Among the many rituals and functions of Sri Poornathrayeesa temple one is the Para utsavam .
The para is a vessel for offering the lord with grain cocnut fronds etc .
Earlier the caprisioned idol on a elephant made a visit to his estates the surrounding housesof devotees .
These days its stopped at certain points instead of individual houses and nearby households would gather to greet the lord .
The idol would be taken to its original temple or moolasthanam which is kottaram krishna temple or puthan kottaram.
The procession from temple would cross the poorna river by a boat instead of using the iron bridge made by the British .
The next day by dusk the lord would return through the road where our apartment is situated through bright clay lamps on road side to reach the river side .
The idol would then be taken from elephant and into the boat to bursting of crackers and fireworks and boat would be glided over by holding a rope tied across .
On other side the waiting elephant would take the lord to his temple .
Today we saw the return
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