Mangalore, January 17: The “Punar Prathishtaapan” ceremony at the renovated Sri Venkataramana Temple in Car Street here, concluded with thousands of devotees thronging the holy shrine to seek blessings.
The re-installation of the Sri Veera Venkatesha took place at 10.29 am on Monday. Sri Sudhindra Tirtha Swamiji of Sri Kashi Math and his disciple Sri Samyameendra Tirtha Swamiji performed the rituals related to re-installation of the deities.
The idol of Sri Veera Venkatesha was installed on the golden throne which has been donated by an Abu-Dhabi based businessman.
The religious rituals commenced at 3.30 am on Monday. The idols were given a number of abhishekhas including Shathakalabhisheka. After the havanas concluded at the Yajna Mantap, Sri Samyameendra Tirtha carried out Poornahuthi.
The idols of Sri Veera Venkatesha and Srinivas were brought to the temple in a procession amidst beating of drums, blowing of Mangala Vadya and chanting of hymns on a golden palanquin, while Srimula Venkataramana, Sri Veera Vittala and Sri Gopalakrishna were brought on a silver palanquin.
Later, Prasanna Pooja was offered to the idols installed on the throne by the two seers of Kashi math. This was followed by re-installation of parivar deities, Ashtamangala Nirikshane and Maha prarthane.
MLA Yogish Bhat, C. Lakshman Shenoy, Managing trustee of the temple, K. Madhav Kamath, U. Nityananda Nayak, M. Padmanabha Pai, president of the renovation committee, P. Dayananda Pai, advisor in chief, S. Satish Nayak, secretary and other office-bearers were present.
As many as 21 giant TV screens had been installed to allow people to have a glimpse of the celebrations going on inside the temple premises. There was a long queue of devotees to accept prasadam.
CM's visit:
Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda visited the temple and sought the blessings of the seers. He was felicitated by Samyamendra Tirtha of Kashi Math with a shawl and fruits.
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