sree padmanabhaswamy temple and padmatheertham pond during lakshadeepam ceremony ,thiruvananthapuram,kerala,india


On the day of Makarasankranthi, January 15, 2020, Lakshadeepam will be organised in all its splendour and grandeur at Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram. Lakshadeepam is a festival of 100,000 oil lamps at the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple and it denotes the culmination of the renowned 56-day Murajapam that commences on November 21, 2019. The Murajapam is the ritual chanting of the mantras of the four Vedas by Vedic scholars hailing from various corners of the country in eight muras or rounds, each of which is of seven-day duration. This festival is celebrated once in six years.


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