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What is Laksha Deepam?
Lighting one thousand lamp jothis in a single puja session is sahasra deepam.
Lighting 100 times that, i.e., 100,000 jothi lamps — in one puja session — is shatha sahasra deepam.
shatha = 100,
sahasra = 1000,
shatha sahasra = 100 x 1000 = 100,000.
Since laksham = 100,000 = lakh, this is also known as laksha deepam.
Feast of light - the phrase may seem a bit cliched to you. But when you get a glimpse of the grand Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple at Thiruvananthapuram when the majestic structure gets decked out with one hundred thousand lights (lakshadeepam), you will feel renewed. This event of decorating the temple with lights is held once in six years as the culminating ritual of Murajapam, a 56 day- long chanting of sacred verses. On this day, the images of Lord Padmanabha, Lord Narasimha and Lord Krishna are taken out on Garudavahana (the mythological eagle which is the vehicle of Lord Vishnu) in a grand procession.
Thanks to Sridhar & Associates in accessing their office space to take some of the shots ..
Thanks to a good friend who messages me about this day .. as I had no clue being in Trivandrum and this was happening .. Was not prepared at all plus got there a bit late maybe got a glimpse of it for 20 mins .. So whatever I am was able to capture is what is presented.
Forgot to mention, have to give credit to Surya Krishnamoorthy ( The Legend) , the man behind the Light and Sound performance which was conducted on Jan 14 evening. I missed the main part, I am pretty sure some channel would have covered it ..
