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Mandala Puja 2025: Mandala Puja is a very sacred and religious festival in South India, especially celebrated at the famous Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in Kerala. Mandala Puja is dedicated to Lord Ayyapa, which marks the end of the 41 day long period of chanting, penance and meditation.
In the Malayalam calendar, this fast starts from the first day of Scorpio month and ends on the 11th or 12th day of Sagittarius month and Mandala Puja is organized. Both Mandala Puja and Vilakku are very famous and grand religious events in Sabarimala temple, in which lakhs of devotees come to participate.
Let us know about when and on which day, puja auspicious time, puja method, rules and religious significance of Mandala Puja 2025.
When is Mandala Puja in 2025?
In the year 2025, Mandala Puja will be organized on Saturday, December 27, 2025. This very sacred festival marks the end of the 41-day period of penance and meditation of worshiping Lord Ayyapa.
This year Mandala Puja started from 17 November 2025 and will conclude on 27 December 2025 at Sabarimala Ayyapa Temple.
Mandala Puja 2025 auspicious time
- Brahma Muhurta from 5.23 am to 6.18 am
- Abhijit Muhurta from 12:02 pm to 12:43 pm
- Twilight time from 5:29 pm to 5:57 pm
- Tripushkar Yoga from 7.12 am to 09.09 am
Mandala puja method and material
The materials required for Mandala Puja are very simple, but it is very important to offer them with full devotion and devotion. The items used in puja are given below-
Photo or statue of Lord Ayyappa
- Yellow clothes or black dhoti for the fasting person
- sesame or coconut oil lamp
- camphor and incense sticks
- Flower
- intact
- turmeric or vermillion
- Panchamrit
- Coconut
- Seasonal fruits and sweets
- basil
- bail letter
- Ganga water
- Laddus, jaggery, gram or coconut for Prasad
Method of Mandala Puja 2025
Before the puja, devotees take a vow to fast for 41 days.
During this period one follows sattvik food and celibate life.
Devotees wear black or blue dhoti and maintain purity of body and mind.
Every morning, after taking bath, while meditating on Lord Ayyapa, Swamiya chants the Sharanam Ayyapa mantra.
Bhog and Aarti
- Coconut, jaggery, gram, fruits and Panchamrit are offered to Lord Ayyapa.
- Celibacy is strictly followed during the fast.
- During this period, eating meat, onion, garlic and tamasic food is prohibited.
- During this time one has to remain disciplined along with speaking the truth.
- Lord Ayyappa is worshiped every day after bathing twice in the morning and evening.
- During this fast, some devotees walk barefoot and sleep on the ground.
Importance of Mandala Puja
Mandala Puja, a very famous religious event of South India, is performed in the Sabarimala temple. On this special occasion, thousands of devotees from all over the country reach Sabarimala temple to have darshan of Lord Ayyapa. During Mandala Puja, the doors of the temple remain open for a long time so that the devotees can have darshan comfortably.
Mention of this puja can also be seen in ancient Malayalam Puranas. It is believed that whoever performs this puja regularly with devotion, good changes take place in his life. Apart from this, Lord Ayyapa fulfills all the wishes.
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