Pictures: Thiruvananthapuram SrIpadmanAbhaswami perumAl - brahmosthavam

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sri:

 

Dear Devotees: Please accept adiyen's humble pranam

 

Yesterday was the Aipasi, thIrthavAry for

thiruvananthapuram SrIpadmanAbhaswami perumAl, among

the temple festivals, it is the major brahmosthavam,

still being the royal temple, the temple procession is

guarded by one batalian of kerala police, and one

batalian of kuthirai police, along with traditional

warriors, headed by the maharaja himself

the maharaja, is known as kulaSEkharaperumAl, is the

desendend of kulaSEkhara Azhwar.

 

http://ibiblio.org/ramanuja/utsavams/SrIpadmanAbhaswami/

 

Here are a couple of pics, so its poor clarity.

but still you can see perumal, in tholukkiniyan, with

garudavahanam, left is azhagiyasingar, and right is

the ambadi kannan, mUrthis, with in the temple itself

and the old man with a sword leading the procession

(with a green cap) is the maharaja or travancore. the

thirtha vari is done at the arabian sea.

 

http://ibiblio.org/ramanuja/utsavams/SrIpadmanAbhaswami/

 

Sreekanth