CHAKKULATHUKAVU
The Karthika Pongala festival will be celebrated at the
Chakkulathukavu Bhagavathy Temple at Neerettupuram, near Thiruvalla, on Sunday,15th
December,2013.Elaborate arrangements have been made for the devotees to offer
pongala (rice kheer) in makeshift hearths at the temple grounds.The
celebrations will begin with temple chief priest Radhakrishnan Namboodiri
performing Ashtadravya Ganapati homam.Mathew T. Thomas, MLA, will inaugurate a
public meeting at 8.30 a.m .Nita Ambani, chairperson of Dhirubhai Ambani Trust,
will formally inaugurate the Pongala festival. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
State general secretary K. Surendran will light the ceremonial lamp and deliver
the keynote address.The temple chief priest will light the main hearth with the
sacred fire from the sanctum sanctorum at 9.30 a.m., marking the start of preparation.
The devotees will prepare the Pongala in and around the temple
complex and on either side of the roads within 30-km radius of Chakkulathukavu.The
presiding deity will be brought in a ‘Jeevitha’ (a palanquin-like carriage)
carried by priests led by temple administrator Manikkuttan Namboodiri to accept
the Pongala from the devotees. Union Minister of State for Labour Kodikkunnil
Suresh will inaugurate a cultural meet at 5 p.m.The temple chief priest will
deliver the benedictory speech. N. Rajashekharan, RSS leader, will deliver the
keynote address.C.V. Anandabose, expert committee chairman of the United
Nations Affiliate Habitat Alliance, will light the Karthika Sthambhom after the
Deeparadhana, marking the finale of the annual event.Actor Manju Warrier will
inaugurate the Naree puja to be held as part of the annual temple festival on
December 20.
Prof. John Kurakar
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