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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SB)
Kasargod, Mar 5: The annual 'Nemotsava' of Pilichamundi Raktheshwari and Parivara Daivas of the Enmakaje Taravadu was held with religious fervour at Enmakaje here on Sunday, March 4.
Nemotsava is a part of the five-day religious festival at Enmakaje Taravadu near Perla. Thousands of people from Kasaragod and Dakshina Kannada took part in the festivities.
First the religious rituals of ‘Raktheshwari Daiva Nema’ was held followed by the ‘Pilichamundi Daiva Nema’ and later 'Satyadevata Korati Guliga Nemotsava' in the evening.
Prominent member of the Enmakaje Mane Sudhir Shetty, COO of UAE Exchange and local religious and social leaders and family heads of the Taravadu were present.
Cultural programmes including ‘Yakshagana Vaibhava’ led by Girish Rai Kakkepadau, musical nite led by renowned Malayalam music director M Jayachandran, Bhajana programme was also held as part of the five-day event.
Enmakaje Mane (house), which has a history of over 450 years, is known for its ‘Bhoota Kola' (spirit worship). Among the nine Bhootas worshipped by the family are Pilichamundi, followed by Gulige, Sathyadevatha, Korathi, Posa Bhoota, Chalena Bhoota, and Rakhtheswari Bhoota.
Nemotsava became an annual event from 2004, when the temple which was destroyed in a fire in 1994 was reconstructed. The Nemotsava is performed in the first week of March every year. The present 'Yejamane' (family head) is Enmakaje Vishwanath Rai who represents the entire clan at all functions and religious ceremonies.