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Tens of thousands of devotees thronged the Tirumala temple connected Saturday to witnesser Lord Malayappa’s divine procession atop the Kalpavriksha Vahanam connected the 4th time of the Srivari Brahmotsavams. The time besides marked the accomplishment of ineffable garlands from Srivilliputtur and the presumption of umbrellas for the upcoming Garuda Seva connected September 28.
Splendour marked the procession of Kalpavriksha Vahana Seva connected Saturday connected the 4th time of the ongoing Brahmotsavams of Lord Venkateswara | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT
Adorned successful the resplendent Rajamannar Alankaram, the procession moved majestically on the mada streets, led by caparisoned elephants and accompanied by bhajans, taste dances, and Veda Gosti chants by temple pontiffs. Traditional temple euphony added to the grandeur.
The Chennai-based Hindu Dharmartha Samithi donating 9 caller umbrellas connected Saturday for usage during the Brahmotsavams | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT
In the afternoon, Snapana Thirumanjanam was performed for the processional (utsava) deities astatine Ranganayakula Mandapam. The ineffable garlands, brought from Srivilliputtur—about 650 kilometres away—were received successful a ceremonial reception by some elder and inferior pontiffs astatine Pedda Jeeyangar Mutt and aboriginal processed done the mada streets earlier being handed implicit to temple authorities.
The trustee of the Hindu Dharmartha Samithi of Chennai, R.R. Gopal, handed implicit 9 exquisitely crafted umbrellas for usage during the Garuda Seva. This marks the 21st consecutive twelvemonth of donation, with the umbrellas carried connected ft from Chennai implicit a six-day journey. Authorities noted a surge successful crowds, with thousands of devotees trekking to the temple municipality from neighbouring Tamil Nadu, encouraged by the auspicious 2nd Saturday of the Tamil period of Purattassi. Many stayed successful the galleries to witnesser the upcoming Garuda Seva. The TTD and constabulary faced sizeable challenges successful managing the crowds and ensuring safety.
According to mythology, the Kalpavriksha—the wish-fulfilling divine histrion emerging from the churning of the cosmic ocean—is revered arsenic a grantor of some worldly prosperity and spiritual fulfilment to devotees who witnesser the procession.
The time concluded with the nighttime procession of the Sarvabhoopala Vahanam, adding a majestic adjacent to the festivities.
