A lage number of Siva deeksha devotees sporting yellow clothes and carrying “Irumudi“ and other devotees trekked to Srisailam temple on Maha Sivaratri on Tuesday. Srisailam was abuzz with pilgrims and all the roads were jampacked. Pilgrims waited in long-winding queues to have darshan of the deities. Women broke coconuts and lit lamps before the temple.
Pagalankarana, Lingodbhava Rudrabhishekam and Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy Bhramaramba Devi kalyanam were performed with religious fervour and devotion around midnight.
Earlier, Collector S. Satyanarayana and Superintendent of Police Gopinath Jatti and their spouses carried the palanquin with the idols of the presiding deities Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy and Bhramaramba Dev.
The officials monitoring arrangements and security in Mahasivarathri Brahmotsavam at Srisailam later had darshan of the deities in the temples.
Book released
Asthana Pandit of Srisailam temple Butte Veerabhadra Daivagna released the first volume of ‘Karanagamam’ brought out by the temple at a function in the Asservachana Mantapam of Sri Bhramaramba Devi temple. ‘Karanagamam’ is one of the 28 agamas in Saivagamam and would be useful for priests performing idol consecration, archana, utsava poojas and rituals in temples.
The second and third volumes of the book would be published within the next six months, according to temple executive officer N. Bharat Gupta. The temple published the book after a gap of two decades, he added.
Vedic pandits Srishti Lakshmidhara Sarma and Srishti Seetharamanjaneya Sarma incorporated the Telugu explanation for the Vedic chants in Sanskrit. Former Editor of Srisaila Prabha, the temple journal, M. Chakravarthi, priests and others took part.
Mantaparadhana, panchavaranarchana, nitya havanam, Rudra and Chandi homams were performed in the morning an Pradosha kala pooja and homam in the evening.
The idols were taken in a procession in a colourful flower-bedecked chariot in Prabhotsavam, followed by Nandi vahana Seva on Tuesday night. Devotees performed Kolatam, chekka bhajana and folk art forms.
