05-09-2006, 09:20 PM
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Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali feed a cow as part of the gau puja the ace batsman performed at the Kukke Subramanya temple, 45 km from Mangalore, on Monday. <b>The puja was done to overcome the sarpa dasha (the curse of the serpent) in his horoscope.</b> Sources in the temple trust said Sachinâs ancestors had apparently killed a cobra and the curse had to be rectified by a series of rituals, spanning two days<b>. Apart from the gau puja, Sachin performed the pinda prachana (offering rice in memory of the dead), naga pratishtha (installing a stone statue of a serpent) and brahmachari aradhana, an arti.</b> All this in a silk angavasthram. He left for Mumbai by an afternoon flight on Monday. Telegraph picture
Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali feed a cow as part of the gau puja the ace batsman performed at the Kukke Subramanya temple, 45 km from Mangalore, on Monday. <b>The puja was done to overcome the sarpa dasha (the curse of the serpent) in his horoscope.</b> Sources in the temple trust said Sachinâs ancestors had apparently killed a cobra and the curse had to be rectified by a series of rituals, spanning two days<b>. Apart from the gau puja, Sachin performed the pinda prachana (offering rice in memory of the dead), naga pratishtha (installing a stone statue of a serpent) and brahmachari aradhana, an arti.</b> All this in a silk angavasthram. He left for Mumbai by an afternoon flight on Monday. Telegraph picture