NITHYANANDOTSAVAM DAY 3 CHRONICLE OF THE MOST AUSPICIOUS FESTIVAL OF KAILASA On day 3 of the NITHYANANDOTSAVAM, the ritual, Shankabhishekam, was performed for the Archavatara of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism, in the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam Shankhabhishekam is the worship of The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism invoking Him in the sacred fire Shivagni, and the sacred waters energized and sanctified in the Dakshinavarta Shankha. Dakshinavarta Shankhas are the conches which have the opening in the right hand side. This is a very rare variety of shankha conch. During the first cycle of creation krita yuga, there was a huge great event called the churning of the milky ocean. The devas and the asuras together churned the milky ocean. So many precious sacred things got manifested from the milky ocean. Conch also got manifested. Hence conch is one of the sacred materials in the sanatana Hindu Dharma. The water poured into the conch literally becomes amrita. It is extremely sacred. Also one can hear the sound of eternal pranava nada in the conch. The conch reverberates with the Cosmic sound OM. In this seva the sacred waters are energized and sanctified through the powerful veda agamic mantras making HDH manifest in the Shivagni. HDH Swamiji who is thus manifested in the Shivagni is circuited to 300 rare auspicious sacred right hand conches. The Sacred Amritafied waters from the 300 conches is offered onto the Archavatara of His Divine Holiness Swamiji thereby merging the manifestations of HDH Swamiji in the 300 Conches into the Archavatara of HDH Swamiji in the Grabha Griham of Sri Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devasthanam Paramashiva in the Amshumadaga speaks of the benefits of the Shankhabhishekam #nithyanandotsavam #jayanti #nithyananda #festival #hindu #ritual