Bhagamanda, Oct. 14: The Kaveri Tirthodbhava will be held on the 17th at 1.44 pm in Makar Lagna and preparations are underway for the fair by the district administration. As the Tirthodbhava is in the afternoon, more devotees are expected to visit the site, so a large number of police will be deployed for security arrangements.
Today, District Collector Venkat Raja and Additional District Collector Aishwarya visited the Kaveri sites and inspected them. They said that all arrangements have been made by the district administration as decided in the previous meeting. LED screens have been installed in five places in the temples for viewing the Tirthodbhava. Mobile toilets have been installed in four places on the way to Talakaveri. As part of the fair, a barricade of about ten feet height has been installed by the police department around the pond for tight security. 45 CC cameras have been installed in the temples, and more than 50 additional CC cameras are being used for the fair. The temples will be decorated with electrical decorations from the 16th. On the occasion of Kaveri Tirthodbhava on the 17th, cultural programs will be organized by the Kannada and Culture Department, Arebhashe and Kodava Sahitya Academy. This time, puja programs will be held in Talakaveri under the leadership of priests Gururaj and Raviraj. Annadan will be organized for a month by the Kodagu Ekikaran Ranga in Talakaveri. The usual Annadan will be organized by the Bhagamandala Temple. More than 40 high-masque lights and CC cameras have been installed around the Kundika.
In Bhagamandala and Talakaveri temples, floral decorations have been carried out at a cost of Rs. 6.70 lakh. A free transport system is being provided to Talakaveri on the Bhagamandala River. A permanent roof has been built on one side to facilitate the devotees to walk from the tower to the temple in the hot and humid weather. The police department is installing barricades to control the crowd. In Talakaveri, daily puja will be held on the 17th in the morning and then stopped. Then, after the Tirthodbha, the puja activities will be held as usual. Kumkummarchana and other puja activities will be held continuously in the puja mantapa on the top of the Kundige. Talakaveri has been decorated with more than a thousand bulbs. The cleaning work has been completed and the temples are being decorated with electric lamps.
Annadanam will be held as usual by the Bhagamandala Temple. Drinking water arrangements have been made by the Gram Panchayat. Street lights have been arranged up to the Bhagamandala Temple at Karike Junction. Pindapradana at Triveni Sangam will be held till 3 pm on Ta. 17. The work of digging the soil at Triveni Sangam is nearing completion and will be completed on Ta. 15.
Nanda Deepa at Bhagandeshwara Sannidhi
The Nanda Deepa was lit at the Bhagandeshwara temple here on Tuesday, praying that there would be no disruption to the various programs related to the Talakaveri fair. Starting from September 26, various programs including Ajna Muhurta and putting rice in the pattaya were held in various religious programs, and today the program of putting rice in the Akshaya Patra was held. After a special puja was performed at the temple under the leadership of priest Ravi Bhat, Additional District Collector Aishwarya and Talakaveri constituency's representative Kodi Motaiah lit the Nanda Deepa. At 11:45 am, Balladka Appaji, who was the Bhagamandala of the Akshaya Patra, inaugurated the event by pouring rice into the Akshaya Patra at Dhanur Lagna. The Nandadeepa will be lit with ghee for a month until Kiru Sankramana today, and women and devotees took the rice to their homes.
Later, the devotees poured rice into the Akshaya Patra at the temple. It is distributed to the devotees in the form of rice for a month. Devotees believe that the rice taken from the Akshaya Patra will increase wealth. At 4:45 pm, the donation box was placed at Meena Lagna. Devotees including Executive Officer Chandrasekhar, Kodagu Gowda Samaj Union President Anand Karandlaje, Secretary Periana Udaya, Academy members Kudupaje Prakash, Pattamada Giri, Manavattira Papu, Apadanda Kaundinya, Baddira Nanda, Devangodi Harsha, Bhagamandala Nadu Gowda Youth Union President Kudukuli Kishore and local Balladka family members participated in the traditional ritual.
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