18th July
2016
The
Adi month’s Annual festival, for the year 2016 of Sri Devi Bhavani Amman,
located at Ramakrishna Nagar, Adambakkam, Chennai 88 was celebrated in the first week of the Tamil month. In other temples, the Adi month festival
will be celebrated in any one of the week. The main purpose
of this celebration is to distribute Koozh made of rahi –a variety of millet since this month will be the dry season of the year. The procedures
followed will be very similar to the festival celebrated in Drowpathy Amman Temples. Normally this will be a three-day function that starts on Friday and concludes on Sunday. The important features of this
festival are, providing annathanam to all the devotees, walking on the
fire and Amman will be carried in procession through the streets.
In addition to this in some of the temples, theru koothu / street play ie drama of Mahabharata will be conducted.
Amman in sandal paste alangaram
The
kumbhams taken for the procession
The
kumbhams taken for the procession
This
Amman is made of mud and the lamp will glow throughout the function
Kumbam
in procession
It
was believed that if the procession crosses on the lying man, all the evil effects will vanish..
Arul vakku
Preparation of fire for the fire walk
Amman
is ready for the procession
After the fire walk – the man in costume
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OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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