Mangalore, Feb 15: The Car Street (Ratha Beedi) in Mangaluru turned colorful on Monday as thousands of devotees celebrated the Okuli festival (Holi) in their traditional style as part of the annual Car Festival of Venkataramana Temple.
The Car Festival or ‘Kodial Teru’ came to an end with colorful Okuli celebrations. The event delighted the devotees with high wattage sound systems and tankers splashing chilled water on those dancing in the scorching heat.
Dancing to the tunes of Bollywood songs, people irrespective of their age and gender were seen on the streets hurling coloured powder and water at each other.
The temple and the temple square wore a festive look as devotees thronged in to seek blessings of Venkatramana. People were seen exchanging hugs and sweets to mark the celebration.
The six-day Kodial Theru is the event of the Gawda Saraswat Brahmin community to commemorate the divine union of Venkataramana and goddess Padmavathi.
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the whole tradition is gone for a toss. There are certain restriction/tradition on participation in Okuli. But nobody cares, its become more bolloywood, singing, dancing and merry making.
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