Kumbhabhishekam of Kumaran Kunram

A slight detour from my current travel series..!

I happened to visit the Kumbhabhishekam of a nearby Murugan temple Viz. Kumaran Kunram
Click here for details given by wikipedia about this temple.

There was a large  number of turn-out of people from the nearby locale that one could only see a sea of heads for a distance on the street overlooking the temple.

I was carrying a camera that had a long zoom and could get closer to the gopuram. In fact almost I scanned every inch of that gopuram.. ! Thought , you will like the dash of sparkling color of the newly painted statues.

The function was in the morning and I also returned to the temple in the evening to get a closer look. Luckily I was allowed to use the camera in yaga-Shala.These pictures are at the end.

For the whole set of pictures as tiles, please click here.

I went and clicked a few pictures at 8am in the morning,

But the function was at 10:30am am and I went back and returned at 10 am. This is where I could get a place to stand. ! 

I started zooming into the Gopuram..!

This is at the uppermost tier .. quite at the top..!

At last , I found somebody who would capture me in his camera..! (lol)

The crowd has started returning now..It took a while for the crowd to clear..!

 

Some photos taken in relatively close quarters at 8 AM.

The following are the pictures of Yaga Shala where the rituals took place in the morning

Approaching Yaga Shala ..! Though dimly lit and dark , I just wanted to capture the ambiance..!

Spiritual discourse by Kanchi Sage..

As usual I seek your pardon for the large number of photos..!

Hope you enjoyed these..!

Click Here for the full set in picture tiles mode.

Srirangam and around

It has been a while since I made a post. I am glad to be on it again now. I have not been travelling a lot these days and itching to use my camera. So, I jumped at the opportunity when my collegue & friend Jayashree invited me for the 80th birthday celebrations of her father at Srirangam. I reached Srirangam a couple of days ahead of the function and visited a few places around Srirangam/Trichy.
They are

• Anbil,
• Appakkudathan temple at Koviladi 
• Azgagiya-Manavalam 
• Gopurappatti 
• Gunaseelam 
• Mannarkudi
• Thirupaignjeeli
• Thiruvellarai 
• Thiruverumbur
• Uthamar-Koil
• Vaduvur  

I had been to Srirangam earlier and made a post about it. Click here to view that post.

While, I covered the temple in great detail in that post, did not roam around the town. This time, I made it a point to at least go round the temple from outside and photographed some interesting structures and scenes. Till I start writing about the above places , I hope these photos will keep you interested and occupied..!

 SOUTHern Side

 NORTHern Side

EASTern Side

I am sorry about the large number of Photos..For those of you who find them insufficient here  is the full set..!