Vahanams

The glittering Vahanams during the festival days at Srivilliputtur provide a great spectacle when they move around the veedhis in procession.

The deities are usually mounted on the particular Vehicle(vahanam) adorned with glittering jewels and colourful garlands and taken in procession along the veedhis depending on the particular festival which is taking place, to the accompaniment of divya prabhandham and Veda parayanam.These decorated processions with ornamented umbrellas swaying in the air moving majestically forward add a unique aural and visual appeal to the sublime atmosphere.The significance of the vahanas and the ritualistic formalities observed are dealt in the Agamas
These vahanas are housed in special enclosures located beside the outer prakaram of the Andal Temple

The vahanams are

1.garuda vahanam
2.hamsa vahanam
3.periya hamsa vahanam
4.simha vahanam
5.hanumar vahanam
6.yanai vahanam
7.Sesha vahanam
8.Govardhana giri vahanam
8.Kudarai vahanam

Rangamannar in Garuda Vahanam

Some special mounts are also used such as the flower palanquin(poom-pallaku),parangi narkali( a type of bamboo chair),chandra prabha( crescent of the moon),surya prabha (cresent of the rising son),padnaal vandi chapparam(16 wheeled car)

Deities and their Vahanams

• Andal-Periya hamsa Vahanam,sesha vahanam,chandra prabha kanaka thandiyal,parangi narkali,16 vandi chapparam
  
  
• Rangamannar-Kudarai vahanam,garuda vahanam,simha vahanam,hanumar vahanam
  
  
• periyazhwar-hamsa vahanam,yanai vahanam
  
  
• Emberuman's- ThiruThangal Appan,Srinivasa Perumal,Periyaperumal,Sundararaja perumal- Garuda vahanam

Andal in Sesha Vahanam