1982- First Puja Set and First Worshiped Deities

Archives of Sovereign Details
Date/Year	1982
Origin of Item	Pushpa Samadhi
Item Type	Artefact
Item Dimensions
Item Material	Brass
Age of SPH	4.
Associated Guru	NA
Location	Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, South India
Role in the Revival of KAILASA	The first puja set owned by SPH and deities which were directly offered worship by SPH for the longest time, since the age of 4. This first puja set is the symbol of SPH's continuous work toward the revival of the temple sciences through KAILASA.
Associated Kingdom	Kailasa Paramparagatha Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam

This is the first set of puja vessels and the earliest deities which was worshipped by the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism. In Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, Paramashiva Himself teaches how to manifest supreme consciousness through puja. Through the divine life of The Avatar, Paramashiva has taught the very same through His own example by living it.

Power: Manifest powers through pure devotion, become Shiva Shaastra Pramana: Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra, sutra 121, dhāraṇa 96

' bhaktyudrekādvirak-tasya yādṛiśī jāyate matiḥ | sā śaktiḥ śāṅkarī nityaṁ bhāvayettām tataḥ śivaḥ || 121 ||

96. By the intensity of devotion or pure love for the Divine, when the detachment arises in your mind beyond the intellect, that is the shakti of Shānkari, the power of Divine Consciousness. The intellect (mati) is transformed into the divine consciousness. Then, by the constant space of devotion, you will become one with Shiva.

This base on which the deities are seated is called Pillayar manai (in Tamil, meaning base on Ganesha sits). The deities have been collected over the years from age 4 by The Avatar.

Ganesha deity made of stone, that The Avatār personally offered pūjā (worship) to since age 4. The cloth around the deity is what He adorned the deity with as a child, preserved till date. This deity He picked from His mother's marriage trousseau she was gifted by her parents. It was customary to give deities for pūjā alongwith personal household items to the daughter when giving her away in marriage.

Metal Ganesha deity, a part of The Avatar's personal worship altar from the age of 4

"A set of five deities that The Avatār has worshipped the longest time till date. Even today, these deities travel with Him worldwide and receive personal pūjā offering from His own hands.

This set comprises (from left to right): Shiva Linga - the first ever linga that The Avatār possessed, that He worships as Annamalayar, the presiding deity of Tiruvannamalai, His birthplace, Kumkum (vermillion) box, Devi Meenakshi, Devi Bhuvaneshwari, Ganesha and Nandi.

Of these, Meenakshi and Annamalayar are His ishta devatās (favourite deities) from young age. All these deities are just an inch or two tall, enough to fit in His hands even when He was four years of age.

Nandi (sacred bull of Lord Shiva), worshipped by The Avatar since the age of 4

The very first Shiva Linga that The Avatar owned (with the snake hood). He worshipped this as Annamalayar, the presiding deity of Tiruvannamalai, His birthplace.

Meenakshi deity (made of metal) that receives puja (worship) personally by The Avatar from age 4 till date. This is part of the first set of deities The Avatar had and worshipped from age 4. He picked it from his mother's marriage trousseau gifted to her by her parents. It was customary to gift deities and puja (worship) items as well, when giving away the daughter in marriage.

Ganesha deity (made of metal) that receives puja (worship) personally by The Avatar from age 4 till date. This is part of the first set of deities The Avatar had and worshipped from age 4. He picked it from his mother's marriage trousseau gifted to her by her parents. It was customary to gift deities and puja (worship) items as well, when giving away the daughter in marriage

This brass bell, The Avatār picked from His mother's marriage trousseau she was gifted by her parents. It was customary to give deities and pūjā offering items along with personal household items to the daughter when giving her away in marriage. This is part of the first ever pūjā (worship) set The Avatār had. The design of this bell is used as a model while making bells for the temples of ShriKailasa today.

Brass naivedyam (food) offering bowl for The young Avatār to offer food to His deities.

Stone Nandi (sacred bull of Paramaśiva) that The Avatār picked from His mother's marriage trousseau that her parents gifted her. This is the first ever Nandi deity worshipped by The Avatār.

Devi deity worshipped by The Avatār from age 4. Devi is the embodiment of the Universal Divine Feminine Consciousness, worshipped as the Universal Mother energy.

Metal waterpot - a pūjā (worship) offering item. This was what He to store and offer water while performing pūjā.

This arati offering (camphor offering) stand. This is part of the first ever pūjā (worship) set The Avatār had.

Devi Bhuvaneshwari (embodiment of the Universal Mother energy), a small metal deity that receives worship from the Avatar since age 4 till date..