| Temples & Legends Of Kerala |
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LORD OF VAIKOM |
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Celestial Meeting Renowned Nadaswaram Vidwans like Rajaratnam Pillai, Karaikurichi Arunachalam and Veeraswami Pillai to accompany the procession. They invariably played Dikshitar's composition- "Shree Subrahmanyaya namaste---namaste…. Manasija Koti lavanyaya namaste…. in the stillness of night the audience stood spellbound hearing the melody. The 2 - km. procession from Udayanapuram takes nearly 3 hours to reach the north gate at Vaikom at about 1.30 A.M. During the period the 300 theevattis or torches consume nearly 100 tins of oil. All the while, Vaikathappan, the father, mounted on the elephant, stands impatiently to meet his beloved son. The meeting takes place at the east nada to the accompaniment of another moving song in praise of Paramasiva. – Thiruvati sharanam nambi vandhen devati deva…." The splendor of this divine meeting is to be seen to be believed. Devotees wipe tears of joy from their eyes and offer kanikkai (offering of money) to the deities.
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