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27 foreign devotees perform special rituals
The Morning Standard
|January 13, 2024
IN a first for the Guruvayur Sree Krishna temple, a group of 27 foreign devotees -- belonging to France, Germany, Australia and Brazil -- offered 'thulabharam' there on Friday morning.
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They performed the famed ritual using the water from the manikinar (holy well) located on the eastern side of the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Comprising men and women, the foreign devotees are disciples of Mauni Yogi Harinarayanan of the Sai Sanjeevani Trust in Guruvayur and have been practising Hindu rites and rituals for the past 15 years, said Sajeev Kumar N K, a person acquainted with the group.
Sita Leite, from France, told this newspaper that it was an exceptionally interesting experience. "At the moment of offering the weight of my body...
how symbolic this is... I could easily surrender myself to Lord Krishna and felt lifted.
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