Pushpayagam Held

The annual Pushpayagam was held with religious fervour in Sri Padmavati Ammavari temple at Tiruchanoor on Saturday evening.

The Utsava deity of the Goddess was seated on a special platform in Sri Krishna Mukha Mandapam and the festival of flowers commenced amidst chanting of Vaidic hymns as per the tenets of Pancharatra Agama Shastra.

A total of four tonnes of various flowers were used in offering floral bath that includes two tonnes from Tamilnadu and a tonne each from AP and Karnataka were used.

Earlier in the morning Snapana Tirumanjanam was held while in the evening a procession of flowers was held from Asthana Mandapam to the temple.

The ritual was observed between 5pm and 8pm on Saturday evening.

JEOs Smt Goutami, Sri Veerabrahmam, Garden Deputy Director Sri Srinivasulu, DyEO temple Sri Govindarajan, devotees were present.