I called my friend "Mr Niraksharan..." to accompany me...as he is an authority in heritage retailed subjects (he is infact a winner of international world Malayali Blog contest (on yathra vivaranangal = travelogue)). It was my pleasure to have him with me as he could explain me a lot about the history of this temple and the real side of the story too. Most of us only know the divine side of the story and that need not be always true, ask niraksharan..., he will give u pointers to think....in-fact he will give u data points to make u believe what he says.....
The first day was quite easy for me as a photographer as, i was the only one photographer :) trying to capture these pics....but the second day....was unbelievable....too many photographers and too much of crowd....was quite difficult to take pics the way i expected.....! may be its for me to learn how to be prepared in such situations...was quite difficult and finally i was forced to keep my camera back in my back pack....i was tired and exhausted and was scared too (of the kaavu theendal run)...very dangerous if u happened to be on their way!!
You know i am not that good at explaining things...my medium is still frames....so let me speak thru that....Here are some of the pics....
They are getting ready for the Kaavutheendal run....
Bhakthi Lahariyil...
Hoping for those who have not been there for the festival might find this posting interesting...
