[Fwd: Pictures: Thiruvananthapuram SrIpadmanAbhaswami perumAl - brahmosthavam]

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Jai Srimannarayana!

 

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