Vaishaka Utsavam & Arattu Festival – 10th to 19th May 2025

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'Acharya Varanam' ( Sankalpam & Kodiyettam)

Acharya Varanam by Vengunad Kovilakom Trustee Shri Shyam Prasad Thampan /// Presiding Temple Tantri Kariyanur Mana Shri Vasudevan Nambudiripad
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Base of Kodi Maram with the Ashta Digbalakas decorated for the occasion

Daily Seevelis and Kazhcha Seevelis

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Utsava Bali

Images Above & Below : In a ceremony that is full of solemnity and gravitas, drummers gather tightly around a group of ingredients to awaken the Ashta DigBalakas (the Guardians of the 8 directions) and appeal to them to protect the circumfrance of the temple from negative forces
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Niramala & Melam

'Prathyaksha Ganapathy Homam', Aana Oottu, Aana Chamayam

Images Above & Below: A rare & moving sight of Temple Tantri Kariyanur Mana Sri Vasudevan Nambudiripad performing 'Prathyaksha Ganapathy Homam' with an elephant seated in front of the Homa Kundam
Click here for a song in praise of Ganesha by Suresh Master & Anjana Ravi. Please switch on the sound Icon in the video clipping
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Inauguration of 'Aana Chamayam' counter by Smt P.A Mini, Executive Officer of the Temple - in preparation for Arattu Day

Valiya Vilakku

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A sample of the Cultural Programs that had spectatorship well beyond the Pandal

A prayer as part of a brief inauguration of the stage performances, on Day 1 of the Arattu
Thiruvathira Kali by Kachamkurissi Home Group
Carnatic Sangeetham :: (Left) Suresh Master & Anjana Ravi (Right) Vishnu R Nair
(Left) Sopana Sangeetham by Ambalapuzha Vijayakumar (Right) Ottam Thullal by Killikurissimangalam Shankaranarayan
Classical Dances, Group & Folk Dances like Kanniyar Kali
Chakkiyar Koothu by Pynkulam Narayana Chakiyar
Kathakali : 'Duryodhana-Dushasana Vadham by PSV Natya Sangam, Kottakkal
Joy for children and adults alike

Palli Vetta

Palli Vetta procession proceeds towards Kollengode Town, just as Trustee Shri Shyam Prasad Thampan readies to welcome Kachamkurissi Perumal to Sri Murthy Temple, Kalari Kovilakom
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The next stop in the itinerary, sees Pulicode Ayyappa Swamy playing host to Perumal, with a welcome bowl of Payasam
Completion of the Pallivetta procession with the 'killing' of a replica of a wild boar. This signifies the obliteration of all things that are dark and negative

(Dawn) Palli Unnarthal -- (Afternoon) Procession --(Dusk) Kadavu Puja & --(Night) Return to temple

After the long sojourn of the previous day that ended in a late night 'hunt', the sovereign Lord of Vengunad is symbolically 'awakened' in a beautiful pre-dawn ritual that attracted numerous devotees
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Crowds go wild as the drumming reaches a crescendo
The end of a ten-day Utsavam that was full of joy, colour and grandeur
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Back to the Beginning

Nothing is a coincidence in life. The totally impromptu visit by Shri Aditya Varma Thampuran, of the Royal House of Travancore to Thiru Kachamkurissi did not occur by happenstance. In his other 'Avatar,' he is the Executive Board/Committee Member of the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple, Thiruvanthapuram. That he came as a devotee of Maha Vishnu on a day when the First Announcement was ready, became a unique opportunity for the Temple to request him to formally release the same.. here he is seen with the Executive Officer and others after being presented with a framed cover of the brochure.
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May you all be blessed by the benign Lord of Thiru Kachamkurissi

In Conclusion, a round of applause

A Last Click on the Audio below, in acknowledgement and appreciation of all who contributed - or simply watched and enjoyed
Words of Wisdom

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