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The Hindu
3 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
Kanaka Durga temple in Vijayawada announces schedule of Sravanam month rituals
Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam, Indrakeeladri, has announced a schedule of special religious programmes throughout August 2025, marking the auspicious Sravanam month of the Sri Vishwavasu Nama Samvatsaram. The temple authorities have made elaborate arrangements for key events including Pavitrotsavams from August 8 to 10, Varalakshmi Vratamon August 8, Samoohika Varalakshmi Vratam on August 22, and Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebrations, featuring the traditional 'Utti Kottu' (pot-breaking ceremony) on August 16. The temple priests will conduct the Pavitrotsavams from August 8–10 with the traditional Trayahnika Deeksha to promote universal well-being and to atone for both known and unknown ritual lapses. Rituals including Udhaka Shanti, Ganapati Puja, Mandap Aradhana, Homas, and Vedaparayanam will be performed in the Yagasala. The three-day event will conclude with Poornahuti and other rites. During these three days, all paid (Arjitha) services—both in-person and virtual—will be suspended. However, daily rituals for the main and sub-temple deities will continue in private, performed by temple priests. On August 8, Varalakshmi Vratam will be observed in Ekantam (privately) by the temple priests. The presiding deity in the main temple will be adorned as Sri Varalakshmi Devi for the occasion. To enable women devotees to participate in the sacred ritual, a Samoohika Varalakshmi Vratam will be held on August 22, the fifth Friday of Sravanam, at the 6th floor of Sri Mallikharjuna Maha Mandapam in two batches. The first session, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., will be a paid service (₹1,500 per participant), while the second, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., will be conducted free of cost. Applications for the free Vratam will be accepted from August 18 at the temple's toll-free counter during working hours. Only one woman per application will be permitted. Participants will receive prasadam kits containing 150g kumkum, blouse piece, bangles, laddu, pulihora, poornam, and Shakti kankanam. Women performing the Vratam will be allowed darshan of the Goddess through a special queue. On Sri Krishna Janmashtami, August 16, celebrations will begin at 8 a.m. with Sri Krishna Puja and Go Puja at Ashirvachana Mandapam. A religious discourse by temple scholars will be held from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by the vibrant Utti Kottu festivities from 6:30 p.m. onwards, near the 7th floor of the Sri Mallikharjuna Maha Mandapam, in front of the Rajagopuram.
The Hindu
08-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
MLAs oppose 11.30 p.m. deadline for festival celebrations in Dakshina Kannada
Opposing the police's imposition of the 11:30 p.m. deadline for events during the upcoming festival season in Dakshina Kannada, legislators who attended an official meeting here on Tuesday said that the restriction would affect the spirit of the festival celebrations. Y. Bharat Shetty, Mangaluru City North MLA, raised the matter at the Dakshina Kannada District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (Disha) meeting, presided over by Capt. Brijesh Chowta, MP. Dr. Shetty also opposed the police instructing the event organisers to install a sufficient number of CCTV cameras and retain the footage for 30 days. Dr. Shetty and D. Vedavyasa Kamath, Mangaluru City North MLA, stated that the deadline imposed by the police would undermine the spirit of 'Mosaru Kudike' celebrations during Sri Krishna Janmashtami and the immersion processions of idols during Ganeshotsava and Navaratri. 'The deadline is like not allowing vehicles on the road because accidents happen,' Mr. Kamath said. Mr. Kamath said that the Dasara procession of Kudroli Gokarnanatha Temple is held all night. 'Will the police stop it?' he asked. Bhagirathi Murulya, MLA, Sullia, questioned the government, asking schools, including both government and private ones, not to spare their premises for religious public programmes, such as the Ganesha festival. Mr. Kamath said that in some government schools, the Ganesha festival has been celebrated as a public event by worshipping the Ganesha idol for the past 50 years. It is not proper to stop such celebrations. The MLAs asked Deputy Commissioner H.V. Darshan to direct the police to lift the cap. It may be mentioned here that, besides making it mandatory for organisers of public events and processions to obtain permission from the police and other concerned departments, the Mangaluru City and Dakshina Kannada district police stated on July 3 that no event will be permitted beyond 11:30 p.m. during the soon-approaching festival season. The police released detailed guidelines for conducting events ahead of Muharram (July 6), Janmashtami and 'Mosaru Kudike' (August 16), Ganesh Chaturthi (August 27), Navaratri, Deepavali, and Christmas, lined up in the coming days, to ensure public safety, peace, and adherence to the law. 'Event-specific detailed instructions, including routes, timings, sound, etc., would be issued for each event, and organisers should provide their details,' Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy and Superintendent of Police K. Arun said. Organisers must obtain a no-objection certificate from the venue owner if the event is being held in a private venue. 'Events held beyond 11.30 p.m. would be treated as 'unlawful assembly',' the police said. Events should be organised at approved locations and on approved routes, they said.
