TEPPOTSAVAM(FLOAT FESTIVAL) (06:00 PM FIVE DAYS A
YEAR)
(COST
RS 500/-(PER DAY) PER PERSON, PRASADAM : 1 BIG LADDU, 1
VADA,
1 UTTARIYAM OR 1 BLOUSE PIECE)
Every year during
Phalguna Pournami, this festival is celebrated on a grand scale
in the Swami
Pushkarini for five days in the month of Chaitra (March). On the first
day, Lord Rama with
Sita and Lakshmana are offered worship and taken out for a
celestial ride on the
finely decked float in Swamy Pushkarini. On the second day,
Lord Sri Krishna and
Rukmini are offered puja and taken for pleasure ride on float.
During the remaining
three days beginning with Trayodasi and ending with
Pournami, Sri
Malayappa Swami along with Sridevi and Bhudevi are taken out for
a ride in the temple
tank. On the third day, there will be three rounds followed by
five rounds and on
the final day, the utsava murtis will be taken out for pleasure
ride on the
impressively decorated float for seven rounds. The pilgrims throng to
see the grandeur of
the deities on this particular day since, the charm of full moon
is an added
attraction to the divine beauty of the deities. Arjita seva ticket holders
who take part in this
float festival will have darsan of the Lord after the festival.
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