, others are affected by symbolic pollution associated with death or birth. In terms of organisation, there is one main priest who controls rituals, an executive trustee and a manager in charge of administration

, See the Mental Health Care Bill, the Rajya Sabha on, 2013.

, Ve _ nkat ?acalapati is assimilated to Ve _ nkatesvara, Vishnu form, 2013.

, Pucai from puja (Sk) is a main ritual in the temple, which consists of offerings of various substances to the deity, such as vermillion, ash, lamps and flowers

, These drugs include sodium valproate and depakote as mood stabilisers; lorazepam, a benzodiazepine for anxiety and sleep, and quetiapine and olanzapine as antipsychotics

, Free medication applies only to the most basic ones. Some medicines are in the form of free samples provided by pharmaceutical companies, and when requested, patients' families have to buy specific ones

. Piracatam, The items are flame, vermillion, sacred ashes, flowers, coconut, banana, tulasi, and naivettiya _ nkal ?, a range of foods cooked in the temple kitchen, Sk. prasada) refers to items offered to the deity before being consumed by devotees

, A lakh corresponds to 100,000 Rupees (INR)

, At Gunaseelam, the trustee board encourages devotees to give donations at fixed prices for serving 100 basic or festive meals or to contribute by slipping money into the collection box

, The notions of cooling and heating associated with Indian traditional medicines are commonly used by Indians to define a substance or a foodstuff. Nevertheless, it would be erroneous to think that each product is clearly defined by a propriety. A product may be varyingly consid

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