A 10 day Aadi Pooram utsavam will be celebrated in a grand way from Saturday (July 23) at Sri Madhava Perumal temple. As part of the utsavam, there will be a procession of Andal inside the temple in the evening at 6pm.
On Sunday July 31, devotees will be treated to a once in a year special alankaram.
From 5.30pm that day, Niranjana Madhava Perumal will be seen in a sayana kolam in a sleeping posture on the lap of Andal, Sundar Bhattar told Mylapore Times. He said that the next morning on August 1 on the occasion of Aadi Pooram, there will be a Thirumanjanam for moolavar deity of Andal.
On each of the 10 days of the festival, the prabhandham members will present sacred verses of Nam Azhvaar. On the final evening, they will also present the 173 verses of Andal.
Photo : Last year’s Sayana Kolam at Madhava Perumal
- Report by S. Prabhu
