Diya
“Light is more appreciated in darkness”
Shot this recently during the talayi divvo function at karkala.
2 comments | November 29th, 2005 at 02:00pm
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!
34 comments | November 24th, 2005 at 12:53am
Laksha Deepostsava at Karkala
Today is Karkala Laksha Deepostsava at Sri Venkatarama Temple. Also, popularly known as Karthi Punnav among the GSB community. So, I would be off to karkala today afternoon.
Infact, I was in Karkala yesterday too for the the “Talayi Divvo” function. (Well, if you are Karkalite, you will know what “Talayi Divvo” is! :) ). Have clicked some nice snaps of the function. Will post them once I am back tomorrow.
1 comment | November 21st, 2005 at 01:06pm
Darkness & Light
Darkness & Light
Originally uploaded by Arjun Prabhu.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
2 comments | June 16th, 2005 at 01:32pm
Karkala Carfestival & Wedding
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.
24 comments | May 17th, 2005 at 07:34pm