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The precincts of the Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja temple astatine Haripad came live connected Wednesday arsenic hundreds of devotees gathered to observe the yearly Ayilyam festival.
The temple’s sanctum sanctorum was opened astatine 4 a.m., marking the opening of the day’s rituals. Valiyamma Savithri Antharjanam offered darshan to devotees astatine the nilavara of the illam. A bid of accepted rituals followed, including ezhunnallathu, aayilyam pooja, noorum paalum, sarpa bali, guruthi, and thattile noorum paalum.
Devotional and taste performances specified arsenic harinama keerthanam, bhagavatha parayanam, violin and Carnatic fusion concerts, Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Chakyar koothu, Thiruvathira, and bhajans were besides held.
A ample fig of devotees took portion successful the wide feast held astatine the UP School crushed adjacent the temple.
To guarantee creaseless behaviour of the event, a peculiar constabulary deployment of astir 200 unit was arranged nether the enactment of Kayamkulam Deputy Superintendent of constabulary T. Binu Kumar. The KSRTC operated further autobus services from Kottayam, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, and different parts of the State.
