The Dasara Navarathri Mahotsavam began with fervour and devotion in Sri Bhramaramba Devi temple at Srisailam and the utsav idol of the Goddess was decorated in Sailaputri alamkaram on Thursday evening.
Priests performed yagasala pravesam, Siva sankalpam, Ganapati Pooja, punyahavachanam, deeksha sankalpam, akhanda sthapana, Vastu pooja, mantaparadhana, Chandi kalasasthapana and Ruthvigwarana in Brahmaramba Devi temple mantapam marking the commencement of the Navarathri festivities. Later yagasala pravesam, Ganapati pooja, Vastu pooja and Rudra kalasasthapana were performed in Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy yagasala.
Ankurarpana, agni pratishtapana, Navavaranarchana and kumkumarchana were performed the Goddess, followed by Rudrahomam and Chandi homam in the evening. Suvasaini pooja and Kalarathri pooja and Darbar Seva were performed for the Goddess on Thursday night. The temple’s executive officer Narayan Bharat Gupta participated in the poojas.
In Saiputri alankaram, the first of the nine forms of Goddess Durga Devi, the deity held a trident in one hand and a lotus in another hand. Performing pooja to Sailaputri would accord all round success and strengthen the marital bond of women, according to the priests. Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy and Sri Bhramaramba Devi were taken round in Bhrungi vahana seva and offered pooja.
In cultural programmes organised in Bhramari kala mandiram near the pushkarini, eminent poet and pandit Sivalanke Prakasa Rao of Kakinada rendered Devi Bhagavatham, R. Geetha of Boinpalli gave a musical rendition and M.S. Madhuri Manar of Hyderabad performed Kuchipudi dance on Thursday evening.
Devotees perfomed the folk art forms of kolatam, chekka bhajana, Beerappa dolu, Nandikolu seva, fancy dress show, Banjara dance, nadaswaram, Buttabommalu, thalam, ghanta, sankham, dhamarukam, gajjelu, Karnataka dolu feats and Gorava dance in gramotsavam as per the temple traditions.
