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A TEMPLE FOR BHARATA |
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festival of the temple is held for 11 days from Uthram to Thiruvonam asterisms in Medom
(April-May), the flag-hoisting ceremony being conducted on the Uthram day. The
utsavam offers a pageant of color, music, fine arts and elephant procession to the
thousands who throng to witness the event. The
administration of the temple traditionally vested jointly in the Maharajas of Travancore
and Cochin and a representative of the local community. It was the Maharaja of Travancore
who held supremacy in the setup though the temple was situated in Cochin State. The
representative of the Maharaja of Travancore, Tachudaya Kaimal, was the chief executive of
the temple administration. With the abolition of the princely order, the Government of
Kerala appointed a now Managing Committee with the Tachudaya Kaimal as Chairman to look
after the day-to-day administration of the temple. |
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