Ede snana was performed at the Sri Muchlukodu Subrahmanya Temple here on Thursday. Ten devotees including seven women and three men participated in the ritual.
Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Math had suggested ede snana as an alternative to the made snana ritual.
Ede snana was held for the second successive year at this temple, which comes under the Pejawar Math.
Under made snana, the devotees roll over the plantain leaves containing leftovers of meals consumed by Brahmins. This is opposed by many organisations and thinkers. In ede snana, devotees roll over the food offered to the deity (prasada) kept on plantain leaves.
Bharati, a resident of Kukkikatte, said she had been performing made snana for 18 years at Sagri Subrahmanya Temple and then ede snana at this temple here.
“For me, both are rituals, I do not find any difference between them. It is the devotion that is important. Due to performance of this ritual, a white patch which was earlier there on my head, has disappeared,” she said.
Sudha, a resident of Korangarapady, said that she had been doing made snana for four years and then ede snana for the last two years. “No one has forced me. I do it to get the blessings of the lord,” she said.
Seer’s reactionVishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Math, who had conceptualised ede snana, said it was not necessary to have a practice where devotees roll over the plantain leaves containing leftovers of meals of Brahmins.
Whereas the prasada over which the devotees rollfor ede snana is holy. “There will be no problem with ede snana,” he said. With made snana, there will always be arguments and controversy, he said.
“When I take over as the Paryaya Swami of Sri Krishna Math Temple in 2016, I will allow ede snana there during my Paryaya period of two years,” the seer said.
Meanwhile, around 15 to 20 persons participated in the made snana ritual performed at the Sri Subrahmanya shrine on the premises of the 800-year-old Sri Krishna Math/Temple here on Thursday.
