Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, April 11: Panguni Uthiram Festival was celebrated in Diglipur today.
The 10-day Panguni Uthiram Festival which started on 2nd April 2025 has culminated today. As per the program of the festival, Panguni Uthiram started on 2nd April and different devotees/Mandagapadis of Diglipur offered poojas on different days starting from 2nd April to 10th April in the evening after taking out a procession. After the pooja, annadhanam was offered to devotees at night each day. On 11th April Panguni Uthiram was celebrated.
As per the program of the festival, the pooja started at 06:00 am and the milk pot procession started in the afternoon. The devotees offered pooja in Sri Sri Radhagovinda Temple and then performed Vel Vel rituals in the Kalpong River. The devotees then started a procession from Sri Sri Radhagovinda Temple to Sri Vadivel Murugan Temple. The devotees carrying beautifully decorated structures that symbolized their faith, gradually moved forward, while a part of the festival some devotees pierced their tongues and cheeks with Vel skewers and danced as a ritual practice, and which is a deeply spiritual experience meant to purify the soul and strengthen their connection with Lord Murugan.
After reaching Sri Vadivel Murugan Temple, the devotees then practised firewalk in the evening. Sri Vadivel Murugan Temple then arranged Annadhanam as part of the festival after the firewalks and pooja at night in the Murugan Temple premises. Milk Abhishegam and Dheeba Aaradhana were performed at 09:00 pm, Sri Vadivel Murugan Temple, Committee said.
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