Kodungallur Bharani 2017
Kodungallur Bharani
2017
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| kodungallur temple during bharani festival |
The festival usually falls in the Malayalam month of meenam (roughly March/April) every year.
The legendary Bharani festival is noted for the spectacular event called kaavu theendal in which oracles; both men and women from different parts of the State arrive at Kodungalloor Bhagavathy temple. The oracles run in a trance around the temple and smite their crown with sword, proclaiming their communion with the Mother Goddess. Meanwhile the devotees strike the temple rafters with sticks and hurl offerings over the roof and on to the inner quadrangle.
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| “Komarams” or oracles” |
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| An apparition. Piercing eyes, sabre in hand, bloodied forehead, and a song dripping with sexual innuendos. |
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Bharani is surely not just an occasion for profanity or a cheeky lust for ‘tamasic’ rites. It is an upsurge of hopefulness, a quest for liberation, a prayer for redemption, and an attempt to unburden the self. And surrender to Kali, the Mother Goddess, for re-affirmation.
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… and the color of the day is Red.. Blood too have red color… | |
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| kaavu theendal |
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