{"id":292,"date":"2018-01-31T12:33:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2018-02-27T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:40:14","slug":"inside-the-mandir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/practice\/worship\/inside-the-mandir\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside: The Mandir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2bd894dbf2e4bf2c4acf98ce4fbf94aa '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Inside the Mandir<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1004\" src=\"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/inside1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"104\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main hall in the Sanatan Mandir, Leicester<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A <em>mandir<\/em> has many internal features, which one can fully appreciate only by visiting. Below we list what we might experience on entering a temple. Some <em>mandirs<\/em> have fewer facilities, and others far more. The more elaborate are often part of an entire complex that includes residential quarters, guest rooms, and educational facilities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Racks for shoes (sometimes manned in larger temples)<\/li>\n<li>The fragrance of incense<\/li>\n<li>Main hall (temple room)<\/li>\n<li>Bell to ring upon entry \u2013 to announce one&#8217;s arrival to the deity<\/li>\n<li>Pictures\/posters of saints, deities, and associated stories\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1005\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1005\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1005\" src=\"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/inside2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"212\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clockwise from Bottom-left):<br \/>Worshippers taking off their shoes upon entering the temple<br \/>Ringing the bell on entering the temple room<br \/>Two girls taking Charanamrita (holy water) after taking darshan<br \/>Placing money in the donation box after the arti ceremony<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Hindu symbols<\/li>\n<li>Musical instruments \u2013 including drums, cymbals, harmonium<\/li>\n<li>Sacred books \u2013 for reading and giving lectures<\/li>\n<li>Main shrine (at the front); often many smaller shrines, usually to the sides<\/li>\n<li>Donation box before the shrine<\/li>\n<li><em>Murtis<\/em> within the shrine areas<\/li>\n<li><em>Charanamrita<\/em> (holy water in a bowl near the altar)<\/li>\n<li><em>Prasada<\/em>, sacred food, handed to worshippers at the altar, or as they leave<\/li>\n<li>Priest or priests<\/li>\n<li>Kitchen and dining area<\/li>\n<li>Auditorium for music, drama, dance, and other cultural performances<\/li>\n<li>Shop selling religious artifacts, books, and other religious souvenirs.<\/li>\n<li>The temple administrative office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1005,"parent":17,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[36,78,91,73],"class_list":["post-292","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ashram","tag-deity","tag-mandir","tag-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":994,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/292\/revisions\/994"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}