Alankaram today was Rajarajeswari, on account of the sugarcane stem she was holding in her hand. We saw this on the early morning of day 5, when the morning temple-opening rituals were going on – mainly jala abhishekam, and changing the vastrams. All the sannadhis open, many deities bare or just with “undergarments” (it felt like), just the two priests going about their work. Sriram Gurukkal going next door to the Vinayaka temple he also tends to, with some people and then coming back to tell us to come in the evening.