Sunday, March 16, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Attukal temple after Pongala Festival: video
Attukal Devi temple on the first Sunday after Pongala Festival.
Attukal temple after Pongala
A heavy rush was witnessed on the first Sunday after the Attukal pongala. Devotees crowded the temple premises, aspiring to have the darshan without a rush.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Pongala pictures
Women preparing the space to make the aduppu or oven. Pongala pot is placed over the oven which is made by placing three bricks in different angles. Niranazhi or a measuring cup made of bamboo full of rice grain, and a nilavilakku or brass lamp is also placed adjacent to the pongala pot.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
The ezhunnallippu inside Sastha Temple
The ezhunnallippu taking a pradakshinam inside the Sastha Temple, Manacaud
Ezhunnallippu of Attukal Devi : video
The ezhunnallippu of the Attukal Devi entering the Sastha Temple, Manacaud. The Sasthavu at Manacaud temple is considered as the younger brother of Attukal Amma. So the ezhunnallippu has another purpose of paying regards to the younger brother. The ezhunnallippu is also a State ceremony with the march past of armed police.
Kuthiyottam
Kuthiyottams taking rest after the long walk from Attukal devi Temple to Sastha Temple, Manacaud. They reach the Sastha Temple at mid night. They will wait till the ezhunnallippu of Attukal Devi arrives, and then goes back to the Attukal temple.
Tablos accompanying Ezhunnallippu : video
Kuthiyottams accompany Attukal Devi who starts her purathezhunnallippu or procession from the Attukal Temple at night.The procession will end at the Sastha Temple, Manacaud. This is the other most important ritual after the Attukal Pongala. The procession is accompanied by tablos and other art forms; The Kuthiyottams and tablos will reach the Sastha Temple premises at night. But the Attukal Devi will reach only in the morning, for the diety will be given numerous receptions by the people on the way. The video shows a tablo in the procession.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Pongala at the hearts
This year's Attukal Pongala is over, but the sweetness of the pongala will remain in the million hearts who gathered here for a whole year, and invite them all to the pongala next year. A social gathering above a religious one, Attukal Pongala combines the religious with the social.A million new faces means a million new relationships. Even though the millions that have gathered have different physical identies, they have become united through a single spiritual identity. That is what religious gatherings like Attukal Pongala profess and practice.
Pongala pots boil over: video
Pongala fire was lighted at 10 AM, pots boil over along with all the sorrows.
Making Therali
Therali is a sweet offering made of rice flour and jaggery with spices and banana added to it. The therali is cooked in steam with the bater covered in vayana, a spicy leaf with a spicy aroma.
Pongala moments
Scenes from Attukal pongala 2008. Women gathered before the Sastha temple, Manacaud, photo taken at 8 AM.
Pongala day
Women have made their aduppu, quite early in the morning and every where you see pots, the fire wood and women. Now they are waiting to light the fire; the fire would be lighted at 10 o' clock in the morning. This video was taken at 7 AM.
It's Pongala time : video
It's Pongala time, its crowd every where, virtually overflowing the roads. This is unique of Attukal Pongala, one can see people celebrating each and every moment. And no body wants to sleep today. This video was taken at 11.30 PM, 21 February 2008.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Pongala time, it's women's day: video
Women continue to capture the roads of Trivandrum city; a parade of feminine power. This video was taken at 4.30 PM.
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