PALAKKADWALKS: 05/14/14

HighLights Of Adityapuram Car Festival Held On May 14, 2014.

Awesome Aerial View Of Adityapuram Sree KrishnaSwamy Temple.

Above: Sooraj, Janaki Chiththi & Me.

Centre: Amma, Lalitha Periyamma, Janaki Chiththi & Sooraj.

Below: Me & E.R.Janaki.

E.R.VijayaLakshmi,E.R.Lalitha, GouriSankar.K & E.R. Janaki.

'Garudarohanam', Means 'King Of Birds' Or 'ParavaiMannar' (Tamil) 'PakshiRajaha' (Sanskrit) ie, Eagle/Garuda the vehicle of Lord Vishnu The Protector Of The Universe (as per Hindu Mythology, particularly Vaishnavism) is accompanying the God to the chariot by placing him in his shoulders and then took off like a flight.

ChendaMelam before placing the deity in the chariot.

After placing the deity.

Aerial Views Of The Same Street On Morning (Above) At Noon Street Is Almost Empty.(Below)

Once this was my father's ancestral house.Before some 35 years ago this property has been sold and it's no longer ours.

Our relative's house near to my father's old house.

My Relative's House. (Above & Below)

Chariot resting @ the centre.

Chariot Starts To Roll On Evening.

My Mother

Above: Sooraj, Janaki Chithi, Lalitha Periyamma, Sneha, (Mahesh's Wife Daughter In Law Of Ponnai Chithi) My Mother E.R.VijayaLakshmi, Master SreeRam, (Rajesh's Son, He Is Mahesh's Brother) Ponnai Chitthi.(My Mother's Sister)

Below: Rajesh Anna & Uma Manni (Couple) With Us.

Paintings Inside This Temple Photos Took On 2013

Adityapuram SreeKrishna Temple has many paintings depicting the mythological tales of SriKrishna's childhood days & Avatars Of MahaVishnu.

Sree Krishna Idol Inside The Main Sanctum.

Ganapathi Temple

Naga Raja & Other Nagas (Snake Gods)

Walls Are Adorned With Paintings Of Vishnu Purana.

Vasudeva Carrying Baby SreeKrishna Inside A Basket To Escape Kamsa's Persecution.

Mother Yashodha & Her Beloved Son Krishna.

Young Krishna Stealing Butter, Got Caught By Yashodha.

SreeKrishna's Uncle Kamsa Sent A Demon In The Form Of A Large Bird To Kill Him & BalaRama. After A Great Struggle Young Krishna Killed The Bird.

Kaliyan Was A Huge Poisonous Naga, Who Was Spilling Poison On Yamuna River.Many Villagers Died When They Drank The Water.Sree Krishna Removed Poison From The River, Defeated Kaliya & Danced On His Head. Whole Village Danced With Joy.

During Krishna's Teenage Days, He Was Very Naughty & Played Pranks On Young Ladies.

Indradyumna Was A Famous King & Devotee Of Lord Vishnu, Once He DisRespected Agastya Muni(One Of The Saptha Rishis/ 7 Saints) & Cursed Him To Become An Elephant In Next Life. Thus He Become An Elephant.Soon He Became A Leader Among Them.Once They Went To Trikuta Parvatha, (In Jammu)

They Saw A Beautiful Lake, Created By Varuna.Gajendra, Went For A Bath First.A Deadly Crocodile Attacked Gajendra By Biting His Right Leg. MahaVishnu Came With GarudaVahana & Killed The Crocodile By His Chakra. MahaVishnu Told The Whole Story To Gajendra. The Crocodile Was A Gandharva Named 'Hu Hu' Who Was Cursed By Saint Devala When His Leg Got Pulled By HuHu For Fun.Both HuHu & IndraDyumna Attained Moksha. IndraDyumna Went To Vaikunta With Vishnu.

Maha Vishnu Resides In The Ocean.Both In The Terrestrial Ocean Called Sea & In All Waters On Earth.And There Is Another Ocean Called 'Cosmic Ocean' Or Universe.He Is The Protector Of Earth & DevaLoka. Although Vishnu Is A Protector, Sometimes He Destroys Enemies Like Lord Shiva.But Also Make Way For Lord Brahma The Creator.In Order To Protect Dharma On Earth, He Created Ten Avatars Alias 'Dashavatharam'.They Are :-