Helpful Tips - On Sri Chakra, Naga Pratishta, Exchange Of Clothes, Vermillion & Turmeric Powder (150)

This section Helpful Tips is all about Frequently Arising Questions. Sri Narendra Babu Sharma widely known as Brahmanda Guruji, share the knowledge on general topics and Hindu Sanathana Dharma in his Television Programme - Lakshmi Kataksha, telecasted in Kasthuri Kannada Channel, which i have put in this section. Guruji also share information of knowledge on Vasthu Shastra and lot of Helpful stuffs. Many People have lot of doubts on Hindu Sanathana Dharma, which is also covered in this section.
Please do ask a priest or elders, if you have any doubts in below, who knows very well about our customs and practices and clarify the same.

• Sri Chakra/Sri Yantra
  
  If you happen to have Sri Chakra/Sri Yantra at home, please offer pooja to it two times in a day. Few people keep Sri Chakra or any kind of Yantras given by any Vasthu consultant or friends in showcase or pooja room without offering any pooja to it. Always try to avoid keeping Chakra's or Yantra's at home, if you have them then don't keep them idle at home. Kindly offer the respective poojas to them. These days many Archaks/Purohits don't know how to perform Sri Chakra - Sri Yantra Nava Avarana Pooja.

• Naga Pratishta/Naga Devatha Prathista:
  
  There is a peculiar custom among the Hindus and this can be named as Naga Pratishta. It consists in the establishment of Naga or snake images made out of stone under the spreading branches of Ashwatha tree on the banks of the village tank. They established it with the enjoined religious rites and ceremonies.
  If you have done any Naga Pratishta to get rid of any kind of doshas, see to that you give visit to it frequently and offer poojas, if you are located close by. Else, give visit to it on any special occasions every year or twice in a year and offer your poojas without fail. Don't leave it dry, without any pooja offerings. It will leave your family dry without any happiness. Since you have established it, you have to take care of it well.

• Exchange Of Clothes:
  
  Don't exchange or swap the used clothes/dresses with any one, even with your brothers or sisters.

• Vermillion & Turmeric Powder In Pooja Room:
  
  Don't use the same Turmeric (Manjal in Tamil ; Arishina In Kannada) or Vermillion (Kungumam in Tamil ; Kumkuma in Kannada) powder for pooja purpose in pooja room and offering the same to female's visiting your home. Kindly use two different powders for these purposes. Don't keep the powders used for giving the female's visiting your home in pooja room.
  The Turmeric or Vermillion powders which you get after your religious journey (pilgrimage) is applicable only to your family members.