how are exaltations carried out in a royal arch chapter under the grand lodge of india

The Exaltation of a new Companion is the only regular working ritual conducted within a Chapter, apart from the Installation of the three Principals, as the Grand Lodge of India states. The drama of the ceremony concerns the historical rebuilding of the Temple following the Exile.

In Masonic philosophy, Wilmshurst interprets the symbolic journey of Exaltation as an exploration of inner spiritual consciousness 2. The candidate enters in darkness—carried over from the Third Degree—and explores a subterranean space while attached to a life-line, symbolic of clearing rubble from the psychical organism to uncover interior truth 2. Historically, Royal Arch workings in India placed heavy emphasis on the complete delivery of the intricate, traditional lectures that explain the symbolic and moral lessons of the degree 1.