Ankurarpanam Held

Vishwaksena, the Commander in Chief of Sri Venkateswara Swamy took out a celestial ride on Golden Tiruchi to verify the arrangements for the mega festival of his Master on Thursday evening.

After the traditional Senapati Utsavam, Mritsangrahanam followed by Ankurarpanam or Beejavapanam the Seed Sowing ritual was observed.

As per the tenets of Vaikhanasa Agama, the sprouting of the seeds depicts the grandeur of the annual fete.

TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao, Additional EO Sri Ch Venkaiah Chowdhary, JEOs Smt Goutami, Sri Veerabrahmam, CVSO Sri Sridhar, temple DyEO Sri Lokanatham and others were present.