Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Chitra Pournami - at Sunway Murugan Kovil

Chitra Pournami Festival On 20th April 2008.
Celebrated grandly at Sunway Murugan Alayam.Paal Kodam was taken in the morning session. Chariot " Ratham" (pic) went whole sunway, desaria, Datuk Hormat area.Big Crowd followed Ratham, with Urumi Melam, Karagatham, Nadeswaram Group.
Chitra Pournami, is a unique Tamil festival observed on the full moon day (Pournami) in the month of Chitirai (April – May). The day is dedicated to Chitragupta, the official keeper of deeds in the abode of Yama


Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Visit To Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple - (Trivandrum) Kerala






























The Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) city is one among the 108 sacred Vishnu temples in India. The idol is an 18 feet long Lord Mahavishnu reclining over the Serpent King Anantha. The temple has a blend of Dravidian and Kerala architectural styles and sprawls over a vast area. The entry to the shrine is allowed to Hindus only.

The idol is an 18 feet long Lord Mahavishnu reclining over the Serpent King Anantha
The temple is managed by the Royal family of Travancore

" We Spend almost 2 hours in this temple. Man's required to wear vesti with no shirts.Camera's not allowed inside the temple." This is the next temple we visited after Sabari Malai Ayappan Yathirai.Mother, Vishnupriya, Nirmala & Myself were in this temple 29th November 2007.

http://www.indiavideo.org/kerala/worship/temple/sree-padmanabha-swami-temple-423.php