On important religious occasions, Embrans are invited to perform the Kalasam ceremony, for which they are liberally rewarded.
A figure of Ganesa (Pillayar) is made with mud, and five kalasam (vessels) are placed near it.
On the first of every month, a ceremony calledkalasam is performed on behalf of the spirits of the departed.
By each kalasam is a cocoanut, a date fruit, a betel leaf and areca nut, and one pice (a copper coin) tied in a handkerchief.
The names of the gods are mentioned, one after the other, and the woman throws two betel leaves and a nut on the kalasamfor each name uttered.
A cotton thread is passed round the square, and round the centre kalasam another thread, one end of which is held by the family guru, and the other by the bridegroom who sits opposite to him.
At the close of the work, if it has prospered, a kalasam (brass vessel) is set up, and fowls are killed.
It is called kalas--the kalasam of the Tamil and Telugu countries--and is a common symbol of the deity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kalasam" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
