Indore | The fourth day of the 31st pran pratishtha annual festival of the Shri Ayyappa and Ganesh temple at Mahalakshmi Nagar was held on Tuesday.

In the morning, the temple doors were closed after Ganpati homam, usha puja, kalash puja and kalashabhishekam.

The evening pujas concluded with deeparadhana followed by Bhagwati Seva and attaza puja. This pran pratishtha ceremony is celebrated like a festival and is being performed by Prakanda Pandit Brahma Sri Krishnan Namboodiri from Kerala.

Every evening after sandhya aarti, cultural programmes are being organised. On Tuesday, there was a Bharatanatyam and other traditional dance performance by artistes of the Ashish Pillai Dance Academy.