One thing to keep in mind before you embark on this ritual, is that it is a spiritual and emotional commitment to yourself, spanning months. Keeping that in mind, ensure that what you’re asking for is something that your heart has actually been set on pretty firmly. The ritual Madan suggests, can be performed by both men and women, save for one difference between how they approach it. For this, you will need a paper and a green pen. Frame your wish into a sentence and write it on the paper with the green pen, 107 times. For the 108th time, switch to a red or golden pen. Take this paper to the mandir and offer it at the altar. If you’re a man, do so with a 108 cardamoms; if you’re a woman do the same and add a stack of green bangles and green bindis to your offering. Both are supposed to bring what they offered back home. The paper can either be left at the temple, or brought back home to keep at your altar. For the next 108 days, the devotee is simply supposed to eat one of the cardamoms as a ritualistic gesture. For women, in addition to eating the cardamom, they must wear the green bangles for a while each day, as well as sleep with a green bindi on, each night. Madan says that if followed properly, this manifestation ritual is sure to have you wish come to fruition, within the next 108 days itself.
