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Five Days of Singing to Panduranga

Varadaraja Perumal KoyilBhaktotsavamAlankaram

Panduranga Bhaktotsavam starts today and will continue for 5 days. Each day morning is a thirumanjanam, followed by evening bhajanai. The alankaram in the evening was Krishna.

The full schedule for the coming 5 days is: 21 July to 25 July 2026

Daily:

  • 10:00 AM – Thirumanjanam for Sri Pandaripiran.
  • 7:00 PM – Sri Pandarinatha's special service, bhajans, worship, and other observances.

Daily thirukolam listing

  • Tuesday, 21 July: Udupi Sri Krishnan thirukolam (alankaram)
  • Wednesday, 22 July: Sri Parama Pandanathan
  • Thursday, 23 July: Sri Guruvayurappan
  • Friday, 24 July: Sri Kodandarama
  • Saturday, 25 July: Sri Pandaripuranathar
  • Sunday, 26 July: Morning Dwadashi Aradhanam at 7:00 AM, followed by Panaka Puja at 7:00 PM.

Daily from 21-07-2026 to 24-07-2026 (6:00 PM to 7:30 PM): Sri Vittal Panduranga Divyanama Bhajanai will take place at the Sri Pandurangar shrine.

On Saturday, 25-07-2026 starting at 6:00 AM: On the auspicious occasion of Ashadha Ekadashi, a 24-hour non-stop "Sri Panduranga Divyanama Abhanga Bhajanai" will be held for global well-being, concluding on Sunday, 26-07-2026 at 6:00 AM.

Many of the arrangements and a key organiser in this is the Vaithikuppam Sri Venkatachalapathi Bhajanai Koodam – the same group we saw singing once here on April 12, 2026.

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