The procession of idols as part of the Navaratri festival set out from Padmanabhapuram Palace at Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district to Thiruvananthapuram on Friday in an atmosphere of religious fervour.
While the idol of Saraswathi Devi was carried atop an elephant, those of Munnoottinanga and Kumaraswamy were carried in palanquins. Earlier, Kerala Devaswom Minister K. Radhakrishnan handed over the ceremonial sword to Tamil Nadu Minister P.K. Sekhar Babu and Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran at the palace to mark the ritual heralding the procession.
