PROCESSION WITH HORSE/ UMBRELLA

PL VISIT MY EARLIER IMAGE ON MASIKETTAI UTSAV AND SENAI ANDAVAN MUDALIAR SANNIDHI. TO DAY IS "KETTAI" NAKSHATRA" AND THE STAR BRITH DAY OF THIS SENAI MUDALIAR. HENCE SPECIAL ALANKAARA,ASHISHEKKAM, ARADHANA, DADHI ARADHANAM TO MOOLVAR AND UTSAVAR. NOW U ARE WITNESSING THE UTSAVAR LEAVE TO PATALDRI NARASIMHA SWAMY TEMPLE FOLLOWED BY ALL HOLY SYMBOLS LIKE FIRE, UMBRELLA, FEATHERED FAN, CHAMARAM ETC .IN FRONT OF THAT TEMPLE HORSE GONE. IN VIEW OF THE RAJAGOPURAM CONSTRUCTION IN NARASIMHA SWAMY TEMPLE MOOLAVAR DID NOT GO INSIDE, STAYED BACK UNDER THE GOPURAM PAID HIS MARYADA TO PADALTRI AND RETURNED BACK TO HIS TEMPLE. ON RETURN ELABORATE ARDANA, DADIAADHANA, CHATRI DHARAN WAS OBSERVED. THEERTHA PRASADM TO DEVOTEES FOLLOWED BY CHATARI DHARAN.ALL THE TIME CHATARI WAS PROCTECTED WITH A GOLD PLATED UMBRELLA, AND HOLYNESS WAS SAVED. SWEETPONGAL, DOSA, VENPONGAL, PULIYOHARA, CURD BATH AFTER NEYVAIDYAM TO GOD OFFERED TO ALL DEVOTEES. IN THE PROCESSION AND DURING PARIKRAMA NADASWARAM, SAXOPONE, THAVIL, SIMPLE DAMARU WAS ACTIVE.
IN THE MEANTIME IT IS OBSERVED THAT THIS TEMPLE OWNED BY SENAI ANDAVAN MUDALIAR HAS GOT UNIQUE AND STRICT RITUALS
DURING PROCESSION AND PARIKRAMA, FOR FEW MINUTES ONLY MUSIC IN NADASWARAM, NO SOUND FROM THAVIL

LADIES ARE CALLED AS ANDALS
SENAI ANDAVAN HIMSELF SITS BEFORE NEIVEDYAM FOOD ARTICLES ,WITH HIS OWN HAND KEEP THEM ON HUGE PLATES WHICH THEN WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO VEDA/ SATHUMARAI KOSHTI AND ALL DEVOTEES.
AT TIMES BOTH SENAI ANDAVAN AND HIS SON THEMSELVES CARRY THE LORD IN THIER SHOULDER.

HARE SHRINIWASA OM RANGANATHA