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Float festival at Parthasarathy temple
 The annual float festival of the Sri Parthasarathy Swamy temple in Triplicane, Chennai, has begun in a grand manner at the temple. It's a seven-day
festival, which attracts a large nubmer of devotees and foreign
touritsts.
The first three days are dedicated to Sri Parthasarathy Swamy and the following four days dedicated to Sri Narasimhar, Sri Ranganathar, Sri Ramar
and Sri Varadar Swamy. Elaborate arrangements have been made by the temple authorities for the safe conduct of the festival.
The deities are taken round on a decorated float (theppam) in the evenings between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. during this festival in the temple tank,
Kairaveni Pushkarani.
R Rangaraj
Published on Feb 20th,
2007
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