Palakkad, September 30, 2013: The three-day long Ayilya Mahotsavam-2013 (festival of the serpent God) at the Pampadi Pampumkavu Sree Nagaraja temple at Pampadi, near Ottapalam, will begin on Monday with an ‘Ashtadravya Maha Ganapathy Homam’ at 6 a.m. Sopanasangeetham by N.P. Ramadas Poduval and Ambalapuzha Vijayakumar will be held at 11 a.m. A ‘Maha Ayilya puja’ and a Maha Ganapathy Homam, led by Kandararu Rajeevaru of Thazhamon Madhom, will be held on Tuesday. On Wednesday, a ‘Sarpabali Yajnam’ will be held, followed by Sopanasangeetham by Cherpulassery Raju Poduval and Njaralathu Ramadas Poduval.

Source: The Hindu, September 30, 2013