{"id":4997,"date":"2016-05-26T06:49:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T06:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2016-05-29T14:09:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T14:09:03","slug":"26-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/?p=4997","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds take part in rare Vaishnavite ritual at Old Thirumala"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5022\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/VaishnaviteKERALA26may2016.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5022\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5022\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/VaishnaviteKERALA26may2016.jpg?resize=604%2C341\" alt=\"Kashi Mutt chief Samyamindra Thirtha performing thapta mudra dharana ritual at Sri Venkatachalapathy temple, Old Thirumala, Alappuzha, on Wednesday | Express Photo Service \" width=\"604\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/VaishnaviteKERALA26may2016.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/VaishnaviteKERALA26may2016.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kashi Mutt chief Samyamindra Thirtha performing thapta mudra dharana ritual at Sri Venkatachalapathy temple, Old Thirumala, Alappuzha, on Wednesday | Express Photo Service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alappuzha \u00a0:<\/p>\n<p>Kashi mutt chief Samyamindra Thirtha led the \u2018thapta mudra dharana\u2019, a rare ritual of the Vaishnavite sect of Brahmins, at Sri Venkatachalapathy temple, Old Thirumala, here, on Wednesday. The seer has reached the temple as part of a four-day camp organised by the Gowda Saraswath Brahmin community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecial Vedic hymns were chanted as part of the ritual, which is supposed to purify the body and soul of the participants and thus help them lead a pious life. Impressions of sacred symbols like \u2018sankha\u2019(sacred conch) and \u2018chakra\u2019 (sacred circle) were made on the bodies of devotees using heated \u2018pancha loha\u2019(made of 5 metals) mudras,\u201d said a priest of the GSB Sabha.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, \u2018sahasradeepalankara seva\u2019 (festival of thousand lights) was also held.\u00a0 Sri Venkatachalapathy temple is the only place in the state which conducts this ritual. The seer also addressed the youths at a function organised by the Samyuktha Grama Sabha.\u00a0 Prizes and study materials were distributed to those who have passed various examinations and competitions with flying colours.<\/p>\n<p>source: http:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com \/ The New Indian Express \/ Home&gt; States&gt; Kerala \/ by Express News Service \/ May 26th, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Alappuzha \u00a0: Kashi mutt chief Samyamindra Thirtha led the \u2018thapta mudra dharana\u2019, a rare ritual of the Vaishnavite sect of Brahmins, at Sri Venkatachalapathy temple, Old Thirumala, here, on Wednesday. The seer has reached the temple as part of a four-day camp organised by the Gowda Saraswath Brahmin community. \u201cSpecial Vedic hymns were chanted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/?p=4997\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hundreds take part in rare Vaishnavite ritual at Old Thirumala<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artsculture-entertainment"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4997"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5023,"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions\/5023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}