Yesudas visits Parthasarathy temple
Legendary playback singer K.J. Yesudas and his family members visited the Sree Parthasarathy Temple, one of the most ancient temples of Kerala, on the banks of the Pampa at Aranmula on Monday.
He offered 'Vallasadya', the ritualistic feast to the crew of Palliyodams (snake-boats), who participate in the famous Aranmula boat race held during Onam. Yesudas came to the temple early in the morning with his wife Prabha, sons Vijay and Vishal and daughter-in-law Darshana.
"I offer this feast to Lord Parthasarathy as part of my humble prayers for the salvation of the poor and for world peace," Yesudas said, adding that people cutting across different religious faiths participate in the feast which is a model to the modern world. The ‘first meal’ ceremony of Ameya, the singer’s seven-month-old grandchild, was also held at the Aanakkottil, near the golden temple mast.
There was a huge rush of devotees and the police had to restrict vehicular traffic on the road leading to the western entrance. Mar Thoma Church senior Metropolitan Philipose Mar Chrysostum, P.J. Kurien, P.T. Thomas, Anto Antony, MPs, K. Sivadasan Nair, Raju Abraham, MLAs, Palliyoda Seva Sanghom president K.V. Sambadevan and poet R.K. Damodaran were among those who attended the ‘Vallasadya’.
