Ayyappa / Mandala puzzle

Clues

1. 1Lord Ayyappa's dark, sticky temple prasadam of rice cooked down with jaggery and ghee (7 letters)
2. 2Kerala mash of boiled root vegetables finished with coconut, cumin and green chilli (8 letters)
3. 3Lord Ayyappa's hilltop shrine in Kerala, reached by climbing 18 sacred steps (10 letters)
4. 4Two-part bundle of offerings a pilgrim carries on the head to the shrine (7 letters)
5. 5Bead chain a devotee puts on to begin the 41-day vow (4 letters)
6. 6Simple rice porridge served hot at an Ayyappa Annadanam (5 letters)
7. 7Malayalam name for dry ginger, stirred into Lord Ayyappa's dark temple prasadam at the end (6 letters)
8. 8The title every Ayyappa pilgrim uses to address a fellow devotee (5 letters)