‘Jyeshtabhishekam’ festival concludes with ‘Kavacha Samarpanam’ in Tirupati
The three-day 'Jyeshtabhishekam' festival at the Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple in Tirupati concluded with the ceremonial adorning of armours on the idols. The event included traditional rituals and a procession through the temple streets.
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It documents significant cultural and religious practices in a major Indian pilgrimage site, reflecting the preservation of temple traditions.
The three-day annual ‘Jyeshtabhishekam’ festival at Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple in Tirupati concluded with the ceremonial ‘Kavacha Samarpanam’ (adorning of armours) on Sunday.
After the pre-dawn ‘Suprabhatam’, the sacred armours were taken out in a procession, followed by rituals like ‘Satakalasa’ ‘Snapanam’ and ‘Mahasanthi Homam’.
A ‘Snapana Tirumanjanam’ (celestial bath) was later given to the processional idols of Sri Govindaraja and his consorts Sri Devi and Bhu Devi. The festival concluded with ‘Kavacha Pratishta’, the donning of the armours which were removed on the first day, back onto the idols.
In the evening, the idols with the dazzling armours were taken out in a procession through the temple streets.
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