Temple Accounts Are Submitted To God Daily Madurai

God is treated as the head of the Family in Hindu families.

They are called Kula Deivam’ in Tamil, literal meaning, head of Clan.

Any auspicious ceremony at Homes is preceded by a Pooja to this Deity, be it a naming ceremony of the child , marriage.

I will be posting separately on this subject.

If God is being treated as the Head of the family at Home , what about the Temples where hundreds come worship and share their joys and sorrows?

So all respect that is due to the Head is being accorded to God, as one would to an Elder of the Family.

As such in temples there was and still is habit of presenting the daily accounts of the Temple to the reigning deity.

But there are exceptions, depending on the Sthala Purana (details of the origin of the Place).

But in most of the Temples the Account Submission id  done daily, in South India.

This is done after the Artha jama Pooja (10.30 pm), when God is sent to His bed room.

For those who are unaware of Hinduism’s treatment (!) of God as one of us, this might sound strange.

The Poojas are performed , the od and the goddess are led into their Bed room (பள்ளியறை) , after offering them boiled Cow’s Milk.( it will be distributed to the devotees, it will taste heavenly(அரவணைப்பால்)

i shall post on this Bed room aspect separately.

( seem to be committing for a lot of posts, hope I remember to write).

As soon as God enters the bed room, the accountant of the Temple  reads out the Accounts for the day before God and seeks his approval.

Then an Arati is performed and the bed room is closed.( Arati- a practice in which  some pieces of camphor is lit on a special plate and showed around God thrice to the chanting of mantras.)

This practice is being followed in Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple even to-day.