Caught the end of the evening puja cycle. Shankaranarayana Chettiyar said: “you both are so busy running temple to temple, you never come here any more! Panchami so you’re here, and you don’t know what you’re missing!” He understood our predicament perfectly, and is such a kind man in spite of all the many dynamics he clearly has to manage all the time. Puja to Kalatheeswarar was just over, Ambal puja happened, then we went over to Parashakti in her golu mandapam where the process repeated (curtain opens to a short aradhanai, curtain closes for prasadam etc., curtain opens again for more lamps, archanai basket brought around, puja happens, then the final aradhanai and kunkumam distribution).