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Udupi: Sea of Devotees Gather at Malpe Beach on 'Yellamavasya'

  •   Fri, Jan 11 2013 02:52:07 PM

Udupi: Sea of Devotees Gather at Malpe Beach on 'Yellamavasya'

Hemanath Padubidri
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (DV)

Udupi, Jan 11: Devotees flocked to Malpe beach in thousands on Friday January 11 to take sacred dip and offer prayers on the occasion of 'Yellamavasya'.

'Yellamavasya' falls on the new moon day of the Margashira month as per the Hindu calendar. People flock to the nearest sea or sacred rivers to take a holy dip on this day. It is an important festival especially for farmers in the northern part of the state.

The devotees gathered at Malpe beach at 5 am for the holy bath in the Arabian sea, after which they sought divine blessings at Balaram Temple in Pada Pandeshwar and turned the 'Sakshi Kallu' as per tradition.

On the occasion, the devotees remembered their forefathers during the rituals at the beach.

Heavy police security was in place to ensure smooth flow and prevent any untoward incident. Services buses were arranged to ferry the devotees.
  

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  • sahil, Udupi/Dubai

    Sat, Jan 12 2013

    One my favorite Jathra i like to enjoy there. But in beach there is numbers of wrong things happened where ladies has no separate bating place and People will not rise there voice against of that because of strong hold of cultural Brahmins.

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  • suresh saligrama, bangalore

    Sat, Jan 12 2013

    nice pictures. it is better to have some police protection to prevent any wrong incidents. hope coming years they may think over it

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  • K. S. Mayya, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Fri, Jan 11 2013

    This article does not fetch any comments from the readers of the daijiworld. It has to be political or its about something spicy..."communal" only then would it attract comments. C'mon guys Daijiworld deserves better than this for their coverage of this nice occasion. At this rate, you would encourage Daijiworld to be a substitute to police news or any other politically biased portal. Anyway, thanks Daijiworld for the coverage.

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