Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Courtesy: (Oppiliappan Koil Sri Varadachari Sadagopan Swami)
Step 10: Lâja Homam
This is ritual conducted immediately after Ammi Methikal. A ceremony offering puffed rice is on the sacred fire. The wife hold her hands together and her brother fill the cupped hands with puffed rice. The husband adds a drop of ghee to the puffed rice and recites five Veda mantras. At the end of each of the recitation, the puffed rice is thrown into the sacred fire as havis (offering) to Lord Agni. Through these mantras, the wife prays for long life of her husband and for a marriage filled with peace and harmony. At the end of the Lâja homam, the husband unties the Darbha (grass) tied already around the waist of his wife with another mantra. The husband states through this mantra that he unites his wife and ties her now with the bonds of Varuna and invites her to be a full partner in his life to enjoy the blessings of wedded life.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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