Sharada mami wanted us to enjoy the srinivasa perumal utsavam at their native place karungulam.
karungulam is a beutiful scenic village on the banks of thambrabarani river .the festival is of lord venkatesa who is the presiding deity in the small temple on the hillock of vagulagiri.On chitra pournami the god comes down from the hill to the village and plays in the night in the river thambrabarani and returns tothe hillock back the nextday.This the festival
The entire village and its people {they live far away from karungulam say us,canada,delhi ,bombay,sydney}assemble for the festival.The function is run almost entirely by smarthas andafew vaishnavites.The brahmins in the age group of 25 to sixty carry the lord in pallakku on their shouldersspanning the mountain steps around 200 a fairly rough terrain.It is night 11 oclock when he reaches the base and proceeds from there to the river bank.whole night the the god plays MEEN vilayattu and got the colour of green from water. morning he is fully decorated with thulasi ,davanam and comes on veedhi ula.From each house the god is offered prasadam can you imagine what ?huge bunches of diffferent varieties of plantains.baskets and baskets of dry fruits buckets of panakam ,neermor(butermilk)and the beauty is everything is ditributed then and there.to all those assembled.
now the god is ready to climb the steps.All the villagers are waiting for this momentand you wont beleive the god and his pallakku glides on the hundreds of heads in a matter of 5minutes.and reaches the temple.All the women assembled cry in joy as if their child has come back safely after a trialsome trip.I saw what is BHASHPAVARI PARIPURNA LOCHANAMand the moments you see god climbing the steps the feeling with which one is engulfed is beyond description.Those are moments when the hearts of the entire assemblage is filled with aanandham and aamodham of the lord venkateswaras dharshanam
Ifelt very indebted to sharada mami and knk mama for opening up the gates of divinity to us
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