The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has made arrangements for the various atonement rituals as prescribed in the recent Devaprasnom at Sabarimala.
The atonement rituals began with Tantri Kandararu Rajeevararu performing an Ashtadravya Ganapati homom in the morning. The Tantri, assisted by Melsnthi P.N. Narayanan Namboodiri, performed a Thrikalapuja and other special rituals at the Malikappuram Dei temple as well.
A Maha Sudarshana Homom was performed at the Ayyappa Temple in the evening. Devaswom Executive Officer V.S. Jayakumar told The Hindu that the rituals would continue on Sunday.
The Tantri would perform the rituals at the Pampa Maha Ganapathi Temple and at the Nilackal temples on Monday, he said.
Heavy rushThe Ayyappa temple witnessed heavy rush on Saturday.
A Sahasrakalasabhishekom and Kalabhabhishekom were also performed at the temple prior to the Utchapuja.
The Brahmakalasapuja for the Sahasrakalasabhishekom and Kalabhabhishekom
was performed in the forenoon.
The Brahmakalasom and the sandal paste (Kalabhom), in two golden urns, were taken out in a ceremonial procession, with the accompaniment of the sacred Marappani and other traditional temple percussion, to the sanctum sanctorum.
The Tantri poured the sandal paste and the Brahmakalasom over the idol. The Kalabhom was then distributed as ‘prasadom’ to the devotees.
Padipuja, Udayasthamanapuja, and Pushpabhishekom were the other rituals performed on the day.
The temple will be closed after the Athazhapuja on Sunday, marking the culmination of the five-day monthly rituals in the Malayalam month of Kanni.
