Swami Amritaswaroopananda Puri, general secretary of Mata Amrithanandamayi Madhom will inaugurate the 101st Hindu religious meet, Ayroor-Cherukolpuzha Hindumatha Parishad, at its traditional venue on the sandbed of river Pampa at Cherukolpuzha near Kozhencherry.
Addressing a prèss conference here on Wednesday, T.N.Upendranatha Kurup, president of Hindumatha Maha Mandalam, said the week-long religious meet will held from February 3 to February 10.
Meetings of different wings -- cultural, Vivekananda Jayanti, Ayyappa devotees and women devotee would be held. Vice-chancellor of the Kerala Kala Mandalam Deemed University, P.N.Suresh, Devaswom Minister, V.S.Sivakumar, Revenue Minister, Adoor Prakash, Dr M.Lakshmikumari, president of Vivekananda Madhom would inaugurate the respective events.
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Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, K.C.Venugopal, will inaugurate the valedictory meet at 3 pm. T.K.A.Nair, advisor to Prime Minister, will preside over the function.
The week-long annual religious event will come to a close with the Maha Sarvaiswaryapuja led by the Swami Amritageetananda Puri of the Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram in Bangalore, later, in the evening.
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Hundreds of devotees will take part in the Mahasarvaiswaryapuja to be held on the sandbed Pampa, Mr. Kurup said.