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The Maha Sivaratri Brahmotsavams at Srikalahastheeswara Swamy Devasthanam commenced connected Wednesday with the traditional hoisting of the sacred ‘Dhwajapatam’ atop the temple emblem post. Known arsenic ‘Kodi Utsavam’, the temple priests participated successful the ritual and hoisted the emblem amid chanting of the hymns.
According to mythology, the time is called ‘Devaratri’ and assigned large significance. The emblem was hoisted atop the gold-gilded emblem station situated other the main sanctum sanctorum.
A ‘homam’ was performed up of the lawsuit and beatified h2o sprinkled connected the emblem post. Saris presented by devotees were adorned to the emblem station up of hoisting. The emblem hoisting is meant to awesome the motorboat of the yearly festival.
As section MLA Bojjala Sudheer Reddy was distant connected authoritative work in Vijayawada, his mother, B. Brundamma, and his spouse, B. Rishitha Reddy, participated successful the vent connected his behalf. They were accompanied by temple spot committee Chairman Kotte Saiprasad, Executive Officer T. Bapi Reddy and BJP State vice-president Kola Anand, among others.
Meanwhile, the ‘Pancha Moorthis’ were carried successful a expansive procession done the municipality connected a metallic Ambari, an lawsuit known arsenic ‘Gramotsavam’.
State Bank of India (SBI), connected the different hand, presented 200 dhotis and t-shirts to the ‘Vahanam’ bearers and ‘Sripada Sevaks’ moving successful the temple. Similarly, cause dealers came guardant to connection medicines to the temple.
