Eleven decorative umbrellas meant for the annual Brahmotsavam at Tirupati left the city on Saturday. The umbrellas are specially made using cloth, teakwood and bamboo and carried every year from Chennai. This year too, the Thirukkudai Utsavam event organised by the Hindu Dharmartha Samiti (HDS) began at the Sri Chenna Kesava Perumal Temple on Devaraja Mudali Street after a small puja.
Samiti’s trustee R.R. Gopalji said the Samiti has been conducting the utsavam for 17 years now. The umbrellas would be presented to temple officials and the Jeeyars at Tirupati on Thursday afternoon.
It’s managing trustee S. Vedantam, Maunathavagnani Balamurugan Adimai of Sri Balamurugan temple, Rathinagiri, and Sachidananda Swami of Kamalakanni Amman temple, Kalavail, graced the occasion.
