The priest recited the ceremony from a photocopy of a bhumi puja service; this type of puja is infrequent, so it is not generally committed to memory like the more common pujas. Notice the small shovel to the right of the priest and the half-gallon of milk. Later in the ritual, the shovel is used for the ceremonial groundbreaking, in which a small hole is dug in the ground. The milk, along with water from the puja vessels, is poured into the ground to consecrate it.