Vannakkam,

Quote Originally Posted by jignyAsu View Post
In North, many do Namaskar (bowing down) by folding their legs before touching the ground... in South only ladies do it that way.
I did the same thing at my grandfather's 20th death anniversary prayers some years ago, in front of all relatives and guests. After showing the aarthi, with the sudam and sambrani and placing flowers at the photo altar, we were supposed to prostrate before applying the sacred ash. I've never seen my father doing prostration at the temple. And being young I couldn't remember seeing other men doing it at the temple too. I've only seen my mother doing the female version of prostration. So that was what I did. My cousins then couldn't stop reminding me that I did the female version. LOL


Aum Namah Shivaya