{"id":314,"date":"2008-08-20T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vickneswaran.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2008-08-20T08:00:04","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T00:00:04","slug":"firewalking-ceremony-at-seafield-subang-jaya-mariamman-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vickneswaran.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/firewalking-ceremony-at-seafield-subang-jaya-mariamman-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Firewalking ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Firewalking ceremony at seafield, subang jaya Mariamman temple<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aadipooram Festival Serie III- Seafield Mariamman temple, I was there on the 2nd of August to join the crowd to celebrate the flaming fire walking ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>It was freaking hot sun as i could fry an egg on my <em>balding<\/em> head, hehe, joking talking la, no serious taking ok? The devotee crowd was awesome but I think it was merrier 2 years back when i went there.<\/p>\n<p>Another noticeable thing was, the fire walking path was filled with lesser burning charcoal. but yet, ask those who were standing beside the path how was the heat slapping their face. And i was one of the person who sneaked beyond the border line to take photograph. There, i noticed something that if you have a big camera ( layman term for dSLR), you will be assumed as photographer of some press and will be given priority, hehe. I should be thanking my <em>kanne<\/em> and amman for the clear shots opportunity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3114\/2762902656_be86f257b5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The temple is at USJ 25 Subang Jaya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3048\/2762315045_886da269b4_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"735\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3280\/2762262275_e69e04d3b7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3113\/2763180050_ff05699e10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Preparing the fire path<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3224\/2762255225_e838e643ab.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s getting hot in there!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3028\/2762228455_c635b6e787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The 1st devotee to walk through the holy fire path<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3031\/2762247447_3ca1afed58.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Sakthi kiragam&#8221; bearer walking on the holy fire path<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3025\/2762271879_3fd52c71b9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3022\/2762266807_13ed7ef0bc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">old granny bearing milk pot and walking on the fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3159\/2762204395_e2298b5054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3095\/2763064504_e26a4e8a86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Carrying daughter and walking<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3071\/2762211227_3786a57794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the female foot on fire, can you do it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3076\/2762172501_c42f5a0356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the milk bath for amman ( abhishegam )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3263\/2762935416_9759d67337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Remember this name? haha, they were serving free drinks for the devotees and the crowd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firewalking ceremony at seafield, subang jaya Mariamman temple Aadipooram Festival Serie III- Seafield Mariamman temple, I was there on the 2nd of August to join the crowd to celebrate the flaming fire walking ceremony. 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