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 assemble here sing, then an arati is done to the golu with a “Jaya Jaya Shakti” song set to the tune of “Jaya Jagadisha hare.” It is usually a quiet neighbourhood-like atmosphere and affair.
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…
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…
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…