NAREE PUJA PERFORMED AT CHAKKULATHUKAVU

NAREE PUJA PERFORMED AT CHAKKULATHUKAVU

The annual Naree puja was held with religious fervour at the Chakkulathukavu Bhagavathy temple in Neerettupuram, near Thiruvalla, on Friday,20^th December,2013.Malayalam actor Manju Warrier was the chief guest at the ceremony.  Manikkuttan Namboodiri, priest and temple administrator, was the chief celebrant of the ceremony, performed in the presence of a large gathering of devotees.Ms. Warrier was garlanded and seated on a specially made chair (‘peetom’) for the ritual. Mr. Namboodiri washed her feet and offered flowers to her, before performing Aarati. Mr. Namboodiri said the puja was being held upholding the Manusmriti verse ‘Wherever women are being worshiped, there will be glory and prosperity.’

P.N. Suresh, Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University, and Radhakrishnan Namboodiri, temple chief priest, attended the function.A cultural meeting was held in the morning on the temple premises as part of the celebrations.A dance performance by Ms. Warrier was the highlight of the cultural programme in the evening.The annual temple festival will come to a close with the Arat ceremony and Manjaneerattu on December 27.

Prof. John Kurakar