Thread by @zeneraalstuff

@strawsInTheWind sir had asked me to write about the tradition of Uzhavara Pani a few days back. Let me share the little I know. Uzhavarapani is a form of service where devotees take up the maintenance of temples as an offering to the deity. It is a form of Karma Yoga where /1

you take up the simplest of tasks, which anyone can do, namely sweeping, repair of wear and tear. Small town Tamil Nadu has many Uzhavara Kuzhus or volunteer groups that take this up. The Dharma Shastras place high merit on the following activities
- Maintaining groves /1

or nandavanams.
- Keeping water bodies clean and free of silt.
- Planting and maintaining shade giving trees along highways
A leading astrologer once told people, it doesn't matter what defects you carry in your horoscope. Doshas in a person's kundli are nothing but mala or /3

impurity carried over from past lives. Removing the dirt in a public place, such as watering plants, deweeding a nandavanam, cleaning a temple, desilting and cleaning a water body, cleaning a cowshed, serving food and water and cleaning the dining hall for shivan adiyaars or /4

sadhus are means of removing the mala or dirt in your lives by cleaning a public place. /END