The eve of Pratishta. The Jeevakalasam is prepared — the very life-pot that will, tomorrow morning, carry the divine breath of Swami from the old idol into the new.
Shayya Pooja & Agni Jananam
The day begins with the Shayya Pooja — the preparation of the symbolic bed where the deity’s energy will rest before the great transfer. Agni Jananam (literally “the Birth of Fire”) follows: a ritual that ceremonially dissolves the old fire-energies of the previous consecration so the new flame can be born clean. Nothing of the deity is destroyed; what is dissolved are only the accumulated layers around it.
Samhara Tattva Homam
A fire offering whose name carries the word Samhara — dissolution. Where Day 4’s Tattva Homam built up the elemental principles within the deity, today’s Samhara Tattva Homam ritually dissolves the Tattvas that have been the home of the deity’s presence in the old idol. This is the formal release: the Tattvas are now free to migrate.
Jeevakalasa Pooja
The Jeevakalasam is the central vessel of the entire 11-day programme. Through this Pooja, the very life-breath of Swami — the Jeeva — is invited from the old idol into a sacred Kalasam (pot). The Kalasam is then carried in procession (Jeevakalasam Ezhunnallippu) and held in readiness for Pratishta morning.
Dhyanadhivasam
In the evening, the priest enters Dhyanadhivasam — a deep meditative state in which he visualises the deity’s form and verifies that the new Bimba (idol) is spiritually aligned to receive the Jeeva. Peetadhivasam and Adhivaasa Homam complete the preparation. The temple is now entirely prepared for the Pratishta at first auspicious nakshatra tomorrow morning.