri places the Nidhikumbh
in the center of the foundation pit
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Swamishri pours cement
into the pit
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Placing a golden ruler
on the bricks
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Doing pujan of shovel
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Doing pujan of a ruler
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Swamishri performs arti
of Shilanyas ceremony
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Swamishri splits a coconut
on the sacred bricks
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Lord Harikrishna Maharaj
on the Shilanyas pit
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Performing pujan of stone
plaque
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