The 41-days Mandala Pooja of Lord Ayyappa which began on November 16, 2012 at Sree Ayyappa Temple, Meera Marg, Udaipur came to a close on December 26, 2012.

On the concluding day, rituals began at 5:00 in the morning with ‘palli oonarthal’ (waking up the Lord), followed by ‘havan’ for Ganapati, Neyyabhishekam (Ghee-bath), Usha Pooja (morning pooja), ‘kalabha-charth’ (noon pooja), Ramayan Paat, etc.

In the evening program started at 6:15 with ‘deeparadhana’ where more than 501 oil lamps were lit around the temple. This was followed by Bhagwati-seva, Bhajan-Kirtan, Naivedyam, shayan pooja and Mahadeeparadhana.

The program concluded with distribution of ‘Mahaprasad’ at 9:00 p.m.

41 days’ Mandala Pooja during Nov-Dec. every year is a major event of the main temple of Lord Ayyappa, popularly known as Sabarimala, and all Ayyappa Temples follow the same