BANGALORE KARAGA 2024⚔️💥- by A GNANENDRA🙏

On the Chaitra Suddha full moon, in the evening, the Karaga priest performs Vapana Samskara, wears bracelets and wears a handful of bangles. Puja and Homam are conducted in the temple in Vaishnavagam style. After that there will be welfare festival of Arjuna and Draupadi. At night, all those concerned as Karaga Bear Pujari, Bandi Pujari, Veerakumaras join the Sampangi Lake. There the Pujari is adorned with Acchamallie, Jadekuchchu, garlands, wears a turmeric colored saree, wears a blouse and adorns the bosom with coral necklace and jewels. The Karaga Pujari in female form dresses up like a bride. After that, incense, lamp and aarti are offered to the divinely empowered priest. After being worshiped by Veerakumaras, Adishakti will emerge on the face of the priest. Guided by the sound of the bell, everyone joins the temple with mangala vaadya and only the priest enters the sanctum sanctorum. By this time thousands of eyes of the people crowded around the temple are focused towards the temple. After honoring the clansmen and invitees in the enclosure, the gigantic chariot carrying the Utsava murtis of Arjuna and Draupadi moves a short distance towards the east. As the nadasvara, bells are resounding, the priest wearing a Karaga decorated with jasmine flowers on his head emerges from the sanctum sanctorum like a goddess. After the Maha Mangalarati, the temple begins with a Karaga procession receiving the devotion of innumerable devotees under the eulogistic direction of Gante Pujari. As the route of Karaga is pre-designated and announced, countless spectators gather on both sides of those routes and on the roofs of buildings. Vahnikula Kshatriya youths who are skilled in wrestling, lathi and sword fighting will display their skills before the festival. On that day, special puja is held in all the temples of the city. There is excitement everywhere. Karaga Shakti is worshiped in the temples along the route of Karaga. Karaga is also worshiped at Mastan Saheba Dargah in Aralepete on the way of this deity. The rule is to reach the Karaga temple before the sun rays fall on it. Accordingly, by six o'clock in the morning, it reaches the Karaga temple. After that, worship is done to Karaga regardless of caste and religion. Another inexhaustible attraction is the Pallakki of many gods of the city, the colorful festival of pavilions, which leaves with the night chariot. It seems as if all the Gods have joined to fulfill the wishes of the devotees in that glorious procession, which attracts the eyes no matter how far they look. Since the beginning of the Karaga ritual, its splendors have been increasing. The emanation of power in the melt, the walking without the support of the hands holding it on the head—all these things are walking like glory. Those concerned can speak of greatness but nothing of mystery. The reason for that glory is their unwavering faith in the worship of that divine power. The worship of the Pandavas, which is the background to the worship of Karaga, is most popular in South India. Karaga has been celebrated for hundreds of years in many villages in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka. However, the Karaga Utsava as a traditional religious spectacle is found only in Bangalore. Among the Vahnikula kshatriya community, great devotion to Karaga shakti has been ingrained for generation.
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