VAVU BALI-2013
Thousands
offer 'Vavu Bali'
Braving the incessant rain,
tens of thousands of devotees, including people from far away places, performed
the 'Vavu Bali' during the Karkidaka Vavu day on 6th August, 2013,
Tuesday to propitiate their ancestors.Though the historical Aluva Siva temple
and Manapuram are under water, hundreds performed the vavu bali in the
temporary sheds erected from Thottakkattukara to Manapuram Althara. The
temporary sheds erected at the Aluva Manapuram on Sunday to help people pay
'bali tarpanam' (paying homage to ancestors) were washed way in the flood
waters on Monday even as the temple premises got completely inundated. No
vehicles were allowed towards the Shiva Temple side from Thottakattukara and
Paravur Kavala. Even the roadside vendors were restricted.
The facilities for
performing vavu bali were arranged in Thiruvallam Parasuramaswami temple,
Aruvippuram Shiva Temple, Varkala Janardhaswami Temple, Thriveni Sangamam in
Kanyakumari, Thamraparni, Sankhumukham, Thirkkulangara Vishnutemple, Neyyar,
Siva Temple in Sreechakra Thrikkannapuram. The observance of 'vavu bali'
at Sivarathri manappuram, which takes place in the month of Karkidakam, is an
important ritual in Kerala. People perform the annual ritual in memory of the
departed souls.
Prof. John Kurakar
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