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The utsava idol of Lord Kandaswamy astatine Tiruporur during the procession connected Saturday evening.
The idols of ‘Suran’ during the procession connected Saturday evening.
If you haven’t witnessed a Sura Samharam arsenic yet and are successful the city, past marque definite you marque clip connected Monday evening to sojourn the Kandaswamy Temple astatine Thiruporur wherever you tin spot Lord Muruga combat 7 ‘Suras’. The temple medication has made elaborate arrangements to guarantee information of the crowds that stitchery from adjacent villages.
The lawsuit wherever Lord Muruga takes the ‘Vel’ from Devi Meenakshi and fights and slays the ‘Suran’ to people ‘Kanda Sashti’, volition hap from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. adjacent the eastbound Rajagopuram. “We expect astir 10,000 devotees to witnesser the lawsuit during which you tin spot radical poking the ‘Suran’ dolls with their ain arrows. Police unit are being stationed to negociate the crowds. We person earmarked abstraction for car parking. The spot wherever the ‘Samharam’ takes spot volition beryllium barricaded. Traffic diversions excessively would beryllium successful spot to guarantee that pedestrian question is not hampered,” explained Kumaravel, Executive Officer of the temple.
The temple has a contented of getting caller dolls of ‘Suran’ made each year. There are six gangly dolls made utilizing bamboo frames and filled with hay, jute ropes and insubstantial machie. These dolls are made each twelvemonth by a household of artisans from adjacent Puducherry. They besides instrumentality portion successful the regular procession of the presiding deity.
At the Vadapalani Andavar temple, the yearly ‘Laksharchanai’ is nether mode and connected Monday, the ‘Sura Samharam’ volition beryllium held from 8 p.m. successful beforehand of the Rajagopuram. “We expect astir 50,000 devotees connected that time and it is estimated that 1.5 lakh devotees would instrumentality portion successful the full festival. On Tuesday evening, the temple has arranged a wedding feast for a 1000 persons for the Tirukalyanam,” explained Executive Officer Hariharan.
‘Sura Samharam’ volition beryllium conducted astatine Siruvapuri temple successful Tiruvallur territory and Kandaswamy temple successful Kandakottam successful the Flower Bazaar country from 6 p.m. connected the Gujili Bajaar Road connected Monday evening. The lawsuit volition spell connected for astir an hr and the deity volition beryllium aloft a aureate horse, explained Abhilash Gurukkal astatine the Kandakottam temple.
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P. K. Sekarbabu said that helium has instructed enforcement officers of each Murugan temples to guarantee the creaseless behaviour of ‘Sura Samharam’.
“Depending connected the expected crowd, constabulary ticker towers, parking abstraction and postulation diversions volition beryllium enactment successful place. Drinking h2o and impermanent toilets excessively volition beryllium provided,” helium said aft taking portion successful the chanting of ‘Kanda Sasti Kavacham’ by students of Ekambaranathar School and Karpagambal Arts and Science College astatine the Kandakottam Kandaswamy temple connected Saturday. “Over 2,400 students from schools and colleges tally by assorted temples are participating successful the chanting during the Kanda Sashti festival,” helium added.
