Important Days
The annual festival
The annual festival (
Aandu visesham,
utsavam ) of Sri Chandrasekharapurathappan is celebrated in the
Dhanu
month (Dec-Jan) of Malayalam era. The festival begins with
Kodiyettu
on the star Thiruvathira of the month. The
Cheriyavilakku
and
Valiyavilakku are celebrated on the Aayilyam and Makam stars
respectively. The festival ends on Pooram star with
Aaraattu.
Thiruvathira
Lord Siva’s thirunaal is celebrated
in the temple on the
Thiruvathira star of
Dhanu month
with usual rituals like
thiruvathirakkali and other special functions
under the leadership of Vanitha Committee. On all thiruvathira stars of
other months there is special
palpayasam offering and
Sivapurana
parayanam (recitation).
Sivarathri
According to Puranas, worshipping
Lord Siva on Maha Sivaratri cleanse one of all his or her sins. Mahasivarathri
is celebrated in this temple with Akhanda namajapam (namassivaya chanting
without break) and special
Ekadasarudram Dhara and
Ksheera
Dhara. We are conducting a Namasivaya writing competition for children
on the same day.
Ayilyam Sarpa Pooja
The star Ayilyam
is supposed to be a very auspicious one for naagadevathaas. On all ayillyam stars
of every Malayalam month, special
sarpa pooja ( neerum paalum )
is carried out for Naga Raja & Nagayakshi of the temple.
36 Pradakshinam & Akhanda Nama Japam
Hundreds of devotees have been doing 36 pradakshinams with panchakshara (namassivaya)
chanting on every 1st of Malayalam month in the morning at 6am which is
followed by “akhandanamajapam” which ends with the pradakshinam in the evening
at 6 pm.
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