Sri Parthasarathy swamy Sri ANDAL NEERAATTAM UTSAVAM

NEERAATTAM, THIS IS THE UTSAVAM DONE FOR AaNDAAL IN THE TAMIL MONTH MAARGAZHI, STARTING NINE DAYS BEFORE BOGHI.
IN THIS UTSAVAM AANDAL WILL BE PERFORMED PROCESSION DAILY IN THE MORNING, AFTER THAT GODESS WILL BE IN NEERAATTAM MANDAPAM WHERE THE FUNCTION WILL BE HELD. ON THAT OCCASION FIRST PANI PORVAI WILL BE REMOVED ONE BY ONE NINE TIMES WITH THE NICE KEERTHANAS OF NADASWARAM, THEN UBACHAARAM LIKE AASANAM PAADHYAM, ARGYAM AACHAMANIYAM DHOOPAM DEEPAM CHATHRAM (KUDAI) AALAVATTAM, SAAMARAM, AADARSANAM, DHOOPAM DHEEPAM NAIVEDYAM WILL BE DONE AFTER THAT NALANGU , THAILAM,THAAMBULAM WILL BE OFFERED TO GODESS, THIRUMANJANAM IS DONE AT THE END OF PROCESSION MAALAI MAATHAL BETWEEN AANDAL & PARRTHASARATHY SWAMY IS PERFORMEAND THEN VIRUNDU WITH AALWARS HONOURS WOULD BE GIVEN BY AANDAL TO AALWARS SUCH AS PORVAI MAALAI. THIS IS THE GREAT OCCASION TO WATCH IF PAGALPATHU JOINS THIS UTSAVAM AANDAL WILL BE BESIDE PARTHSARARTHY SWAMY IN AASTHANAM