Deities and Festivals
Sthānika's perform Panchayatana puja introduced by Adi Shankara and celebrate all the festivals of South Canara.As their Kula Devetha is Lord Subramanya, They also believe in Nagaradhane and Bhuta Kola. They believe in Bhootas like, Kodmanthaya, Panjurli, Jumadi, Bobbarryaa, Kallurti, Kalkuda which is widely followed in South Canara & parts of Kerala.
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“The gods themselves,
Humbling their deities to love, have taken
The shapes of beasts upon them. Jupiter
Became a bull, and bellowed; the green Neptune
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Golden Apollo, a poor humble swain.”
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“This is certainly not the place for a discourse about what festivals are for. Discussions on this theme were plentiful during that phase of preparation and on the whole were fruitless. My experience is that discussion is fruitless. What sets forth and demonstrates is the sight of events in action, is living through these events and understanding them.”
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)