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Centuries old 'Murajapam' ends with Lakshadeepam at Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (UNI) A 56-day centuries old 'Murajapam', once-in-six-year ritual, ended with ''Lakshadeepam'' (lighting of one lakh lamps) at the world famous Lord Padmanabhaswamy temple here on Wednesday evening.
The ritual was initiated by the 18th century Travancore King Marthanda Varma and conducted once in six years, involves the ceremonial chanting of Rigveda, Yajurveda and Samaveda by scholars from various parts of the country.
About 200 vedic scholars from various mutts and ancient tantric families took part in the chanting as part of the ritual that began on November 21.
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