Kanda Sashti – Activities in Richmond Temple 6-day event starting on Monday, Oct 28, 2019. It will end on Saturday, Nov 2, 2019 with Soora Samharam on Sashti day.
One day to prior to the starting day, one specific area of the temple is decorated as a hill with lot of trees and Murugan doll is kept on top of the hill.
Dolls are kept explaining various anecdotes of Kanda Puranam.
Utsavar Murugan with Valli and Deyvani is seated on a separate chariot decorated with flowers and lights.
Every day, the event would be sponsored by some devotees.
The function starts with the priest taking sankalpams from the sponsors.Priest does the pooja and naamaavali for Murugan.
The Utsavar in his chariot is taken in a procession around the prakaram of the temple. Devotees follow the chariot devoutly chanting ‘Kandanukku Arohara’, ‘Muruganukku Arohara’. The entire assembly can feel the positive religious vibrations running through them because of the chanting.
Devotees recite Kanda Sashti Kavacham and sing other devotional songs on Murugan.
Priest does the naivedhyam of the prasadams that devotees bring to the temple.
Event of the day concludes with all singing the Thiruppugazh song ‘Naadha vindhu kalaadhi namo nama’.Prasadams are distributed to devotees by volunteers.
- Nataraja Murthi from Richmond
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