Karkala Carfestival & Wedding
May 17th, 2005 at 07:34pm
Me back in office. After a long time, i stayed away from a comp!. No mails, no net, no blogs, no bloglines for full four days. Really surprised at the speed at which these four days passed by!.
Ok. Let me quickly describe my mini vacation.
We left for karkal on 13th May (i.e., Friday). Initially, we had planned that we will start by 8.30 AM, but somehow we could start only at 10 AM. Reached Karkal by around 11.15 PM. Directly went to Uncles house at Sanoor (3 kms from karkal)
This time around, we decided to stay at a hotel in Karkal. There were lot of guests at my uncles house due to the wedding celebrations that coincided with the carfestival. So, we had booked a room in Hotel Prakash @ karkal (near to Ananthashayana temple). The room was decent enough, but the building plan sucked big time (a pillar in the middle of the room!. think about it ! :) ). But service/facilities/food etc were decent. We checked in at around 2 PM.
At around 4 PM, we went to the temple area. Friday was ‘Hod-Teru’ (final day of the car-festival). The crowd was quite a lot and we decided not to take the camera. :( So, no snaps of that day. The function went on gracefully. It has its own beauty!
The next day was “Vokul” (holi). This time around, i did take my camera along with me. I got some good close up snaps of Lord Venkataramana.
Lord Sri Venkataramana of Karkala : Abhisheka @ Ramasamudra : Vokul day (Click to enlarge)
Devotees taking the holy dip along with the Lord (Click to enlarge)
Lord Sri Venkataramana of Karkala : Alankara (Click to enlarge)
Lord Sri Venkataramana of Karkala : Alankara (Click to enlarge)
Lord Sri Venkataramana of Karkala : Alankara (Click to enlarge)
Panoramic view of Ramasamurdra (Click to enlarge)
One more Panorama (Click to enlarge)
At home, things were getting tuned up for my cousin sisters wedding on 16th May. On Saturday (14th May), we had a small Mehendi function at home, followed by some fun! :).
Mehendi on one of my cousins hand (Click to enlarge)
On Sunday, there was a function at the Groom’s house in the afternoon (Udida Murthu). So, all of us went there. Evening we had the Phool Muddi function at the hall. It was fun. Some of the kids performed some dances (and then even the bride groom danced! :D).
Stage at the Wedding hall : Fully decorated (Click to enlarge)
Coconuts used during the wedding rituals (Click to enlarge)
My experiment with light bulbs :) (Click to enlarge)
Monday, 16th May was the wedding. Around 1500 people turned up. Crowded. Hot. The function went on smoothly. We could have our lunch only at 4 PM i guess!. We could reach home only at 5 PM. After spending some time at my uncles house, we started back to Mangalore at around 7.30 PM. Reached Mangalore at around 8.30 PM.
Now back in office. The four days passed by quite fast. Now back to work. Had quite a lot of mails in my inbox. Cleared almost half of them. Still have lots to clear.
Tags: carfestival, festival, karkala, light, photo, popular, svt, venkateshwara, wedding
Entry Filed under: Life, Photography
24 Comments Add your own
1. Guru | May 18th, 2005 at 2:29 pm
Hey trippy stuff. Dude! Revived some of my MIT memories and the “teru” frolic. Keep up the good work
Cheers,
Guru.
2. Arjun | May 18th, 2005 at 2:33 pm
Thanks Guru!
3. Harsh | May 19th, 2005 at 1:43 am
Wonderful, something people of north Indian don’t know about is been revealed well by your photographs. Do like to know about Lord Sri Venkataramana if you can. And don’t advice for google search on this…
4. Arjun | May 19th, 2005 at 11:45 am
Harsh!,
Carfestival is a festival very similar to the Rath-Utsav of Puri (orissa).
The Lord sits on the chariot, and the chariot is pulled by the devotees. This festival lasts for around 5 days in my hometown of karkala.
Hope this helps!
