AANI UTTHIRAM. Saw the ardhajama puja at the Sivan koyil, and Nataraja in vellai saatthupadi. The koyil Patrikai had announced that “There will be a Vellai Saatthupadi (white attire) decoration for the festival deity Lord Nataraja, followed by Deeparadhana (lamp worship ritual) and Ul Purappadu (inner temple procession).” But we missed this, thinking of Aani Utthiram as just the next morning’s event.
The Sivan Koyil krittikai process is Abhishekam for Murugan, and Pazhani Andavar. Did not seem like Vinayaka had an Abhishekam. But the deeparadhanai starts with Vinayaka, then…
I don’t think I’ve seen longer lines or crowds at the temple for a darshan event. Utsavams, yes, darshan not so much. But the mandapam was full even at 530pm, and the queue snaked…
I caught but a glimpse of this pre-puja in between dishes to Chetty Koyil and back to Angalamman for the Annabhishekam (which was undone by the time we reached there anyway, so it…
Neyyi Kulam, or a pond of ghee. We’d seen this presentation darshanam once before, in the Draupadi Amman Koyil – a pond of ghee on a base of chakkara pongal catches the face of…
Today’s alankaram at Nandhikeswara is Saraswati as today is Saraswati puja, but this alankaram is done by the old priests of the temple since they came on hard times after leaving…