Moodubelle: Ayudha Puja performed At the MESCOM Office

By Anil Alva
Bellevision Media Network

Moodubelle, 05 October 2011: Ayudha Puja is an integral part of the Dasara festival (festival of triumph). It is also called "Astra Puja", the synonym for Ayudha Puja. In simple terms, it means “Worship of Implements”. It is celebrated in Karnataka as “Ayudha Puje”. The festival falls on the ninth day or Navami of the bright half of Moon’s cycle of 15 days in the month of September/October, and is popularly a part of the Dasara or Navaratri or Durga Puja or Golu festival. On the ninth day of the Dasara festival, weapons and tools are worshipped.

 

In Karnataka, the celebration is for killing of the demon king Mahishasura by goddess Chamundeshwari. After slaying of the demon king, the weapons were kept out for worship. While Navaratri festival is observed all over the country but in South Indian states, where it is widely celebrated as Ayudha Puja, there are slight variations of worship procedure.

 

 

Accordingly Ayudha Puja was celebrated in the Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (MESCOM) on Wednesday, October   5, 2011 at 11 am. Subramanya Bhat performed the Ayudha Puja in the presence of  the Section Officer (SO) of MESCOM-Belle, Basavaraj Appa and  other staff members. The instruments and implements used in the MESCOM as well vehicles of the staff were decorated with flowers and were worshipped through the Ayudha Puja.