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Family ritual index

Thenkalai Sama Veda

Daily Sandhyāvandanam and annual Upākarma observances.

Daily

Sandhyāvandanam
  1. 01 Prātaḥ Sandhyāvandanam Morning Sandhyāvandanam Before or near sunrise · Face East
  2. 02 Mādhyāhnikam Midday Sandhyā Near solar noon · Sama Veda sequence
  3. 03 Sāyaṁ Sandhyāvandanam Evening Sandhyāvandanam At or shortly before sunset · Face West

Annual

Upākarma observances
  1. 04 Gayathri Japam 1008-count Mahāmantra Japam Grihastha two-thread procedure · 75 slides
  2. 05 Avani Avittam Sama Veda Upākarma Kāmokārṣīt Japam, thread change, and Utsarjana Tarpaṇam