SHOBHA YATRA OF PADALU AND MOUNJI HELD
Tirupati, 6 April 2016: The ‘shobha yatra’ of the auspicious ‘PADALU, MOUNJI and silver plate was held on the third day evening of annual Brahmotsavams at Sri KRT on Wednesday from Alipiri to Kodanda Ramalayam in Tirupati.
A special puja was performed to the jewels, which was brought from the treasury of the Lord Venkateswara, and it was taken out in a procession from Tirumala.
These jewels will be adorned to the mula murthies after performing special Pumas in Sri Kodanda Ramaswamy temple on Wednesday evening. Meanwhile the golden PADALU(golden feet covering)will be adorned to Goddess Sita Devi while the golden Mounji(sacred thread like waist ornament) to Lord Sri Rama and the silver plate will be used for performing pujavidhi inside the sanctum.
Tirumala JEO Sri KS Sreenivasa Raju, Dyeo Smt Munilakshmi, Superintendent Sri Uma Maheshwar Reddy Temple Inspector Sri Sesha Reddy, Temple Archaka Sri Nandu Swamy, Archakas Sri Kiran Swamy, Tarun Swamy and large number of devotees took part.
ISSUED BY TTDs PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TIRUPATI