10:00 AM: Thirumanjanam
07:00 PM: Unjal Utsavam (Swing Festival)
Brahmotsavam Day 14, Vidaiyatri Day 5. We arrived super late to this, thanks to the delays in the Thirumurai utsavam, expecting to see Perumal in the Vasanta Mandapam swing as it’s been before. But no. He had other plans! When we reached the ardhajama puja was basically concluding. Nadaswarams playing Annamayya’s “Brahmam okate!” Perumal was nicely ensconced in an embellished kannadi-AC room with lovely Thanjavur paintings on either side, deep within the chamber next to the Kodandarama shrine. Sitting to the left of his 2 consorts, typical raja style, instead of between them, as usual. I guess after all the work he did, he gets to relax a little! We saw the last aradhanai just before closing.
Perumal’s utsavar already back in the moolasthanam from earlier in the day, Ramanan Bhattacharya said.