In the morning, there is abhishekam for Vinayaka, Swami, Ambal, then Parashakti (all of which happen in a jiffy, as I am there before and by the time I (Arun) return a short while later they’re all done). There was also an Anjaneyar Puja done by a lady who apparently works at Auroform (we see her entering there later). She tells me that performing this puja has been on her mind for the last fifteen years, and was able to materialise only today. Fifteen years is a long time for circumstances to align, but she says, “it is His wish and His decision; and look at how fortunate that it finally comes together on the first day of Navaratri.”
In the evening, there is the Parashakti ul-purappadu: bringing her to the Golu mandapam in the north east corner, where she will stay for the next nine days.