TIRUMALA: Thousands of devotees participated in the ‘Rathotsavam' on the penultimate day of the nine-day annual Brahmotsavam of Lord Venkateswara on Saturday.The ‘sumuhurtham' for the ‘Ratharohanam' was fixed between 3.30 a.m. to 4.00 a.m. in ‘Kataka lagnam'. Special rituals like ‘Punyavachanam' and ‘Navagraha danam' were performed inside the hill temple in connection with the festival. After the completion of religious formalities, the processional deities of Lord Malayappa, along with His two consorts, were ceremoniously mounted atop the wooden chariot which was dragged around the mada streets amidst religious ecstasy. The car festival commenced at 7.50 a.m. The chariot was exquisitely decorated with flowers, flags and festoons. In the evening, ‘Unjal seva' was conducted and the day ended with the procession of ‘Aswa vahanam' in the night.
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