Kartheeka Brahmotsavam concludes at Tiruchanur
The Hindu
The nine-day annual Kartheeka Brahmotsavam at Sri Padmavathi Ammavari temple in Tiruchanur came to a grand close with the observance of ‘Panchami Theertham’ on Wednesday.In view of COVID-19 restrictio
The nine-day annual Kartheeka Brahmotsavam at Sri Padmavathi Ammavari temple in Tiruchanur came to a grand close with the observance of ‘Panchami Theertham’ on Wednesday.
In view of COVID-19 restrictions, the event marking Her appearance was held in a makeshift pond and not in the regular ‘Padma Sarovaram’ tank situated outside the temple, where the Goddess is believed by the devout to have surfaced on a golden lotus.
At the auspicious time marked at 11.52 a.m., the Sudarshana Chakra, considered the anthropomorphic form of Srivaru, was immersed in the holy water by the temple priests amid chanting of hymns from scriptures prescribed in ‘Pancharatra Agama’ doctrine of temple worship. Ahead of this, the processional deity of Goddess Padmavathi was given a celestial bath (Snapana Tirumanjanam) along with Sudarsana Chakra.

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