I not sure if there is any particular order in the divyadesams but nevertheless yesterday was my first visit to Sri Parthasarathy Temple at Triplicane. Our day started at 4am in the morning and we left Kilpauk by 5:00 am and were in the Temple by 5:15 am! We noticed several waywards using the temple premises to sleep. Devotees trickled in slowly with மஞ்சள் (Turmeric) Paste and கோலம் மாவ் (Rangoli Powder) and the guards woke those sleeping and chased them away. We were told that the temple would open at 6:00 am and so we had time for coffee at the modest "Krishna Bhavan" just opposite the temple.
The temple doors opened at 6:00 and all devotees assembled at the Sri Parthasarathy shrine for a first glimpse of the lord. A temple official led a cow which appeared restless, up to the sanctum sanctorum and tied it to the rails. The Purohits then went in with some water and burning Camphor and let the curtains down for the waiting devotess to have a first glimpse. Amid cries of Krishna... and Govinda, Govinda we had the first glimpse of the moustached Sri Parthasarathy. The devotess were then allowed into the shrine.
The temple doors opened at 6:00 and all devotees assembled at the Sri Parthasarathy shrine for a first glimpse of the lord. A temple official led a cow which appeared restless, up to the sanctum sanctorum and tied it to the rails. The Purohits then went in with some water and burning Camphor and let the curtains down for the waiting devotess to have a first glimpse. Amid cries of Krishna... and Govinda, Govinda we had the first glimpse of the moustached Sri Parthasarathy. The devotess were then allowed into the shrine.
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