Kannan sir who did all the Aadi masam alankaram sent me photos of Navaratri day 1, so we went on day 2 to understand this temple’s Navaratri traditions. Simple and understated. But Draupadi amman’s utsava form stands in her gold kavacham in the Golu mandapam which is where the utsavas are all usually kept. The Kavacham looks best in the ther festival, the priest says, and he plans to change her attire a few times in this period. Moolamurti meantime is in orange, with a vettiver maala creating an angular shape behind.