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Chakkulathukavu Pongala today

Chakkulathukavu Pongala today

Pathanamthitta, Dec 10 (UNI) Devotees from various parts of Kerala were taking part in the annual Karthika Pongala festival at Chakkulathukavu Bhagavathi temple at village Neerettupuram near Thiruvalla on Tuesday.
The temple chief priest Radhakrishnan Namboodiri lighted the main Pongala hearth in front of the temple with the sacred fire brought from the sanctum sanctorum this morning.
The devotees will offer the Pongala nivedyom (rice kheer) to the presiding deity as part of the ritualistic ceremony.

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