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Mangalore: Young and Old Sway in Merriment at Colourful Okuli Habba

  •   Tue, Feb 03 2009 05:54:21 PM

Mangalore: Young and Old Sway in Merriment at Colourful Okuli Habba

Pics: Prajwal Ukkuda
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (GA)

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Mangalore, Feb 3: The famous Car festival, popularly known as 'Kodial Theru' of Shri Venkatramana Temple here drew to a grand end with the colourful Okuli habba on Tuesday February 3.

The young and the old gathered in huge number at the temple square here celebrated the Okuli by smearing colours and sharing fraternal greetings after the Vasanth puja. It was 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 the event of the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin community is a commemoration of the divine union of Lord Venkataramana and Goddess Padmavathi.

During the each day of five-day celebration, people are served traditional Konkani food. The main celebration consists of the Car Festival and carrying of the deity on a huge wooden Theru around the city, which is then bathed in the temple pond.

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  • VINAYAK KAMATH, MANGALORE/DUBAI

    Mon, Feb 09 2009

    VERY GOOD JOB BY DAIJI I AM MISSING THIS FUNCTION FOR LAST 3 YEARS I PRAY TO LORD VENKATESH PLEASE SHOW HIS SYMPATHY ON ME AND MAKE ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ANUAL FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR HERE AFTER I AM REALY MISSING THIS FUNCTION A LOT

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  • vishwa, bangalore

    Wed, Feb 04 2009

    I am seeing this festival from last 25 year. Every year the charm increases.  Pray Lord Veera Venkatesh ( Gram dev of mangalore GSB community)and his divine Grace Sri Sri sudhindra thira swamiji to give all of us health, prosperity and Jnana to move to the final Aim of life. Srinivasa Venkataramana Govinda Govinda!

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