Chithirai festival held at Paramakudi Sundararaja Perumal Temple
The Hindu
Chitirai festival at Sri Sundararaja Perumal Temple in Paramakudi celebrated with grandeur, deity entering Vaigai on flower mount.
The Chitirai festival at Sri Sundararaja Perumal Temple in Paramakudi was celebrated with pomp and gaiety on Monday. The festival, which commenced with tying of ‘kappu’ at the temple on May 7, witnessed the presiding deity entering the Vaigai at 3.15 a.m. on ‘pushpa pallakku’ (flower mount).
Amid chanting of Vedic hymns and chanting of ‘Govinda, Govinda’ by hundreds of devotees who came from Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts, the event took place.
At around 10.15 a.m., special pujas and aradhanas were performed at Tallakulam mandagapadi in Melachathiram, following which the deity was taken on a ‘kuthirai vahanam’ (horse mount). Earlier, on Sunday night, the deity was taken on a procession to Vandiyur Kakkathoppu Mandapam where the deity was adorned with a special ‘santhana kappu’ alangaram.
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