<p class="bodytext">Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, scion of the erstwhile royal family, performed Saraswathi Puja in the Mysuru Palace here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the Facebook post of Yaduveer, “On the day, the moon enters the asterism called Mula (Scorpions), Saraswathi, the Goddess of learning, music and arts, is worshipped in a special ritual in the Kannadi Thotti of the Palace. Books, palm leaf manuscripts and musical instruments are placed on a high altar. Then, the energy of the goddess is invoked into them, after which they are ceremonially worshipped by the Maharaja”.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Tradition continues</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">“In the continued tradition, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, performed special pujas to the portrait of Goddess Saraswathi between 10.45 am and 11.15 am on Saturday,” the post added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He offered puja to books, veena, musical scriptures, copies of epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc, amidst chanting of Vedic hymns by Palace priests, according to the post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The Saraswathi puja will be followed by Kalarathri Puja on Saturday night,” the post reads.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, scion of the erstwhile royal family, performed Saraswathi Puja in the Mysuru Palace here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the Facebook post of Yaduveer, “On the day, the moon enters the asterism called Mula (Scorpions), Saraswathi, the Goddess of learning, music and arts, is worshipped in a special ritual in the Kannadi Thotti of the Palace. Books, palm leaf manuscripts and musical instruments are placed on a high altar. Then, the energy of the goddess is invoked into them, after which they are ceremonially worshipped by the Maharaja”.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Tradition continues</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">“In the continued tradition, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, performed special pujas to the portrait of Goddess Saraswathi between 10.45 am and 11.15 am on Saturday,” the post added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He offered puja to books, veena, musical scriptures, copies of epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc, amidst chanting of Vedic hymns by Palace priests, according to the post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The Saraswathi puja will be followed by Kalarathri Puja on Saturday night,” the post reads.</p>
