<p>The 89-year-old Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple in Malleswaram now has a structure inspired by Naga Loka built as a precursor to this year’s Brahma Rathotsava on December 25.</p>.<p>The entrance of the 40-foot, 80-m wide decoration is structured like a burrow from which five snakes have risen. It is built with gunny bags, thermocol and Plaster of Paris.</p>.<p>About 80 labourers and 50 artists worked for 78 days to build the structure. </p>.<p>Film art director Vasanth Rao Kulkarni worked as chief art director to build the structure with artists from Bengaluru, Chennai and Andhra Pradesh as supporting crew. Its entrance leads into a tunnelway designed according to the mythological descriptions of the Naga Loka. </p>.<p>Ravishankar, secretary of Malleswaram Arya-Vaishya Sangha, told DH: “We have been decorating temples under different themes for the rathotsava since 2004. We host different kinds of folk art forms during the rathotsava, which recreates the ambiance of a village in this metro city. The decoration will be in place till January 2. Thousands of people visit the temple every day,” Ravishankar added.</p>.<p>The procession happens once every two years. </p>
<p>The 89-year-old Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple in Malleswaram now has a structure inspired by Naga Loka built as a precursor to this year’s Brahma Rathotsava on December 25.</p>.<p>The entrance of the 40-foot, 80-m wide decoration is structured like a burrow from which five snakes have risen. It is built with gunny bags, thermocol and Plaster of Paris.</p>.<p>About 80 labourers and 50 artists worked for 78 days to build the structure. </p>.<p>Film art director Vasanth Rao Kulkarni worked as chief art director to build the structure with artists from Bengaluru, Chennai and Andhra Pradesh as supporting crew. Its entrance leads into a tunnelway designed according to the mythological descriptions of the Naga Loka. </p>.<p>Ravishankar, secretary of Malleswaram Arya-Vaishya Sangha, told DH: “We have been decorating temples under different themes for the rathotsava since 2004. We host different kinds of folk art forms during the rathotsava, which recreates the ambiance of a village in this metro city. The decoration will be in place till January 2. Thousands of people visit the temple every day,” Ravishankar added.</p>.<p>The procession happens once every two years. </p>