5. SHIVANAND KAMATH | August 12th, 2005 at 12:15 pm
THE PHOTOS OF LORD VENKATARAMANA ARE EXCELLENT.
6. Arjun | August 12th, 2005 at 2:37 pm
Thanks Shivanand.
7. Vivekananda Prabhu | September 9th, 2005 at 6:42 pm (subscribed to comments)
Arjun,
Thanks for the excellent photographs of Lord Venkataramana.
These pictures recalled my memories of childhood being part of hodu theru and karthik punnava. Please post such great occasions with nice photographs to keep such memories alive.
Keepup the good work.
8. Arjun | September 9th, 2005 at 10:54 pm
Thanks Vivek! Will definately post if I get a chance. BTW, I hope you remember me ! :)
9. RBShenoy | October 21st, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Arjun,
Though I did not live in Karkala, I belong there and have been to the Teru several times.
I am impressed with the photos you have posted. Being continents away from home, it gives a real good feeling to have such visual treat. BTW I got this link from Google.
I am sure I will return to this site several times!
Thank you.
10. Arjun | October 21st, 2005 at 4:40 pm
Thanks Mr. Shenoy!
You might also be intrested in this post of mine.
Thanks for leaving a comments. Look forward to see you around.
11. renjal ganesh prasad nayak | January 4th, 2006 at 11:01 pm (subscribed to comments)
u r photos r excellent if u wish me to send more of those i would love to
12. r dushyantha shenoy | January 20th, 2006 at 7:31 pm (subscribed to comments)
excellent job. keep it up
13. sainath K M | February 9th, 2006 at 3:31 pm (subscribed to comments)
hi tell me which camera did you use to capture Ramasamurdra ?? it has come out really good
14. LAXMI | April 21st, 2006 at 3:59 am (subscribed to comments)
hi arjun,
excellent photographs..
amazing to see my Lord Venkataraman on WEB. I am sure i will revisit this site many a times
Laxmi shenoy
15. YOGISH RABHU K | August 5th, 2006 at 12:22 pm (subscribed to comments)
Arjun,
God Bless you for sharing such wonderful moments of Karkala Festival.
Keep Sharing,
Regards,
Yogi
16. Sumanth | October 10th, 2006 at 2:03 pm (subscribed to comments)
Hi Arjun,
Thanks for the photos!! Keep It up
17. Arjuna Vallabha | October 16th, 2006 at 6:19 am (subscribed to comments)
Nice photos prabhuji !!
Sri Vishnu bless you.
18. Asha Shetty | January 7th, 2007 at 2:33 am (subscribed to comments)
God bless you, fantastic snaps, eventhough i spent my childhood near karkala but never got the chance to be there for any special occasions, now i am very much away….in desert country dubai…..your fanatstic photographs incresed my wish to flyback to India and take Darshan of Lord Venkateshwara
19. Asha Shetty | January 7th, 2007 at 2:36 am (subscribed to comments)
God bless you, fantastic snaps, eventhough i spent my childhood near karkala but never got the chance to be there for any special occasions, now i am very much away….in desert country dubai…..your fanatstic photographs increased my wish to flyback to India jump to Karkala and take the Darshan of Lord Venkataramana
20. Prashanth | March 3rd, 2007 at 3:19 am (subscribed to comments)
Moma, Thummi kalllale venkataramanale photo bhaari chand aila.
polounu ananda jlle amka.
Dhanyavadu………..
PRASHANTH
Bangalore
21. sunil kamath | April 2nd, 2007 at 5:03 am (subscribed to comments)
very cheerfull & beutifull photos
22. Ananth | April 21st, 2007 at 12:25 am (subscribed to comments)
Nice photos! Thank you!
23. umesh m bhat | August 16th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Thank you for good photos of Lord Venkataramana.
Umesh Bhat.
24. cletus | November 11th, 2007 at 3:11 am (subscribed to comments)
nice photgraphs. it recalled memory of my native place.
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