KERALA TEMPLES

1. KARAGRE VASATHE (BEFORE OPEN YOUR EYES IN THE MORNING) Karaagre Vasathe Lakshmi Kara Madhye Saraswathi Kara Moolethu Govinda  Prabhathe Karadarsanam. In the morning pray this prayer and you should have a respectful look at hands. The front part of the hand(ie. finger tip) are ascribed to goddess Lakshmi(the goddess of wealth).The middle part of hand(palm proper) ascribed to the Goddess Saraswathi( the goddess of learing/vidhya).And the root part(near the wrist) ascribed to God Govinda. We pray the god that we would do good things by our hands. 2. SAMUDRA VASANE (BEFORE TOUCHING YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR) Samudra Vasane Devi, Parvata Stana Mandale, Vishnupathni Namasthubhyam, Paada Sparsam Kshemaswa me . Meaning : O! Mother Earth ,who has the Ocean as clothes and mountains and forests on her body, who is the wife of Lord Vishnu ,I bow to you ,Please forgive me for touching you with my feet.  More   ..           ...