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Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple
Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple-9
sri.s.v.varadarajan
In this temple, every Vaikasi month, there will be festivals for ten days.The Vigrahas of Lord Easwara is taken in procession in different Vahanas in the main streets.On the first day temple flag is hoisted on the flagpole; on the fifth day evening Lord Siva's marriage will be celebrated and in the night the Panchamurthis (five deities) are taken out on Silver Vahana. On the tenth day, Car festival takes place.Every day Pundits chant Vedic hymns.
For each deity in this temple,there is a seperate festival at the appropirate month. For Vinayaka, on the Sankatahara Chathurthi day,Abishekam and aradhana will take place.In the month of Avani, Vinayaka Chathurthi is celebrated and Poojas are performed for the 33 Vinayaka idols in this temple.On the fifth day, for the Vallaba Ganapathi, marriage function will be celebrated and the idol taken in procession on that day. In the Ani month, abishekam will be performed for Lord Nataraja and as usual there will be a procession . In Adi month, for, the 'Amman',there will be Adi Pooram festival for 7 days and also Mukthi and Kigivazhanathar festivals are celebrated. In Avani, there there will be festival for one day and in Purattasi for 10 days there will be navarathri festival. Daily Devi's idol is decorated in a beautiful form and kept for public dharshan. On the vijayadhasami day procession takes place. Apart from them,every month on the Karthigai and Pooram star days and on full-moon days, there will be special poojas for Amman. In Aippasi, Kandha Shashti festival is performed for six days with Sura Samhara as special item.
To be continued
