Formerly, the kalyanam
of the Lord was being performed on Megha Suddha Ekadasi (January -February).
But now -a-days it is celebrated for six days beginning from Vaisakha Suddha
Ekadasi (April-May). This change seems to have been made to suit the
convenience of visiting pilgrims. The programme of rituals that are observed
during the festival are as follows:
Vaisakha Suddha Dasami:Making up Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayanaa swamy as
bridegroom; Vighneswara puja, giving vayanams to muthaiduvas; in the night Rama
and Sita go out into the village on silver Anjaneya Vahanam to invite devotees
of the village and pilgrims from outside to witness Satyanarayana swamy's
marriage celebrations;
Ekadasi: Flage
hoisting; bringing mangalasuthram, procession of Lord Satyanarayana swamy on silver
Garuda Vahanam and of Sri Rama and Sita on silver Gajavahanam;
Kalyanamahothsavam.
Dwadasi:Prathamahomam in the morning; asthanaseva in the afternoon,
procession on Ravana Vahanam in the night.
Triodasi:Sri Veerak Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy's Kalyanasadasyam,
Sri Rama sabhapathi, Panditasabha; mahadasirvadam; sabhasathkaram, procession
on ponnavahanam in the night.
Chathudasi:Lord's Viharam in the garden on the north of Ratnagiri and
return to Ratnagiri, mahanivedana; special Veena performance in the presence of
the Lord; car festival at night.
Purnima:Chakra teertham and nakabali etc.,
Bahula Padyami:Pushpayagamahothsavam; conference of poets and scholars and
music purty.
The following slokam is
used at the temple as yanam :
"Namovangmanasatheetharupayamithasakthaye
Adimadhyanthahinaya nirgunaya
gunathmane
Sarvesha madibhuthaya bhaktha
namarthinasane"
The
offerings by devotees are made in the form of cash, silver and gold jewellery
and copper coins in the hundi that is kept in the upper sanctum. Cloth, rice,
Jaggery, sugar,ghee,etc., and also cows and claves are handed over to the
temple authorities. The pilgrims with vows, and most of them are so, remove
their hair here as a sort of offering as is the practice in Tirupathi. A bath
in the rivulet Pampa is believed to be efficacious and is not missed by the
devotees. During the summer months, when there would not be enough water in it,
the wells on the banks of Pampa are resorted to while climbing the steps to the
hillock some of the devotees cocoanuts also.
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