Thirunellai

Radhaprayanam of 2014 has come to a close. Its a years wait for another grandeur like this. Wishing all villagers for a happy and prosperous year ahead. Wait is on...

19th May 2014 Photos from Day 10 of Theru Festival in Thirunella i. 

19th May 2014 Photos from Day 10 of Theru Festival in Thirunella i.  Manjal Neerattu Manjal Neerattu

18th May 2014 Photos from Day 9 of Theru Festival in Thirunella i.  Paarvettai (Just after fireworks)

18th May 2014 Photos from Day 9 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai.  Poorna Pushkala Sametha Hariharaputhra Swamy being taken out of temple towards Theru Periya Theru

18th May 2014 Photos from Day 8 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai.  Kuthirayottam Day (Double Thayambaka) Swamy Ezhunallathu at morning

17th May 2014 Photos from Day 8 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Andal Kalyanam by Kalpathy Sisters

16th May 2014 Photos from Day 7 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Photo courtesy:  +Lakshmi Narayanan   Kutcheri by Vaikkom Vijayalakshmi

16th May 2014 Photos from Day 7 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Photo courtesy:  +Lakshmi Narayanan  

15th May 2014 Photos from Day 5 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Photo courtesy:  +Lakshmi Narayanan   7th day Morning

14th May 2014 Photos from Day 5 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Photo courtesy:  +Lakshmi Narayanan  

13th May 2014 Photos from Day 4 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Photo courtesy:  +Lakshmi Narayanan  

12th May 2014 Photos from Day 3 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Photo courtesy:  +Lakshmi Narayanan  

11th May 2014 Photos from Day 2 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Photo courtesy:  +Lakshmi Narayanan   Utsava Moorthi of Poorna Pushkala Sametha Hariharaputhra Swamy

10th May 2014 Photos from Day 1 of Theru Festival in Thirunellai. Photo courtesy:  +Lakshmi Narayanan

It is the time of year we villagers are in festive mood. The stage is set, the flag is hoisted. Today is first day of nine day long celebrations. Wishing everyone a happy theru 2014. Theru is the main festivals in Tamil Brahmin Agraharams/Villages in Palakkad. The festivals in villages in Palakkad town start with Kalpathy village and culminates with Thirunellai village's theru festivals. Flag hoisting/Kodiyettam in Thirunellai is done during month of Chithira/Medam, Uthram star. Uthram star should be present during night time for the kodiyettam. Kodiyettam will be done only on night time.  The day in which kodiyettam is performed will be Day 1 and until Day 9 every day Ayyappa swamy will come to the gramam in theru. For the 10 days the celebrations are termed as Vasanthothsavam. The festival is organized to promote unity among the villagers, for celebrating the love to their village deity. This festival is considered to be done to please the deity of the villag

Sanatana Dharma also known as Hinduism is unlike other religions which are practiced across the globe. It is not a religion. It conveys a broader aspect of culture itself. It tells us how to live and what to attain in one's lifetime. Before starting to learn Sanatana Dharma, one must understand that everyone in this world is following these dharma, knowingly or unknowingly. To state an example, all people who consider that there is only one God automatically follows one aspect of Sanatana Dharma. Though it is widely believed that Sanatana Dharma teaches there are multiple gods, unlike its belief it teaches that there is only one God. The Vedas preach: एकं सद्विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति ekaM sadvipraa bahudhaa vadanti ekaM  means One sad  means exists vipraa  means the learned/people/sages bahudhaa  means multiple vadanti  means calls/tells Thus it means "Even though there exists only ONE, people call it by multiple names". This is the ultimate truth every Hindu

In the middle of Bangalore city. Situated in Gavipuram, this temple is believed to be built around 9th Century AD. The main attractions of this temple are many. Gavi means cave in Kannada. Lord Shiva is the principal deity in this temple. The temple is famous for a scientific reason too. Being a cave, the presiding deity Shiva is inside the cave. There is no way the sun rays could enter the cave. But on Makarsankranthi day (starting of Utharayana kala) the suns rays falls on the Shiva linga. The temple has been carved out and the deity has been placed in such a manner that only on this occasion that sun rays enter the temple. People throng in huge numbers to witness this marvellous sight. Apart from this wonder, the cave temple is a must watch. The cave is believed to be at least 3000 years old . It is also said that Sages Gowthama and Bharadwaja has done penance in this cave. This natural cave formation is a great place to visit. To circumvent/do a pradakshina of the deity one

They say that God is everywhere. The story of Prahlada is famous, where his father challenges him to show the god in the pillar. To his surprise Lord Vishnu in the manifestation of Narasimha emerged from within the pillar. Yesterday I was stuck with such a surprise. I was in Basavanagudi, Dodda Ganesha Temple in Bangalore. We were doing pradakshinam of Naga deity in front of the temple and found a familiar photo on the Banyan Tree. The laminated photo was none other than our village deity. Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa.