Now we are ready to invoke Shiva and offer Upachaaraas (reception with reverence). With folded hands, focus on the picture of the deity as you chant the following:

Om Sri Parameshwaraaya namaha     Om I salute Shiva Parameshwara

Now offer a few grains of akshata with your right hand such that the grains fall on the picture gently as you chant.

Om Sri Parameshwaraaya namaha aavaahanam samarpayaami

I offer an invocation to you Offer akshata as before such that the grains fall on the altar as you chant

Om Sri Parameshwaraaya namaha aasanam samarpayaami

I offer a seat for you.

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