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Maha Kumbhabhishekam (Grand Consecration) will happen subsequent week following the latest completion of long-overdue renovation work at this historic temple.
Thiruvananthapuram: People on the premises of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple after rainfall, in Thiruvananthapuram, Friday, May 23, 2025.(PTI)
Maha Kumbhabhishekam (Grand Consecration) will happen subsequent week following the latest completion of long-overdue renovation work at this historic temple.
The goal of the ritual is to strengthen non secular vitality and reawaken the sanctity of the shrine, in keeping with temple authorities.
Such a complete renovation and the accompanying rituals are being held on the centuries-old shrine after a spot of over 270 years, and it’s unlikely to happen once more within the subsequent a number of a long time, temple supervisor B Sreekumar stated right here.
The ‘Maha Kumbhabhishekam’ ritual might be held on the temple complicated on June 8, he stated.
Various rituals, together with the consecration of newly constructed ‘thazhikakudams’ (three above the sanctum sanctorum and one above the Ottakkal Mandapam), the reinstallation of the Vishwaksena idol, and the ‘Ashtabandha Kalasam’ on the Thiruvambady Sree Krishna Temple (positioned inside the principle shrine complicated), might be held as a part of the occasion, Sreekumar stated.
“The renovation has been carried out as per the directive of the Supreme Court-appointed expert panel in 2017. Though the work began soon after, it could not progress much further due to the COVID situation,” he advised PTI.
Later, varied renovation works have been accomplished in a phased method from 2021 onwards, he stated.
“The comprehensive renovation and the related rituals are being held at the shrine after centuries. It is a rare opportunity for devotees of Lord Padmanabha across the world to witness these rituals after all these years,” he stated.
He additionally stated that steps are being taken by the temple administration to make sure the sleek conduct of the sacred rituals, in adherence to the shrine’s centuries-old traditions.
Various rituals, together with Acharya Varanam, Prasada Shuddhi, Dhara, Kalasam, and others, might be held on the shrine within the coming days main as much as the “Maha Kumbhabhishekam” on June 8, temple sources added.
The identify of Kerala capital is carefully tied to the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, the place Lord Vishnu is enshrined in a reclining posture on serpent God ‘Anantha’.
The metropolis grew round this temple and took its identify from the deity worshipped there.
