Nine Vinayakas of the temple got a full abhishekam, with singing and chanting. The nine are: one outside and to the left of the gopuram, two inside, on either side of the gopuram, Narttana Vinayaka below the mahabalipeetham, another Narttana Vinayaka on the Southern Koshtha, Polla Pillaiyar with the Nayanars, Bhaktapuriswara shrine’s Vinayaka Sthalavrishka Vinayaka, Adigu Vinayaka (the moolavar), and the Vinayaka utsavar. We stayed only for the first 4 abhishekams, which alone took an hour or more.
We noticed that the Nayanars were all unclothed, presumably to get new vastrams today.
The young priest doing the abhishekams is thorough with it, not rushing through any of the substances. We leave as the abhishekam for the Narttana Ganapati on the southern koshtha begins – it is perhaps the first and only time we watch an abhishekam take place there.
The evening procession begins at 9pm as we reach there after Chetty. A simpler, smaller alankaram, with Vinayaka alone. He looks rather slim. We notice a little Nataraja pendant on his chest.