1. At the temple of ‘Ganesha’ when we chant the slokams ‘Suklam Bharadharam’ we strike our head with our knuckles. Is there any count to do this or are we to do this till we finish the entire chanting of the sloka?

2. Can we perform Archana to lord Ganesha with the Thulasi? (Basil)

3. What is the procedure to do Abhishekam (Holy Bath) to lord Shiva and what are the twelve items can be used for this purpose?

4. Are we to do daily ‘Abhishekam’ to the idols we worship at our house?

5. Which is better to use, whether ghee or oil to light lamp in temples?

6. When we don’t get a specific mantra for a specific deity for Archana can we chant the mantras of other deities during archana?

7. During Dhanur masa pooja we do nivedhanam before sun rise. Can we consume this after the sunrise? Will it not be affected with ‘Yadayama Dosham’? (Impurity for old stuffs).

8. Is it essential that Samprokshanam (Installation ceremony) has to be performed for a newly bought Salagramam before starting the daily pooja at our house?

9. Is there any set rule to pluck the Basil leaves from the plant and to do archana with Basil Leaves?

10. Is there any sloka to pluck the Bilva leaf from the tree?

11. Can we do homams during evenings and night times?

12. When you start ‘Aupaasanam’ with a fresh fire, do you need to do the homam for previous day evening along with todays morning homam?

13. What is Thila Homam? Can we do this at our house?

14. Why do we do ‘Prathyangara Homam’?

15. Some people say that it is good to create the fire out of churning the logs of papal tree against each other and to do the marriage from this fire and to start Aupasana Homam from the same fire. Is it correct?

16. I am very eager to get an Upadesham of a manthra.Which is the right time for it?

17. It is essential that only through Guru, we should initiate the mantra and do the japam of the same?

18. What happens if we change the swaram or letters of mantras? Is it not enough that we chant these mantras with pure heart?

19. What are the types of seating we can use for doing manthrajapam? Can you explain the different results of various seating?

20. How to do Pradakshinam in temples? What is the number of Pradakshinams for different Gods?

21. What is Somasutra Pradakshinam? And How to do the same?

22. Can we do pradakshinam with Chappals on our feet?

23. Why do, we do the early morning pooja in all temples only during Margazhi month (Dhanur Masya)?

24. In our temples, after the daily pooja ends, and when we tell Swasthi Vachanam what we have to say in Sanskrit? To attain world peace, plenty of water, lot of pooja, homams and total welfare of the people of our country and as well as for the world?

25. Can ladies do pranayamam?

26. During Navarathri, can ladies do pooja alone for Devi?

27. Can ladies do parayanam of Srimad Ramayanam and Bhagavatham etc?

28. Can females have manthropadesam from an Acharya? How to decide, the manthram for their japam?

29. What is Sashtanga Namaskaram? Can ladies do this type of namaskaram?

30. Can ladies do panchakshara Manthra japam alone?

31. On which days ladies can change their Sacred Thread of Mangalyam?

32. Can a wife call her husband by name?

33. Is there any specific manthram