Bali Tharpanam

Thousands of people across Kerala today paid homage to their ancestors by offering "bali tharpanam" on the auspicious Karkidaka Vavu day at various holy rivers, the seashore and temples.

Incessant rains in Kerala have submerged the famous Shiva temple at Aluva, where thousands of people were expected to gather today for a religious ritual. The devotees were forced to perform the ritual, Bali Tharpanam, at temporary sheds put up by the state administration near the temple, 27 km from Kochi.

Thousands of people in Kerala today performed the 'bali tharpanam' ritual to propitiate departed souls on the auspicious occasion of 'Karkitaka vavu', the eve of the new moon of the last month of the Malayalam calendar. Devotees thronged river banks and seashores in the early hours to perform the annual ceremony to remember their ancestors and pray...

Thousands of people across Kerala today paid homage to their ancestors by offering "bali tharpanam" on the auspicious Karkidaka Vavu day at various holy rivers, the seashore and temples.

Incessant rains in Kerala have submerged the famous Shiva temple at Aluva, where thousands of people were expected to gather today for a religious ritual. The devotees were forced to perform the ritual, Bali Tharpanam, at temporary sheds put up by the state administration near the temple, 27 km from Kochi.

Thousands of people in Kerala today performed the 'bali tharpanam' ritual to propitiate departed souls on the auspicious occasion of 'Karkitaka vavu', the eve of the new moon of the last month of the Malayalam calendar. Devotees thronged river banks and seashores in the early hours to perform the annual ceremony to remember their ancestors and pray...