The Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple will be holding the Murajapam rituals starting from November 20th. The chanting will last for 56 days. It will take place from 6:30 AM to 8:30 AM, and again from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
A large number of people flocked to the street in Madurai to take part in the Margazhi Ashtami Chariot Festival celebrated at Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai on Thursday.
'Aarattu' is an annual ritual performed during Hindu temple festivals in Kerala, in which a priest bathes the idol of a deity by dipping it in a river or a temple tank. After bathing the deities, palpayasam (a sweet pudding) is offered to the gods.
The Kerala High Court on Thursday ruled that the District Administration or the Police cannot insist that only politically neutral coloured decorative materials are used for temple festivals.
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], Mar 3 (ANI): A tusker, Thechikottukavu Ramachandran, who killed 13 people and three elephants, was allowed to be paraded at temple festivals again.
Vatican City, Oct 13 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Sunday met Pope Francis in Vatican City and presented him the copy of 'Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi' and 'Caparisoned Elephant' of Kerala temple festivals.