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Devotees person complained that the procession of the utsava idol of Sri Devarajaswamy, besides known arsenic Sri Varadharajaswamy, connected the Yaali Vahanam was chopped abbreviated connected Monday evening successful Kancheepuram. The procession was portion of the yearly Brahmotsavam of the temple that is underway successful the temple town.
On Monday, the deity was dressed arsenic Mohini Avataram and taken astir a fixed way successful the greeting and brought retired connected the Yaali Vahanam successful the evening and should person been taken to the Gangaikondaan Mandapam, presented offerings and past travelled backmost to the temple.
Sources said that the 14-km-route was chopped down to 200 metres by temple authorities citing deficiency of time. “In the morning, 5 caller mandagapadis (visits by the idol connected outgo to assorted homes) were added to the route, delaying the instrumentality by respective hours and thereby the adjacent procession. The inability of priests and sri padam thaangis, who transportation the idol, to enactment successful utmost fatigue is being cited arsenic a crushed for bringing backmost the idol. This twelvemonth the full festival has been moving late,” said a devotee.
Another root successful the temple said that the Maniyakarar, who takes attraction of the interior affairs of the temple and Kodaikaarar, who manages the speech of umbrellas on the procession route, person been transferred retired of the temple. “The full medication has turned topsy-turvey. The idiosyncratic in-charge of the Madapalli (kitchen wherever prasadams are cooked) has been made Maniyakarar. He is incapable to locomotion on with the deity though helium is liable for the creaseless behaviour of the festival and holds work for the jewellery connected the idol. Various unit and adjacent priests are being threatened with suspension. All this is being done astatine the instigation of 2 persons,” claimed a source.
A time before, determination was a tiny skirmish betwixt Vadakalai and Thenkalai sects astir the chanting of the Nalayiradivya prabandham.
