The Brahmotsavam preparatory pujas (Mrtsangrahanam, Ankurarpanam, Vastu Shanti) at the Perumal Koyil start this evening, a day after the Vedapuriswara. The rites happen in the Vasanta mandapam entrance. A small figure, Selvar presumably, is brought out in a pallakku from the main shrine and he stops in the Vasanta Mandapa. Once the pujas there finish, Prasanna is the one deputed to carry the sacralised mud into the yagasala for the Ankurarpanam. The priests take over there once again. The vastu shanti puja is very similar to what we see at the Vedapuriswara Koyil, but without the mandalas, notably absent from Vaikhanasa worship traditions. We’re also not sure of the significance of the little bommais kept around, prior to the mud collection.
Today's schedule:
10:00 AM: Thirumanjanam
06:00 PM: Bhagavad Anugnai, Mrtsangrahanam, Ankurarpanam, Vastu Shanti, etc. (Procession of Selvar Deity)