Sunday, March 11, 2012

Procession of the Goddess - photos








Photos of ezhunnallippu of Attukal Devi to Sastha temple, Manacaud

Attukal temple festival - Kuthiyottam photos


Kuthiyottam after arriving in front of Sastha temple, Manacaud




  

Kuthiyottam going back to Attukal temple


Thursday, March 8, 2012

Ezhunnallippu video



Watch the Ezhunnallippu video of Attukal Devi - Attukal temple festival 2012.
The procession leaving Sastha temple, Manacaud.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Attukal Pongala 2012 video



This year 3.5 million women took part in the Attukal Pongala festival, seeking Attukal Devi's blessings, making it the greatest celebration of womanhood in the whole planet. Watch the Attukal Pongala 2012 video

The finishing line



Every year after the Attukal pongala, the Trivandrum Corporation's cleaning workers' engage in a cleaning process, which only takes three hours to wipe out the bricks, paper, plastic and other waste materials from the city roads, they really deserves a shake hand.

Back home






About 30 lakh women participated in this year's Attukal pongala taking the blessings of the goddess to thirty lakh homes, promising each other that they would come back in the years ahead.

Pongala is over, now its buying time







The noon break

Queue for the noon meal

Got it!

And a short nap

Attukal pongala video



Watch Attukal pongala 2012 video

Beating the heat

For the blessing of the goddess


Pongala snaps





Its Pongala





Waiting for the fire