sri:
Dear Devotees: Please accept adiyen's humble pranam
Yesterday was the Aipasi, thIrthavAry for
thiruvananthapuram SrIpadmanAbhaswami perumAl, among
the temple festivals, it is the major brahmosthavam,
still being the royal temple, the temple procession is
guarded by one batalian of kerala police, and one
batalian of kuthirai police, along with traditional
warriors, headed by the maharaja himself
the maharaja, is known as kulaSEkharaperumAl, is the
desendend of kulaSEkhara Azhwar.
http://ibiblio.org/ramanuja/utsavams/SrIpadmanAbhaswami/
Here are a couple of pics, so its poor clarity.
but still you can see perumal, in tholukkiniyan, with
garudavahanam, left is azhagiyasingar, and right is
the ambadi kannan, mUrthis, with in the temple itself
and the old man with a sword leading the procession
(with a green cap) is the maharaja or travancore. the
thirtha vari is done at the arabian sea.
http://ibiblio.org/ramanuja/utsavams/SrIpadmanAbhaswami/
Sreekanth
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