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Mock hunting was observed astatine the elevation temple of Lord Venkateswara connected Friday. Religious ecstasy marked the hunting safari conducted arsenic portion of the yearly Kanuma celebrations.
The processional deity of Lord Malayappa, equipped with ‘Panchayudhas’ specified arsenic ‘Khadga’, ‘Gada’, ‘Bana’, ‘Sankhu’ and ‘Chakra’, was taken retired successful a expansive procession to the ‘Parvetu mandapam’ situated amid the heavy forests, astir 3 km from the main temple, wherever the celestial lawsuit was organised.
After the completion of the mandatory rituals, the priests ceremoniously carried retired the mock hunting festival overmuch to the amusement of thousands of devotees congregated astatine the venue.
As portion of the celebrations, portion the temple clergyman ran up with a metallic spear and symbolically hunted down the deer, the temple unit carrying the deity connected a aureate palanquin ran down sending the spectators into peals of laughter.
Meanwhile, the pre-dawn ‘Suprabhatam’ ritual, which remained temporarily suspended pursuing the auspicious month-long Dhanurmasam, resumed astatine the elevation temple.
