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The temple municipality of Srirangam was charged with spiritual fervour and spiritual zeal arsenic thousands of devotees thronged the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, the foremost among the 108 Divya Desams, connected the auspicious juncture of ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi’ connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025).
The illuminated and decorated, sprawling temple corridors reverberated with chants of “Govinda Govinda” and “Renga Renga” arsenic a immense turnout of devotees waited patiently successful queues to connection worship to Lord Ranganatha and the processional deity, Sri Namperumal.
The precocious constituent of the 22-day yearly Vaikunta Ekadasi festival, which commenced connected December 19 successful the Tamil period of ‘Maargazhi’, was the opening of the ‘Paramapadha Vaasal’, done which the processional deity passed successful the aboriginal hours.
Sri Namperumal, clad successful gem-studded armour and garlands, was taken successful a beatified procession astatine astir 4.30 a.m | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy
The rituals connected with ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi’ commenced successful the aboriginal hours, and the processional deity, Sri Namperumal, clad successful gem-studded armour and garlands, was taken successful a beatified procession astatine astir 4.30 a.m. The deity was taken dilatory done the ‘Raja Mahendran Thiruchutru’ and the ‘Kulasekaran Thiruchutru’ earlier reaching the ‘Vraja Nadi Mandapam’.
The full processional way and the ‘Vraja Nadhi Mandapam’ were decorated with flowers. Vedic hymns were recited astatine the ‘Vraja Nadhi Mandapam’, aft which the deity dilatory proceeded towards the ‘Paramapadha Vaasal’, which was besides decked up. As the ‘Paramapadha Vaasal’ was opened, chants of “Govinda Govinda” and “Renga Renga” filled the air, and the processional deity passed done it astatine astir 5.45 a.m., with devotees following.
The processional deity was taken to the ‘Manal Veli’, wherever a ample fig of devotees had assembled successful the aboriginal hours to drawback a glimpse of Sri Namperumal. Thereafter, the deity was taken to the ‘Thirumamani Asthana Mandapam’ wrong the thousand-pillar mandapam, wherever the devotees worshipped the Lord done the day.
Several devotees had lined up extracurricular the temple analyzable from Monday night, braving the chilly weather, to connection worship to Lord Ranganatha and Sri Namperumal. Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister P.K. Sekar Babu and elder section officials were contiguous connected the beatified occasion.
A immense posse of constabulary unit was deployed wrong and extracurricular the temple successful presumption of the festival, which is divided into ‘Pagal Pathu’ and ‘Ra Pathu’. The ‘Ra Pathu’ begins connected Tuesday. The expansive festival concludes with the ‘Nammazhar Moksham’ connected January 8.
