Photos from Karkala Karthik Punnav
November 24th, 2005 at 12:53am
Quite a lot of snaps from Karkala Karthi Punnav (Laksha Deepostsava). Like had had mentioned in my previous post, I was in Karkal on Sunday and Monday. Sunday was Talayi Divvo (Talayi – Sacred pond in the vicinity of the temple, Divvo means Diyas). On Monday, there was this symbolic function of Vanabhojana (which literally means, dinner in the forest).
Here is the snaps :
Temple – Lighting – Decoration
The temple as usual was fully illuminated with lights. Here are some night shots of the temple.
Karkala Sri Venkataramana Temple (Click to Zoom)
Karkala Sri Venkataramana Temple – Entrance (Click to Zoom)
Chariot parked outside the temple (Click to Zoom)
Talayi Divvo Pictures
Here are some pics from the Talayi Divvo function. This time around, it was really beautiful. There were lots of firecrackers this time. The entire area was lit up with diyas as you can see in the pictures below :
The Holy Pond at Karkala Sri Venkataramana Temple (Click to Zoom)
The Holy Pond at Karkala Sri Venkataramanana Temple (Click to Zoom)
Lord Venkataramanana on Pallanki (palki) (Click to Zoom)
Lord Venkataramanana on the Boat (Click to Zoom)
Lord Venkataramanana on the Boat (Click to Zoom)
Lord Venkataramanana on the Boat (Click to Zoom)
Lord Venkataramanana on the Boat (Click to Zoom)
Aarthi for Lord Venkataramanana of Karkala (Click to Zoom)
Snaps from Vanabhojana
The snaps below were shot on Monday during the Vanabhojana celebrations. This place is considered to be equivalent of tirupati. You can read the entire history of this particular function over here.
Devotees at Vanabhojan ready for Sambradan (Click to Zoom)
Devotees at Vanabhojan (Click to Zoom)
Devotees at Vanabhojan (Click to Zoom)
Abhishekam of Lord Venkataramanana (Click to Zoom)
Abhishekam of Lord Venkataramanana (Click to Zoom)
Devotees at Vanabhojan (Click to Zoom)
Sambradan @ Vanabhojana (Click to Zoom)
Sambradan @ Vanabhojana (Click to Zoom)
Sambradan @ Vanabhojana (Click to Zoom)
Idols of the Lord Venkataramanana, Karkala (Click to Zoom)
I am posting this keeping in mind thousands of Karkalites spread across the world (and for some reason could not make it to Karkal for Karthik Punnav). So, I request you to please pass on the URL (http://www.arjunprabhu.com/blog/archives/2005/11/24/
photos-from-karkala-karthik-punnav/) to any Karkalite who would be happy to see the above set of snaps!
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Dear Arjun,
I accidently stumbled upon your blog. SOme accidents do happen for the good. I loved the pictures. And reminded me of my visit to Karkala 2 years back for Kartipunnava. That was my first Kartipunnava in the last 30 odd years though I go often there.
Recently I have moved to the Middle East and hence it was special to flavor my hometown sitting here in Abu Dhabi. Thank you.
Comment by Ganesh Kamath — November 17, 2008 #
makka photo polonu khushi jalle
Great photos. Thanks . wish i wud have been there to see this live. tExcellent job !!! Thnx for taking us down the memory lane the gr8 memories from childhood
Comment by vishwas kamath — November 19, 2008 #
Watch this 3 min video taken by me during the Kartik Punnav festival on 16/17.11.08
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=r5G6yl_BQro
Comment by Arun Prabhu — November 19, 2008 #
Hi all,
I did my pre- U in Karkala, Sri Bhuvanenadra college(sorry about the spelling) in 1985-86, before proceeding to Manipal.
I have fond memories of this small town.
My friends and I plan to visit our alma mater in the next few years, and Karkala will be in our itinerary.
cheers.
ck
Comment by LIM Chong Keng — November 24, 2008 #
i am daugter of vasudev shenoy where u buy tharkari all day near moormarga it was really superb
Comment by ashwini shenoy b — December 30, 2008 #
wonderful to see you doin this good job ha srinivasa venkatsha govinda govinda…………
Comment by Mithun — January 24, 2009 #
hi arjun, i was seeing karkala and saw the photos u hav taken. i am from chalpadi kamath fly and really impressed with the photos. i saw karthik punnav long back in 1976. hope to be in karkal this year with my son
Comment by ushanayak — February 3, 2009 #
Dear Ashwini and all,
Shenoy is a very familiar name though I had forgotton where exactly the shop is located. hmm..
We are planning a trip to Karkala on the 31st October 2009, for the Bhuvanendra college golden jubilee celebrations.
I understand that my mathematic teacher Sir Gawda, as we used to call him, who was also our hostel warden, is now a professor and principal of the esteem college. He’s a strict but fair man. I miss him dearly.
Lots of arrangements to make; flights and accommodation in Karkala are main concern. But as I look at the Wikimapia map, there are lots of new hotels beside Swagth and Dwaraka.
Does Swagth still serve its tasty biryani rice..? :)
I’m very excited about the trip, as you can imagine.
ck
Comment by LIM Chong Keng — February 23, 2009 #
Its realy a huge and tremendous one………..
Comment by NANDA KUMRA G M — March 19, 2009 #
EAST
OR
WEST
KARKALA IS THE BEST
Comment by AMIT SHENOY — May 5, 2009 #