630ish, coming from Ghousiga, we see Sundara Vinayaka with a golu set-up and about to start puja. Ravinder Sir is about to do an abhishekam to Durga, the Sivan in the main sannadhi and the moolamurti Vinayaka. Presumably after this will be the Navaratri parayanam and puja. A handful of ladies are around as usual, setting things up.
Sundara Vinayaka Koyil has so far been a little neighbourhood temple driven by the family’s commitment and pure goodwill and devotion, but fettered by their own personal (and…
Saw the end of the 5pm Abhishekam to the Bhavani Amman, after which there would have been a Navaratri puja. Usually Durga gets an abhishekam and alankara. The group of women who…
Today is one of the 6 annual Nataraja Abhishekams, this one tithi-based. Here are the full 6:
We go for Pradosham not expecting much from this little temple. But the abhishekam begins with a beautiful Alingana Uma-Chandrasekara murti who stand on a Nandi utsava murti. It…
Sundara Vinayaka’s Brahmotsavam ul-purappadu was an uneventful affair. A few ladies from the neighbourhood are there. Unclear what the pusari officiating knew or could do. Rani…