[rathy]

hi, i just to know how to do the lime lamp? any special rules such as how many lamp ? day? time?

[meerajesh59]

Hi Rathy
I did the pooja with lime lamp for last 9 weeks. Procedure given here are what I followed. Friends if there is anything wrong please feel free to post it.

Procedure for making Lime lamp:

• Take a big lemon. wash it. cut it into half.
• Remove the juice. Dont use the juice.
• Turn the skin upside down. so that the smooth side goes inside.
• level the outer skin so that the lamp can sit properly.
• put santhanam and kumkum on the lamp
• So you have two lamps now.
• pour oil and put "Thiri"

Procedure for doing pooja:

• This can be done in any temple with Durga or amman sanathi
• But it can also be done at home
• for performing pooja, you can chant lalitha sahasranam, thrisathi or whaterver slokas you know about amman
• If you are doing pooja at home, Do some neivedhyam
• After chanting sloka, do arathi to amman

Best Days and time for doing pooja:

• Raghu kalam in Friday and Tuesday are best to perform this pooja

Note: If possible avoid nonveg, onion, garlic on those days

God Bless you!!!

[Chinju]

Hi Meena,
Thanks for sharing the procedure. I have a clarification. I am working and go early morning and come after 6 in the evening. Can I light the lime vilakku in the early mornings \ evenings at our house\amman temple, other than the ragu kalam?

Thanks,

[brindaarun]

I am also a working women, so i tried doing on Sunday 4.30 to 6 which is also a ragukalam in durga temple... First time when i went and saw at that time.. there was a huge crowd...
If that also doen't work out try in home itself...

[meerajesh59]

As Brinda said you can do it at home on sundays in ragu kalam

[Chinju]

Thanks Brinda and Meera. I shall try to do on Sunday's then.