suprabhatam
सुप्रभातम् suprabhātamA 'good dawn' hymn sung to wake a devata at the opening of the temple day; a stotra genre of which the Venkatesha Suprabhatam is the most famous.
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- Why do so many temples face east? Temples
The most sacred hour of the temple's day is the dawn waking of the deity, the suprabhatam , sung in the last dark of Brahma Muhurta , the auspicious pre-dawn window a while before sunrise.