‘Anayoottu’ at Vadakkunnathan temple
The Hindu
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Anayootu, Ashtadravya Maha Ganapathy Homam, and Gaja Puja were held at the Sree Vadakkunnathan temple, here, on Saturday, the first day of Karkadakam month. The Ashtadravya Maha Ganapathy Homam was held at 5 a.m. Gaja Puja, led by Tantri Pulayannur Sankaranarayanan Namboodiri, started at 8 a.m., and was held for all the elephants that participated in the function. The ceremony is held once in four years. Anayoottu started at 9 a.m. Devaswom Minister K. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the ceremony by giving rice balls to elephants.
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