tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75380334767972509772024-03-13T21:25:57.227+05:30Mylapore Panguni FestMylapore Panguni festivalReporting electionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202418794609037905noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538033476797250977.post-57063862751039692152019-03-22T00:02:00.000+05:302019-03-22T00:02:38.775+05:30The grand Thirukalyanam takes place <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The grand Thirukalyanam took place yesterday at around 8.45 p.m.<br />
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Hundreds of devotees gathered in and around the temple rushed near the decorated mandapam when the thali was tied around goddess Karpagambal 's neck.<br />
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Later, the flag was lowered. Today, Umamaheshwar dharshanam took place in the morning.<br />
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Padam parivizha, the final event of the festival was held this evening.<br />
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This evening, the Seer -Varisai of goddess Karpagambal was taken to Sri Kapali Temple for Thirukalyanam in a grand procession.<br />
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The members of Thirumayilai Ulavara Thirupani Kulu Sangam carried them after a pooja at Chellapa Caterers's house in Pitchu Pillai Street, Mylapore.<br />
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They have been arranging the seer-varisai for ambal since the past 10 years.<br />
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It had a valaipoo (banana flower) kalasam."Usually, coconut is kept over the kalasam. But this is our silver jubilee year. So we thought we should do something different for ambal," says Sainath Prabhu, a member of the Sangam.<br />
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Killi jadai, Thirumangalyam, silver kolusu, metti, gold mookuthi, silver poonal for Sri Kapaleeswarar, sarees, blouse materials, alangaram items, varieties of garlands, flowers and fruits were among the seer-varisai given for goddess Karpagambal.<br />
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Around 3000 tamboola pai with coconut, banana, betel leaves and nuts, manja kairu (yellow thread),manjal and kumkumam were also present. "After thirukalyanam, these will be distributed to the devotees," he says.<br />
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Thirukalyanam took place today at around 8.45 p.m., after which an oonjal sevai took place for Sri Karpagambal and Sri Kapaleeswarar.<br />
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Later, after veedi ula a small pooja will take place at the Kodimaram and the kodi (flag) will be brought down by the priests.<br />
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Here is a short video of seer-varisai procession.<br />
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Reporting electionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202418794609037905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538033476797250977.post-19257184568284806442019-03-19T20:49:00.000+05:302019-03-19T20:54:20.031+05:30Videos of the Bhikshanadar ceremony held today evening<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are two videos of the bhikshanadar ceremony held less than an hour ago. The videos were taken by Anitha Shivakumar, a resident of Abhiramapuram.<br />
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Reporting electionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202418794609037905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538033476797250977.post-44744042599937927952019-03-19T15:06:00.003+05:302019-03-19T15:06:48.893+05:30Bhikshadanar Vizha to be held today evening<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Bhikshadanar Vizha will be held today evening. This is the only festival in which Sri Kapaleeswarar will be taken in procession without the other deities.<br />
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It is believed that women who take bhiksha or beg for alms on this day will have their wishes fulfilled. The alms are then donated to the deity. </div>
Reporting electionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202418794609037905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538033476797250977.post-28858248208041319152019-03-19T13:08:00.000+05:302019-03-19T13:08:24.416+05:30Some great food, given free to people<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The best organised food service to devotees operation was seen on Mathala Narayan Street - that street that links Kutchery Road and mada streets zone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The houses where the Narayana Iyer family has resided has been sharing food and drink for over six decades.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His family members now carry on the tradition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Serving breakfast since 8 a.m. and lunch and tiffin through the day, the family had arranged cooks to prepare food in the open early on Monday. The main cook of well known caterer of Chennai, Chellappa supervised the operations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The volunteers had erected casuarina poles to create a queue system for the public and the orderly service made life easy for all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the nayanmars' procession moved into North Mada Street the queue for food here became lengthy – the evening menu had kesari, brinji, medhu pakoda, channa curry and even pani puri.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The negative side of this operation was of people flinging the leaf plates on the street side, adding to the waste that had mounted here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On arubathumoovar procession after we spent some time perched near the Gandhi statue off the Chitrakulam to get some nice visuals shot on camera for our live relay on FB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is also a safer point than points off Rasi Store where the crowd is intense and thick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even as two sang hams kept offering delicious buttermilk to people and we had a glass or two, we overheard many women saying that their prayers were to ask for rain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"We are in for a bad summer. There is no water," explained a woman who had bought some veggies before finding a place to wait for the procession. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The others around her nodded in agreement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"We are praying for water," chimed in one woman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They must have offered that prayer as the gods followed the saints to the pandal close to us. </span></div>
