ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF VEDIC STUDIES     (EJVS)

Vol. 10 (2003)  Issue 1b (Sept.21)            (©) ISSN 1084-7561



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Fig. 1. Pota sprinkling the Soma with mantras at Apyayanam

Fig. 2  Erkkara Raman Nambudiri with pUrvaziKhA performing apyAyanam in 1975.

Fig. 3.  On the left, the akkitiri from 1990 holding hands with another
priest in the embrace of the sarpana cortege which consists, from left to
right, of adhvaryu, the two bearded sAmavedins looking to their right, the
yajamAna smiling and his brahman.  A helper with a basket looks on, baffled.

Fig. 4.  Members of the younger generation, including bespectacled
Sankaranarayanan

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