Aadi Thirukalyanam festival commences with flag hoisting at Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple
The 17-day Aadi Thirukalyana festival has commenced at the Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram with a traditional flag hoisting ceremony. The festival includes various rituals and processions, culminating in the main wedding ceremony on August 16.
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The Aadi Thirukalyana festival commenced on Wednesday with the flag hoisting at the Rameswaram Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple.
As the 17-day festival would continue until August 21, on the first day of the Aadi Thirukalyana festival the temple doors of the temple were opened at around 4 a.m., and Spadilinga Puja was performed.
Following the evening worship (Sayarakshai Puja) and regular morning pujas, Ramalakshmi, the temple elephant of Rameswaram, paraded around the four chariot streets carrying the flag.
At around 10 a.m., Goddess Parvathavardhini Amman, adorned in special decorations, arrived at the Navasakthi Mandapam.
Subsequently, the flag hoisting ceremony was conducted at the golden flagstaff inside the mandapam during the auspicious Kannya Lagna, amidst the chanting of mantras by Vedic scholars, marking the commencement of the Aadi Thirukalyana festival. A large number of devotees participated in the event.
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