Photos from Karkala Karthik Punnav
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!
36 comments | November 24th, 2005 at 12:53am