Goddess Padmavati was taken out in a procession on ‘Surya Prabha Vahanam’ in the morning and ‘Chandra Prabha Vahanam’ in the evening on November 16 (Thursday), the seventh day of the nine-day Kartheeka Brahmotsavams, at the Tiruchanur temple.
The processions symbolise the Goddess riding the celestial bodies such as the sun and the moon, a metaphor for wielding control over the universe. Both the ‘vahanams’ were represented by a spherical halo behind the deity— the Surya Prabha is a golden halo representing the dazzling sun while the Chandra Prabha is a silver halo resembling the milky white moon.
