I caught but a glimpse of this pre-puja in between dishes to Chetty Koyil and back to Angalamman for the Annabhishekam (which was undone by the time we reached there anyway, so it wasn’t worth the dash but who knew?). The yagasala was locked, but there was a mandala on the surface usually used for kalasas, the homa kunda was still smoking, flowers by it were fresh still, as was the cooked rice on four corners always placed there towards the end of a homam. Some older kalasas were in front facing east, but to the north were the relevant ones, it seemed. Nothing much seemed to have been done for Vinayaka (the patrikai mentioned a Vigneswara puja, see below), but the queue to the garbhagriha was very long. I peered in while passing by the Nandi, from a point where one can get a view–and it seemed that the place was lit only by oil lamps, so looked mysterious and alluring even from afar. I couldn't stop, but I did wonder what Sivan looked like inside there, in that beautiful, smoky, dark chamber of His.
Published Patrikai Schedule: Aippaci macam 8-am teti — 25.10.2026 — Tirumurai: Sunday, 6pm
- Vigneswara pujai
- Annabhiseka yagasala pujai
- Diparadhana
- Piracada viniyokam