Velleeswarar Temple: 10-day Vaikasi utsavam from May 25

The annual ten day Vaikasi Utsavam at Sri Velleeswarar Temple, Mylapore will start on May 25 with flag hoisting between 8am and 9am.

Adikaara Nandi procession will start at 6am on May 27 while Rishabham procession will begin at 9pm on May 29.

The chariot procession will start at 7.25am on May 31.

Thiru Kalyanam will take place between 8.30pm and 9.15pm on June 3 and will be followed by kodi erakkam later that night.

There will be music kutcheris for 10 days, every evening starting June 5 as part of the Vidayatri Utsavam.

  • Photo used here shows people preparing the vahanams for the festival
  • Report by S. Prabhu