We stopped in at Senkazhuneer Amman koyil, whose kitchens for pongal are HUGE, and by the kulam at the back. Sedal vizha today, full nadaswaram orchestra, but we didn’t stop to see it. Ther chasing in the evening on the way back from Angalamman, the place was a mini-mela. The phat-phat-phat-coconut breaking was interesting and happened once the ther had turned onto the main Vazhakulam road. Full nadaswaram and the Kailaya vadyam group leading the way.
Over at the Manonmani Theruvu Koyil on Canteen street, the grandson was there doing a simple alankaram which he decides with his mother, now that he has slowly taken over from his father’s passing away. We took photos and left. (Update, Navaratri time: we see an Iyer doing a single kaalam puja there, maybe the family has found someone to take care of the place more regularly than the grandson can? They don’t do much for Navaratri).