UPACHAARAAS

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

Om Sri Sooryanaaraayana swamine namaha

Om I salute the Sun God 

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 Sooryanaaraayana swamine 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 Sooryanaaraayana swamine namaha

aasanam samarpayaami

I offer a seat for you

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