‘Thanka Anki’ procession sets off to Sabarimala


 Friday, December 23, 2011: The ceremonial procession carrying the sacred golden attire, Thanka Anki, set off for Sabarimala from the Sree Parthasarathy Temple at Aranmula on Friday morning for the Mandalapuja to be held at the Lord Ayyappa Temple.
The Ayyappa decorated with the golden attire was taken out in a ceremonial procession, accompanied by a strong contingent of armed police, Travancore Devaswom Board officials and devotees.
The sacred attire will be taken in procession in a motorised chariot up to Pampa and from there to the Sabarimala Sannidhanam, in a specially designed wooden box by Ayyappa Seva Sanghom volunteers.
The Thanka Anki procession will halt at the Raktakanta Swami Temple at Omalloor near Pathanamthitta on Friday night.
It will reach Muringamangalam Temple near Konni on Saturday evening and will halt at the Kakkattu Koickal Sastha Temple at Perinad on December 25 evening.
The procession will be accorded rousing receptions at different points enroute before it reach Pampa on December 26 forenoon. The Ayyppa Seva Sanghom volunteers will take the sacred attire on their head to Sabarimala Sannidhanam from Pampa in another procession, later in the afternoon.

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