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It is a little past 8.30 p.m. on March 18 and Vaira Swami from Chindratripet has just joined the Arubathimoovar procession. Decked in diamond jewels, he is always accompanied by several police personnel. </div>
Reporting electionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202418794609037905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538033476797250977.post-17142368103961926982019-03-18T10:30:00.003+05:302019-03-18T10:30:48.404+05:30The Mylapore tradition of feeding devotees<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a Mylapore tradition. One that has been religiously followed by many families during the annual Panguni festival of Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai.<br />
To provide food free to devotees at the temple for the grandest and most unique religious event here - the procession of the Saivite saints. 63 of them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">People stream in since the morning though the procession starts when the day is steaming at 3 p.m.<br />
And many families spend the midnight hours cooking for the devotees. Some cook a few kilos; some huge amounts.<br />
Pongal, kesari, sambhar/curd rice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Nataraja Iyer family on Mathala Narayana Street has been offerning annadhanam for decades - perhaps the past 60 years. What started small is now a big affair.<br /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two evenings ago, one of the grand man's sons ( Iyer had eight children ) invited me into one of the old, old tile-roofed houses to show me the bags of basmati rice, dhal, chillies, bottles of oil and baskets of spice powder were stocked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooks would have started work on Sunday night ( the day of the procession of the grand chariot - thiruther ). <br />
On Monday morning, people will be served pongal/kesari/pakoda and later, brinji/pakoda/chappatis and kurma. Cooks will spill on to the street side and carry on cooking till noon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One hopes people respect the food; many eat parts and toss away the rest and then look for other food donors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Old world Mylapore gets fossilised in these houses.</span></div>
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Hundreds of devotees gathered at the East Mada Street, Mylapore from where the procession started.<br />
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Students of Natyanjali followed the ther performing classical dance.<br />
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Here is a video of Ther making its way through East Mada Street.<br />
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The Yaanai vahanam procession held today night was a colourful one.<br />
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But what probably struck out was the way in which the Sri Padam volunteers walked with the heavy vahanam on their shoulders. And when they moved to the beats of the nadaswaram and tavil, a few devotees who had gathered there skipped and hopped along with them.<br />
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The pictures seen here were taken by Vana Narayanan, a resident of Mylapore.<br />
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The Rishaba vahanam procession started a little after midnight on March 16. Here are a few pictures taken at the temple..<br />
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Lord Kapaleeswarar decorated with huge garlands and shiny ornaments</div>
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The deities, all ready to be taken out in procession<br />
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Every year, during the panguni festival, the story of how saint Thirugnanasambandar revived Angampoompavai is re-enacted the day after the Ther rolls out onto the Mada Streets.<br />
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An abhishekam is performed for the deity who is carried to the temple tank in a small pallaku.<br />
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An air of festivity pervades as scores of people throng the neighbourhood, both to catch a glimpse of the morning pooja and to witness the Arubathimoovar festival which is held in the evening.<br />
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Take a look at the Pallaku that was taken out this morning.<br />
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Minute and innovative artworks have been woven into the velvet cloth. R. Balaji, an artisan from cintadripet, who traditionally makes it has contributed to this.<br />
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This evening, workers were trimming the wooden stoppers (sara kattai) that are used to stop and turn the ther. The handles were rounded with a grinder to get a firm grip.<br />
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Around 30 stoppers are made every year. "For stopping the ther once we use four kattias - two on the inner side and two on the outer side of the wheel. And all the 30 will get broken by the end of the procession, " says K. Saravanan, a Sri Padam volunteer.<br />
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These Sri Padams are skilled in inserting the stoppers. But still they say it is a challenging task.<br />
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Every year, during the panguni festival, a special pooja is offered to Adikara Nandi the night before the procession by the members of the Thandarai Vaidhyar family. The family donated the silver kavacham to the deity in 1917.<br />
