
Niraputhari held at Sabarimala
The Hindu
The annual Niraputhari festival was celebrated with traditional fervour at Sabarimala on Monday. The ritual began at 5.30 a.m. with the offering of fresh paddy spikes, sourced from a paddy field on th
The annual Niraputhari festival was celebrated with traditional fervour at Sabarimala on Monday. The ritual began at 5.30 a.m. with the offering of fresh paddy spikes, sourced from a paddy field on the hilltop. Under the guidance of Tantri Kandararu Mahesh Mohanararu, Melsanthi V.K. Jayaraj Potti took the paddy spikes to the Namaskara Mandapam sanctorum for performing the rituals.
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