2) Dhavana utsavam:-
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All of us know that 'Dhavanam' means, a type of flower which smells good. We can say that it is a herbal flower which is good for health if we smell it. So dhavana utsavam means the emperuman adorned with dhavana malai and goes for thiruveedhi purapadu. It is celebrated in the month of masi(march). During this month Sri Parthasarathy swamy goes to the Dhavana utsava bungalow in the morning itself, he does not wear any jewels, he dresses in a very simple manner as you can see in the picture.Then he gets ready for thirumanjanam, then thirumanjanam is done for the lord and take rest in the room at the back with a kannadi inside it. At this time the srivaishnavas who are residing there will offers more fruits, especialy the fruits which makes the body cool, that type of fruits will be offered and even cucumber is offered for the lord as it makes the body cool. This is done because the month may will be very suuny or hot.

In the evening he gets ready after adorning the jewels and dhavana saram or malai and then participate in the purapadu inside the bungalow, then thiruvaradhanam for him, then the holy water is distributed to all the srivaishnavas and bagavathas. Then he starts from there for a thiruveedhi purapadu and then comes to the temple in the evening only.

This 'Dhavana utsava bungalow' is newly renovated recently and the gril gates are fixed at the entrances to protect the lord and as I already mentioned the lord's rest room at the back of the bungalow and even that has wooden doors so as to protect the god. you can see the room and the gril gates around the bangalow very well in the picture. This bungalow belongs to Sri Parthasarathy swamy. It is a very nice bungalow with more trees and plants.

The inside structure of the bangalow is designed very well and the mandapam in which the lord is placed consists of four big pillars which was picked up from the underground of the bangalow, it was kept by the old people, I can say that those people already know that the present generation will renovate this bungalow so at that time this pillars will be usefull, see how inteligent our forefathers are. They plan everything for the future and does not waste any useful thing. We should really appreciate our forefathers and old people for their inteligence.