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A small celebration was organised by Mylapore Trio at the temple. A dance was put up by Sugathan Mohandass. </div>
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The deities were seen on the Naga, Kamadhenu and Aadu vahanams yesterday night. <div>
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The beautifully decorated Kamadhenu vahanam</div>
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A free medical camp will be held on March 17 and 18 at Vanniyar Mandapam at East Mada Street, Mylapore to help devotees during the Ther and Arubathimoovar festival. The camp, which has been organised by MTS Academy and Chennai Medical College, will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both the days. </div>
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The Arubathimoovar procession which will be held on Monday, March 18, this year is synonymous with food donation. All over the neighbourhood, food stalls are set up to feed the thousands who drop in on that day to watch the nayanmars go around the Mada streets.<br />
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People who prepare the food usually rent out the utensils and furniture to be used on that day. At Chitrakulam North Street, Balavinayakar Enterprises, have been in the renting business for more than four decades.<br />
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K. Swaminathan, the current owner, says this business was started by his father G. Krishnamurthy four decades ago. "We rent out chairs, tables and big utensils all year round. For Arubathimoovar alone, more than 50 people rent out from us. We have utensils that can be used to feed upto 1000 people".<br />
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And that's not all. Along with his staff, K. Swaminathan also makes 250 kgs of pongal or other varieties of rice for distribution that evening.<br />
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For details contact him at 9677053071. </div>
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The deities were taken out on the silver Purusha Mirugam vahanam today morning. Considered to be a devotee of Lord Shiva, Purusha Mirugam, as the name suggests is half man and half animal.<br />
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The silver kavacham was donated by the members of Thiruvasaga Thirusabhai in 2016. This is a Mylapore based group whose members have been actively involved in religious activities for more than two decades.<br />
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Many new umbrellas have been made for this year's Panguni Festival. Two among them have different colour combinations - peacock blue and bright yellow.<br />
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The temple Sri Padams (volunteers who carry the gods during procession) and R. Balaji, a traditional umbrella maker from cintadripet together decide the designs and colours for these umbrellas.<br />
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"We wanted to break the monotony of white, golden and green colours that are usually used for making temple umbrellas. Hence, we came up with these colours," says K. Saravanan, a temple Sri Padam.<br />
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Today, the temple volunteers cleaned and decorated some of the palanquins for the Arubathimoovar procession on March 18.<br />
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Many women devotees have drawn unique and beautiful kolams in rice flour. (pacha arasi mavu)<br />
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The deities will be taken out on the Bhootan, Bhootaki and Tarakasura vahanams today evening. This is the scene at the temple today afternoon...<br />
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The bhootan vahanam all ready to be decorated<br />
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The bhootaki vahanam which will carry the utsava murthy of goddess Karpagambal<br />
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A volunteer draws kolams at the eastern entrance of the temple<br />
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Workers cover up the Adikara Nandi Vahanam. The vahanam will be used again for next year's panguni festival.<br />
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Reporting electionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202418794609037905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538033476797250977.post-48196991398449218652019-03-13T12:46:00.001+05:302019-03-13T12:58:59.495+05:30Thirugnanasambandar's Gnanapal incident enacted at the temple tank<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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According to ancient texts, saint Thirugnanasambandar was less than five years old when Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati appeared before him. The goddess fed him some milk. When his father, who saw drops of milk on his mouth, asked him who had fed him, Thirugnanasambandar pointed to the sky and sang the song 'Thodudaya Seviyan', a verse from the Thevaram. This is known as the Gnanapal event.<br />
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Less than an hour ago, when the Adikara Nandi procession reached South Mada Street, Mylapore a small pooja was held at the temple tank to mark this event. Devotees were seen offering milk to the deity and later distributing the same to the people who had gathered there.<br />
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This event is held prior to the Angampoompavai incident which will be held tomorrow.<br />
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Reporting electionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202418794609037905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538033476797250977.post-68961210197386856052019-03-13T11:02:00.003+05:302019-03-13T11:02:54.098+05:30The dance of the Gods<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is a video taken during the Adikara Nandi procession today morning</div>
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