Ernakulam, January 15
The two day long temple festivity ended with gaiety and fervor at the famous Udayamperoor Nadakkav Temple here yesterday. Every year this temple festival is celebrated with huge devotion. It is known that this temple festival is celebrated to please the Goddess ‘Bhadra Kali’ (one of goddess of hindus), and is celebrated every year since a long time.
The festival well known as “Nadakkav Uthruttathi Thalappoli”, is constituted by two groups one the west NSS group and the other East NSS group. Both these groups workout the whole festivity and programs. The day one of the Ulsavam (Festival) belongs to one group and the other day to the next group.
Large number of devotees and spectators gathers to witness this colorful festivity. The main attraction remains the processions of richly caparisoned elephants from both groups. This year there were seven elephants which were standing tall giving a new height to the occasion.
Along with these elephants the musicians who echoed the whole vicinity with the Panchavadyam, a combination of five percussion including ‘Chenda’, ‘Madalam’, ‘Thappu’ and wind instruments which made the whole atmosphere vibrant and rhythmic. And to end the whole proceedings there were some ear banging display of fireworks. The whole sky was illuminated with the dazzling of these colorful fireworks which the devotees enjoyed a lot. This culminated the two day long devotional festivity at the huge temple ground of Udayamperoor Nadakkav Temple.
