Hundreds of devotees thronged Lord Subrahmanyeswara Swamy temples in East Godavari district on Friday on the occasion of Subramanyeswara Swamy Sashti.
Subrahmanyeswara Swamy temple, located in the temple complex of Golingeswara Swami, was packed with devotees from early hours of Friday as thousands of people from different parts of the district and adjourning West Godavari lined up on this auspicious day. ‘Abhishekams’ with milk started at around 3.30 a.m. and continued till 4.00 p.m.
Special pujas for the god and goddess Valli and Devasena were performed.
At Rajahmundry Sringeri Sarada Peetham, chief priest Tatacharyulu, Vedic pandits Prasad Sarma, Mahesh Sarma and others conducted different ‘abhishekams’ to Lord Subrahmanya Swami, Nagendra and Dattatreya Swami idols. Mr. Tatacharyulu conducted Ganapathi, Rudra, Shanmukha Homams early in the morning and devotees in large number attended all the ‘abhishekams’ from all over the district.
Special pujas and ‘abhishekams’ were conducted at Subrahmanyeswara Swami temple at Korukonda Road temple in Rajahmundry, Special arrangements were made by the temple committee for the convenience of devotees. Kalyanam was performed on Friday night on the temple premises. Uma Markandeya Swami Temple on the banks of the Godavari and Uma-Ramalingeswara Swami temple in Jampeta were crowded with devotees from early hours to till midnight.
Devotees throng temples
On the occasion of Margasira Suddha Sashti that is celebrated as ‘Subrahmanya Sashti’ in all Hindu households and temples’, Sri Maruti Deeksha Seva Peetham Trust organised ‘Sri Valli Devasena Sametha Sri Subrahmanya Swamy kalyanotsavam’ at Sri Panchamukha Anjaneya Swamy Temple on the N.C.S. Road on Friday.
Devotees thronged the temple from early hours and participated in the temple rituals that began with ‘Ganapathi homam’ at 5 a.m. followed by ‘panchamrutabhishekam’ and ‘poornaahuti.’ Amid chanting of Vedic hymns and beating of drums, priests performed the celestial wedding of Sri Valli, Devasena and Sri Subrahmanya Swamy.
The deities were tastefully decorated with flowers. Later, the trust members, P.V. Subba Rao, P. Kamaraju, G.N. Gupta and others conducted ‘anna samaradhana’ on the temple premises.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Rajahmundry:Vizianagaram / November 28th, 2014