Rudrabhishek in Rajgir (रुद्राभिषेक)
the abhishek of Shiva with the Rudram, kept in the Shaiva tradition
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- ₹5,499
Packages and prices in Rajgir
| Basic | ₹5,499 |
|---|---|
| Standard | ₹6,399 |
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- Pandit fee
- Paid to the named pandit who performs the ritual.
- Samagri
- The items the ritual needs, itemised when the package includes them.
- Travel
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- Temple charge
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- GST
- Tax charged as the law requires, shown separately.
- Duration
- 2.5 hrs
- Pandits
- 2
- Venue
- temple
- Samagri included
- yes
About Rudrabhishek
Rudrabhishek is the bathing of the Shiva linga while the Rudram is recited, and the recitation is what distinguishes it from an ordinary abhishekam. The Sri Rudram from the Yajurveda is chanted through the pouring — eleven times over in the full ekadasha form — with water, milk, curd, ghee, honey and water again.
Bilva leaves are laid on the linga through it, offered underside up and in threes. It is kept on Mondays, on the monthly Shivratri, through Shravan, and at Mahashivratri; it is done at a temple more often than at home, because the linga is usually the temple's. Two and a half hours.
Keeping a rite in Rajgir
Rajgir is a pilgrimage town for three traditions at once and a small residential one underneath. Rites for visitors are kept at the kunds and at the hill shrines; rites for the town's own households are kept at home, in Magahi, on the Magadh calendar.
The hot springs are the town's ritual centre, and bathing there is a step in a rite rather than an amenity. The Malamas fair in the intercalary month is the one period when the site is too full to plan anything around.
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