Kaladipet Kalyana Varadharaja Perumal Temple,
Thiruvotriyur – Festivals
The
wedding festival is celebrated on the Panguni Uthiram
day. Procession deity Pavala Vanna Perumal comes to the Mandapam
with Mothers Sridevi and Bhoodevi before the Mother Perundevi shrine where the
festival is celebrated. Throughout the day Perumal grants darshan with
Mother. After special Tirumanjanam, he returns to the sanctum
sanctorum. During the wedding festival, those facing wedding
problems offer unstripped coconut as Nivedhana, take it home and do pujas in
the faith that their wedding would soon happen. As Perumal grants
wedding boon, He is praised as Kalyana Varadaraja Perumal – Wedding Boon
Perumal.
A 9-day
festival in connection with Sri Rama Navami (Lord Sri Rama’s birth day) is
celebrated in the temple. As this is celebrated after the birth of
Sri Rama, this is called Janana Utsavam. In this temple, this festival
begins 9 days earlier and ends on Navami the birth day of the Lord, hence
called Garpa Utsavam – Utsav when the Lord was in Mother Kausalya’s womb. The
coronation of Sri Rama is celebrated on this day. Earlier, it was an 18-day
Garba and Birth Utsavam covering both the periods. Now, the Garba
Utsavam only is celebrated. Theerthavari festival is celebrated in
Vaikasi-May-June. 10-day Acharya Sri Ramanuja Vizha in Chithirai (April-May),
Vaikasi Brahmmotsavam in May-June, Krishna Jayanthi in August-September, Masi
Magam in February-March and Panguni Uthiram in March-April are the festivals of
the temple.