We go to the Lakshajapa Homam at 7am, which is Ekadina Laksharchanai on the patrikai. They chant the Vinayaka Sahasranamam. There are 2 priests chanting on stage, but on the speakers we distinctly hear 3 voices – a mystery to which never found an answer! We are vaguely aware of a calculation that determines the number of repetitions of the japa, but don’t yet know the precise details of it. The Sahasranamam is chanted multiple times throughout the day, by multiple priests, which increases the total to be equal to hundred-thousand repetitions.