<p class="bodytext">Champa Shashti, devoted to Lord Subrahmanya, was celebrated with pomp and gaiety across the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Special prayers were offered at Muttappa temple and Omkareshwara temple in Madikeri. Temples were decorated with flowers and buntings on the occasion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A beeline of devotees was found in Omkareshwara temple. ‘Teppotsava’ and a palanquin procession were held in the evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ablutions were offered to the serpent God at Sri Kote Mariyamma temple as well.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">In Kushalnagar</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the occasion of Champa Shashti celebrations, car festival and a special puja were performed at Sri Udbhava Subrahmanya Swami temple in Koodige village in Kushalnagar on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ablusions, ‘Mahapuje’ and ‘Mahamangalarathi’ were held in the temple in the morning. ‘Digbali’, ‘Rathabali’ and ‘Rathapuje’ were held prior to the car festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thousands of people from the district along with those from Mysuru and Hassan took part in a grand car festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">People belonging to Koodumangaluru community pulled the car from the temple premises till Koodumangaluru Community Hall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cultural troupes of ‘Veeragase’, ‘Garudi Gombe Kunitha’, ‘Keelu Kudure’, ‘Somana Kunitha’ and ‘Chende Vadya’ were part of the 50th annual car festival of the temple.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Devotees offered serpent hoods made out of silver to the deity at the temple, in fulfilment of their vows.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Special rituals were also held in Someshwara temple in Somwarpet and Beeralingeshwara Gramadevathe Sannidhi in Shanivarasanthe. Devotees offered milk and tender coconut water to Lord Subrahmanya.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Champa Shashti, devoted to Lord Subrahmanya, was celebrated with pomp and gaiety across the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Special prayers were offered at Muttappa temple and Omkareshwara temple in Madikeri. Temples were decorated with flowers and buntings on the occasion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A beeline of devotees was found in Omkareshwara temple. ‘Teppotsava’ and a palanquin procession were held in the evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ablutions were offered to the serpent God at Sri Kote Mariyamma temple as well.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">In Kushalnagar</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the occasion of Champa Shashti celebrations, car festival and a special puja were performed at Sri Udbhava Subrahmanya Swami temple in Koodige village in Kushalnagar on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ablusions, ‘Mahapuje’ and ‘Mahamangalarathi’ were held in the temple in the morning. ‘Digbali’, ‘Rathabali’ and ‘Rathapuje’ were held prior to the car festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thousands of people from the district along with those from Mysuru and Hassan took part in a grand car festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">People belonging to Koodumangaluru community pulled the car from the temple premises till Koodumangaluru Community Hall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cultural troupes of ‘Veeragase’, ‘Garudi Gombe Kunitha’, ‘Keelu Kudure’, ‘Somana Kunitha’ and ‘Chende Vadya’ were part of the 50th annual car festival of the temple.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Devotees offered serpent hoods made out of silver to the deity at the temple, in fulfilment of their vows.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Special rituals were also held in Someshwara temple in Somwarpet and Beeralingeshwara Gramadevathe Sannidhi in Shanivarasanthe. Devotees offered milk and tender coconut water to Lord Subrahmanya.</p>