All About Bharatiya Sanatana Dharmam otherwise known as Hinduism : Ch.6-2,3,4,5.
27/04/2018 CHAPTER 6 1. Hindu Rituals -2, 3, 4, 5. 2. The Ceremony, 3. Arghya, 4. Pranayama and Japa, 5. Suryopasthana The important features of this ceremony are: (i) Achamana or sipping of water with recitation of Mantras (viz., Achyutaya Namah, Anantaya Namah, Govindaya Namah, etc.), Marjana or sprinkling of water on the body which purifies the mind and the body, Aghamarshana or expiation for the sins of many births, and Surya Arghya or oblations of water to the Sun-god, (ii) Pranayama or control of breath which steadies the wandering mind, and silent recitation of Gayatri, (iii) Upasthana or religious obeisance. 3. Arghya The first part up to Arghya consists of hymns addressed to water and its benefits. The sprinkling of water on the face and the head and the touching of the different organs (the mouth, nose, eyes, ears, chest, shoulders, head, etc.) with wetted fingers, are meant to purify those parts of the body and invoke the respective presiding deities on them.