An Enchanting The 36th Annual Vel festivities of Mayurapathy Sri Bathrakali Amman Kovil 2023

The hindu festival - ANNUAL AADIPPOORA MAHOTSAVAM OF MAYURAPATHY SRI BHATHARAKALI AMMAN KOVIL HELD மயூரபதி ஸ்ரீ பத்திரகாளி அம்மன் கோவில் Mayurapathi Sri Bathrakali Amman Kovil 17A, Mayura Place, Havelock Road, 00600 Colombo, Sri Lanka

2023 වැල්ලවත්ත කෝවිලේ 36වෙනි වේල් පෙරහැර Colombo Aadi Vel Festival Devotees in bright clothes take to the streets to hold chariot parades

A colourful religious ceremony honouring the Hindu God of War with offerings and piercings

The Vel Festival is one of the most important festivals of Sri Lanka's Tamil community. It celebrates the Hindu war god Skanda, also known as Lord Muruga. Colombo festivities usually take place during the last week of July. The Aadi Vel Festival has been held in the city for over 140 years. Devotees in bright clothes take to the streets to hold chariot parades, traditional singing, tinkling bells, and Kavadi—a ceremonial offering dance. During the festival, they often perform rituals by piercing their cheeks and other body parts.

The 136th Annual Aadi Vel festival was held in Colombo with colour and glamour. Beautifully decorated wooden carved cart left the Colombo Sammaankodu Sri Kathirvelaayuthaswamy temple in Sea Street left in the morning on July 23rd 2010 and reached the Sammaankodu Sri Maanikka Vinayagar temple at night. The colourful procession paraded through the main streets in Colombo. Traditional musicians playing the Thavil and Naathaswaram led the procession. The festival wended through many main streets in Colombo after a lapse of 16 years. The colourful procession started from Pettah and travel through York Street, Echelon Square and Galle Road to Bambalapitty, which has been the route for the annual Vel festival for more the 100 years.

The highlight of the festival is the perahera—a procession where a statue is carried in a silver plated chariot drawn by a pair of white bulls. It ends at the Bambalapitiya temple. A Beautifully decorated cart leads the colourful procession which parades through the streets. Musicians are playing traditional music as the colourful procession passes Pettah and goes through York Street, Echelon Square and Galle Road to Bambalapitiya.

The idols of Lord Muruga and his two spouses - Goddess Valli Ammai and Goddess Theivayānai - are placed in the cart to give their blessing to devotees on the way. The Bambalapitiya temple is decorated and illuminated with lights and beautiful flower garlands. Devotees arrive in large numbers to worship the gods and enjoy the traditional music.

The idols of Lord Murugan and his two wives Goddess Valli Ammai and Goddess Theivayaanai paraded in the cart and blessed the devotees on the way. Special Poojas were offered during their comfortable stay at Sammaankodu Sri Maanikka Vinayagar temple in Bambalapitty. The whole temple was decorated beautifully with Yellow colour lights, Banana leaves and fresh flower ganrlands. Devotees thronged the temple in large numbers to welcome and worship the visiting deities and enjoy the traditional musical concerts.

වේල් උත්සවය උදේ 5:00 ට මයුරපති ශ්‍රී භද්‍රකාලි අම්මාන් කෝවිලේ පූජාවත් සමග පටන්ගෙන හැව්ලොක් වීදිය හරහා පාමන්කඩ, W A සිල්වා මාවත, ගාලුපාර(වැල්ලවත්ත), ඩික්මන් වීදිය, හැව්ලොක් පාර හරහා මයුරපති ශ්‍රී භද්‍රකාලි අම්මාන් කෝවිලට පැමිනේ.

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