While taking a bath in the rivers, are the sankalpam for snanam, and tharpanam done facing the East or are they done facing the direction of the flow of the rivers? (At our place, the flow is from the West).While performing daily austerities at the temple ponds, which could be either at the front or the back of the temple, which direction should we face? Must it be towards the direction of Perumal?These days as there is a compulsion to perform madhyahnikam in the mornings, must it be repeated during the madhyahnika period?Can vegetables such as green leaves, and white and yellow pumpkins be used? Or must we use only those that must be used for shraddha?