Page 2 - April 2018 Newsletter

From The Editor’s Desk

Dear Members, vadhyam. The procession continued till our
Sri Balambika temple, ensuring minimal
The first anniversary of Malur Sri disturbance to the traffic along the way.
Balambika temple was celebrated with

pomp and splendor on the 29th and 30th of At the temple, the devotees were welcomed
March. In this newsletter, we have tried to with the washing of their feet, and led
showcase this grand occasion with a de- around the prakaram to the
tailed description of the events that unfold- ardhamantapam, where the milk in the
ed on these two days, accentuated with a paal kodam was collected. The devotees

colorful array of photos. were then given panakam. The pooja com-
menced with sankalpam, kaala poojai and
The festivities began on the 29th of March, Balatripurasundari homam. Therein,
with the temple prakaram flooded with seri- abhishekam with the collected milk was
al lights and tastefully decorated with flow- performed. The alankaram was

ers. The interior of the temple was also exceptionally beautiful and the deity was a
adorned with an exquisite arrangement of delight to behold. After mahamangalarati,
flowers. sumptuous prasadam consisting of
sakkarai pongal, puliyogarai,
The event started with Muthal kaala poojai. dhadhyonnam, sundal, venpongal and

Natarajan gurukkal and Rajendran panchamrutham was distributed.
gurukkal conducted the proceedings in a
very organised manner. The nadaswaram The event came to a grand finale with the
group of Sri Dakshinamurthy and team trustees and executive committee members
played excellently. Vilakku poojai started accepting prasadam and offering

soon after, with almost 20 participants. At sambhavanai to the priests and
the end of the Vilakku poojai, the focus nadaswaram troupe.
turned to the mahamandapam, where Smt.
Vanishree Sunil rendered Carnatic vocal It was heartening to note that just after the
songs as an offering. She was accompanied close of the event, we were blessed with

on the violin by Smt Hrishitha Bhat, on the heavy rains and hail stones that lasted for
ganjira by Master Karthik, and on the about an hour.
mridangam by Master Amogha.
Balambika Divya Sangam would like to
The maha mangalarati was performed while thank all the sponsors and members who

everyone watched with rapt attention. helped make this event a memorable one.
Things came to a close with the distribution We would also like to wish our Tamil and
of prasadam, which comprised of sakkarai Malayalam readers a very Happy New Year.
pongal and sundal. We hope you enjoy perusing through our
assortment of pictures as much as we have

Early on 30 morning, everyone gathered enjoyed compiling it for you.
th
at the Subramanya Swamy temple. Paal
kodams were covered with yellow cloth and Sarvejana Sukhino Bhavantu.
flowers. After a few bhajans and songs, the
procession started at about 8:30 am, led by

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