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Mayurapathy Sri Bathrakali Amman Kovil Sri Lanka's - Aadippoora Mahotsavam and Chariot Festival மயூரபதி ஸ்ரீ பத்திரகாளி அம்மன் கோவில் මයුරපති කෝවිල வெள்ளவத்தை ஶ்ரீ மயூரபதி பத்ரகாளி அம்மன் ஆலயம் கந்தசஷ்டி விரத பூஜை - 2023 2022 _Festival is blessed to be held tomorrow 06.08.2022. will start following the poojas of Sri Patrakali Amman temple that morning. This time Ambigai's car movement started from Mayurapati Sri Patrakali Amman Temple and Paman shop through Evlok street, W. Mayurapati Sri Patrakali Amman Temple via A Silva Mavathai, Kali Street (Vellavathai), Digmans Street, Evlok Street. Evening green juice festival will take place. Ambal devotees keep banana tree mango decorations and get the blessings of Ambigai on the roads of chariot procession. The 21st year Aadippoora Mahotsavam of Mayurapathy Bhatharakali Amman Devasthanam, Wellawatte, Colombo 6 which commenced on July 10 (Saturday) will conclude with water-cutting ceremony on August 10 (Sunday) at the sea (Charlemont Road Beach) Wellawatte. Further, the Aadippoora Paal Kudam (milk pot) festival will take place in Monday August 4, 2008 starting from Bambalapitiya Samman Koddar Sri Manicca Pillaiyar temple at 7.30 a.m. In this colourful “Paal Kudam” festival more than 3,000 women both young and old will go in procession to the accompaniment of Nathaswasa Music and devotional song through Lorenz Road, Amerasekera Mawatha, Havelock Road and finally will reach the temple at Mayura Place. In one of his poems T.S. Eliot has described the predicament of man who with all the progress and success has made in science and technology finds that endless inventions and experiments bring us knowledge of words, but not of stillness. Lord Shiva without Sakthi is all stillness since it is Sakthi which stirs Him to motions and speech. Shiva is the word, it is Sakthi which moves him to words. The union between them is represented by the image of Shiva as “Artha Nariswara”, half man and half woman. Further, Sakthi herself takes different forms. Sometimes, she is stern and formidable. Furthermore, of the many Gods in the Hindu Pantheon, none is revered more than Mother Goddess. She is Parvathy, Durgai and Kali. Indeed, the compassion a mother shows not only to her children, but also to the community has no parallel. In the religions farlance the “Divine Mother” is termed as the extra-ordinary intermediary who pleads with God to show mercy to a real penitent when he may not be inclined to do so in view of the enormity of sins. In fact, the Hindu temples are intended to instruct men in the art of removing the veil of attachment that covers their hearts. Thus the renowned poet “Thiyagarajah” cried in the temple at Thirupathi “Remove the veil, O! remove the veil of attachment, the veil of pride and hatred.” Further, the temples are the centres of discipline where the aspirant is guided step by step to attain a vision of the truth. They are the schools for the training of the spirit, academics for the promotion of Sastraic studies. They are meant for the testing of the values of life and to awaken the divinity and humanity inducing man to believe that the physical frame in which he lives is itself the house of God. Even, Pon Vallipuram has built “Chithira Ther” with the financial contributions of several philanthropists, numerous devotees and well-wishers. Today, this temple has a wedding hall, hall for conducting cultural programmes and an Araneri Hindu School for sake of the children who are in the vicinity. Pan Vallipuram has organised several cultural programmes for the sake of the devotees this year. Selvi Thesa Mangayarkarasi, a discipline of Thirumuruga Kirupanantha Variyam of Madusai, Tamil Nadu has been specially invited by P.M. Vallipuram to deliver religious discourses from July 19 to 28. She will deliver discourses as subjects pertaining to Vinaitheerkum Vinayagar,” Thirupukal Inbam,” “Rama Avathasam,” Paarvathy Thirukalyanam”, Sita Thirukalyanam,”, Vallalas Tharum Valvu”, Thiropathy Thirukalyanam,” Theivasena Thirukalyanam,” Penkalin Perumas” and “Adiyarku Adiyar”. When people became advanced and enlightened, sacrifice took other forms, and certain varieties of fruits, vegetables, coconuts and rice balls were substituted for animals. In the refined stage in which temple worship has been brought into prominence, sacrifices are made in the shape of rice balls, and an edifice called Balipitam is invariably constructed as part of every temple for this purpose. _Perahara Ceremony of _Amman_Kovil Lanka