The deity of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara is being taken in a procession on ‘Surya Prabha Vahanam’ round the Srinivasa Mangapuram temple in Tirupati on Friday, as a part of the annual Brahmotsavams.
Kalyana Venkateswara, in His marital apparel, symbolically rode the Sun and the Moon, on the seventh day of the annual Brahmotsavams at the TTD-run Srinivasa Mangapuram temple right here on Friday.
The bejeweled deity was taken out in a vibrant procession on ‘Surya Prabha Vahanam’, with a blinding golden halo behind the deity. The occasion befell early in the day in order to let the deity really feel the heat of the rays. In the night, the idol was carried on ‘Chandra Prabha Vahanam’ with a silver halo behind the deity.
It has been a observe in temples to conduct Surya Prabha Vahanam round daybreak to permit the soothing rays to fall on the deity and Chandra Prabha Vahanm late in the night to let the moon’s white rays fall on the dazzling provider. The processions are supposed to signify the supremacy of the Lord Maha Vishnu over the parts of nature in addition to the celestial our bodies, which symbolically pay obeisance to the Almighty throughout the procession.
