LAST RESORT:Priests performing a ritual at Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple inMadurai on Monday.— Photo: R. Ashok
Invoking the god of rains a special puja (‘Varuna Jeba Yagam) was performed at Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in the early hours of Monday.
A special abishekam was performed on Nandi statue at the Veeravasantharayar Mandapam. Verses were recited from the Thirumurai of Sundaramoorthy Nayanar by the temple priests and a nagaswaram troupe performed music in Amrithavarshini, Meghavarshini, Anandha Bhairavi and Roopa Kalyani ‘raagams’ which are believed to bring rain. Devotees and visitors at the temple also took part in the proceedings. Speaking about the Yagam, P. Jayaraman, Executive Officer of the temple and Joint Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) department said owing to drought-like situation across Tamil Nadu, special pujas were being performed at all temples under the HR and CE control in the State.
Special pujas were also performed at the various sub-shrines of the Meenakshi temple
Courtesy & Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/special-yagam-performed-for-rain/article5961709.ece
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