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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru, Feb 13: Thousands of devotees gathered at Car Street in the city on Wednesday, Febraury 13, to witness and partake in the okuli celebration, which is being held annually as part of the six day Kodial Theru festival.

People irrespective of all ages had a grand time by sprinkling colour water as the atmosphere filled with rainbow of colours. Youngster were putting steps to the beat of drums.

The famous Kodial Theru concluded with the grand and colourful Okuli celebration.

The entire area of Car Street wore a festive look and is given a facelift with shops on either sides of the road. Inside the temple, religious customs were performed as per the tradition of the GSB society.

The young and the old gathered in huge number at the temple square here and celebrated the Okuli by smearing colours and sharing fraternal greetings. It looked as if the entire temple square was painted with rainbow colours. Devotees gathered in thousands, swayed in merriment.

The annual five-day Kodial Theru is an event celebrated by the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) community in commemoration of the divine union of Lord Venkataramana and Goddess Padmavathi.