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Lakhs witness Melukote Vairamudi Utsav

DH News Service
MELUKOTE, (Mandya dt), March 25

The famous Vairamudi Utsav was held amid chanting of Vedas at the
Cheluvanarayana Swamy temple in Melukote in Mandya district on Sunday.
Nearly two lakh devotees from the State and the neighbouring states of Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu converged at the temple for a glimpse of
the deity.
The Vairamudi Utsav, which began at 8:30 in the night stretched on till the
early hours of Monday. This was followed by adorning the deity with the
diamond studded Rajamudi crown.
Earlier, the Vairamudi and Rajamudi ornaments were offered to the priestsand
administrators of the temple from the district treasury under police
security.
Later, at 6 pm the box containing the Rajamudi ornaments was inspected by
Deputy Commissioner L K Atheek,Subdivisional Officer
Chikkathimmaia, Superintendent of Police Amar Kumar Pandey and the temple's
Chief Executive Officer and Tahsildar Rajgopal before handing it
over to the temple trustees K S Narayan Iyengar, R Srinivasan and
Narasihmachar, and priests Sampath Kumar Bhatt and M A Narasihma
Iyengar.
Those who participated in the Utsav included Brahmatantra Parakaala Math
Pontiff Vagesh Mahaswami, Rangapriya Swamy of Bangalore,





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