The Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation of Chennai took out its New Year spiritual walk - ‘Bala Vidhwan Bhavani’ - for the 10th consecutive year, on January 1, 2012 from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Children and elders, including members of the foundation, dressed up in traditional south Indian attire, participated in large numbers and enthusiastically sang bhajans, Thirupaavai, Thiruvempaavai and namavalis.
Little girls and boys and their mothers performed kolattam and kummi around the four mada streets of Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore. Ven pongal and sakkarai pongal prasadam were distributed to one and all at the end.
According to Mylapore Trio, S Amarnath, S Surendranath and S Aparna, who run the Sumukhi foundation, “Margazhi procession with bhakti and chillness was a unique and a divine experience for the younger generation. We not only followed in the foot steps of the musical legends, but also retraced their path on the four mada streets of Mylapore to perpetuate their memory.”
Some of the senior citizens and parents felt that it was good to start the New Year on an auspicious note.
Apart from the foundation children and parents, children from local music and dance schools along with the general public, participated with enthusiasm. A few kids were dressed up as Krishna and Aandal.
An octogenarian commented, “I know a person by name Jalandirai (a Mylaporean who lived many decades back) who used to conduct Margazhi procession early morning, with children singing and dancing on the mada streets of Mylapore. After several decades, I am very thrilled and happy to see these children doing the same and bless them.”
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