{"id":12302,"date":"2016-07-21T05:46:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T05:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=12299&amp;preview_id=12299"},"modified":"2016-07-21T05:46:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T05:46:36","slug":"sabarimala-temple-closed-after-monthly-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=12302","title":{"rendered":"Sabarimala temple closed after monthly rituals &#8211; The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"photo-caption\">\n<p>Traditional ritual:The Tantri, Kandararu Maheshwararu Mohanararu, performing the auspicious Padipuja in front of the holy 18-steps at Sabarimala Sannidhanam on Wednesday. \u2013PHOTO: LEJU KAMAL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"body\">The five-day rituals in the Malayalam month of Karkidakom came to a close with the Athazhapuja at the Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The Tantri, Kandararu Maheshwararu Mohanararu, assisted by the Melsanthi, S.E. Sankaran Namboodiri, performed the Sahasrakalasabhishekom and Kalabhabhishekom prior to the Utchapuja.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">A large number of devotees from different parts of South India worshipped the auspicious Padipuja performed by the Tantri before the gold-covered holy 18-steps (Pathinettampady) after the deeparadhana in the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Pusphpabhishekom, Ashtabhishekom, and Udayasthamanapuja, were the other important rituals performed at the Ayyappa shrine on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The Melsanthi, accompanied by other priests, closed the sanctum sanctorum, singing the sacred lullaby, \u2018Harivarasanam, viswa-mohanom\u2026\u2019, in the presence of the Tantri and Devaswom officials, marking the culmination of the five-day long rituals in the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The annual Niraputhari celebrations at Sabarimala will be held on August 8. The temple will be opened on August 7 afternoon for the Niraputhari fete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The Tantri, assisted by the Melsanthi, will perform the Niraputhari-pooja in the auspicious muhurthom between 5.45 a.m. and 6.15 a.m. on August 8. The temple will be closed after the Athazhapooja in the evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional ritual:The Tantri, Kandararu Maheshwararu Mohanararu, performing the auspicious Padipuja in front of the holy 18-steps at Sabarimala Sannidhanam on Wednesday. \u2013PHOTO: LEJU KAMAL The five-day rituals in the Malayalam month of Karkidakom came to a close with the Athazhapuja at the Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala on Wednesday evening. The Tantri, Kandararu Maheshwararu Mohanararu, assisted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}