Teppam Festival 1911

      The Teppam festival of Parthasarathi Temple in the  year 1911 in this photograph  by a British  Army Doctor.  The  float  of more than 100 years before looks similar in dimensions as is now constructed. On the  other side of the tank in East Tank Square street you can see the more than 250 year old  Anjaneyar  Temple  and the  Vanamamalai  Mutt premises beside it. The  Vanamamalai mutt is more than 550 years old and was established  at Nanguneri in Tirunelveli district by Ponnaddikal Jeeyar (1447-1482) who was the  primary  disciple of Manavala  Mamuni to  propagate  Sri Vaishnava  sampradayam.  See the beautiful row of tiled houses giving  a beautiful look.

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