The activities of a pamangku in a ceremony at a temple begin with cleaning the place of ceremony, cleaning the water container (coblong), laying out mats, picking leaves and flowers, putting on ceniga (lamak, or coconut leaf decorations), cleaning and filling the holy water container, lighting and placing incense in the courtyard of the temple, offering incense, offering prayascita (purification ritual) to all palinggih (holy shrines), completing all purification equipment, and offering pakalahyang.
Parikraman pamangku ritatkala upacara piodalan ring pura kakawitin antuk mareresik, ngresikin coblong, ngebatang tikeh, ngalap don miwah sekar, ngenahang ceniga (lamak, utawi pepayasan busung), ngresikin tur nagingin toya anyar, nyenjitin dupa tur ngenahang dupa ring natah pura, ngaturang dupa, ngaturang prayascita ring suang-suang palinggih, muputang makasami eteh-eteh panyucian, taler ngaturang pakalahyang.