Sunday evening. Arun finds the Kannika Parameswari is out on a veethi ula! So we run about and get a few photos – the procession route is long, winding N-S down the main roads and she returns to the temple only around midnight. Kannika Parameswari Jayanti (Vasavi Jayanti) is celebrated annually on the tenth day (Dashami) of the bright fortnight in the Telugu month of Vaisakha. The Iyer seems very happy, garlanding and blessing all those who come to pay respects!
We were the only ones aside from the single ubhayakara at this morning’s Kannika Parameswari Krittikai Abhishekam. The usual dravyangal—oil, water (lots of it), abhisheka podi, 2…
The security guard saw us and called us in from the road, I kid you not! It was hard not to stop, because the lying down utsavar right in front there looked very pleasing. The…
The whiteboard announcement said 3pm, but Pournamis are busy days at this temple–the Satyanarayana puja had wrapped up early morning, and the Ambal abhishekam was about to start.…
Pradosham happens here also to the Atmarta Lingam that is in one corner, near the Ramar Sannadhi. The lingam has a beautiful Vasuki form over it, with red beads hanging one from…
We went to Kannika after a longish day of working out illustration integration with Abhishek, and working on Sthalam’s website. Had a long chat with the Iyer, who was as usual…