[Advaita-l] ‘Fie upon the forehead that is devoid of Bhasma’

[Venkata sriram P]

Namaste,

स्नात्वा पुण्ड्रं मृदा कुर्यात् हुत्वा चैव तु भस्मना ।
देवानभ्यर्च्य गन्धेन सर्वपापापनुत्तये ॥

After bath, one should apply urdhvapundra with tulasi mruttika / gopichandana; 
then followed by bhasmadharana after agni kaarya / agnihotra. After devatarchana,
one should apply gandha.

As per the advice of my acharya, I apply urdhvapundra with gopi-chandana ; then apply 
tripundra with bhasma after arghya.  This is the vidhi followed by Andhra smArtAs.

regs,
sriram