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Kriyâpāda 119 pomp and splendour of the occasion should be that which befits an emperor. प्रतिसंवत्सरं वापि प्रतिषण्मासमेव वा।
शिवयात्रोत्सवं सम्यक् कुर्यात् सर्वार्थसिद्धये ॥
तत्र यात्रा रथेन स्यादथवा शिबिकादिना । चक्रवर्त्युपचारेण तल्लस्मातो निगद्यते ।।
These vehicles for the procession of the god are of three kinds. One is in the form of a stool attached to a carrier. The other is a replica of towers and the third having many pillars. There are measurements for each of them. It is in these vehicles that a movable idol of the god is placed and taken around. Then a kind of cot is also provided in the shrine where an idol representing the main deity is laid to rest during the night.
(49) Rituals in connection with occasional festival are detailed in this section also. The author states : इत्थं शिवोत्सवविधिः कथितो ध्वजादिः श्रष्ठादि भेदविहितः स्वपनावसानः ।
येनेन्दुमौलिरूपयाति परं प्रसादं
__ शैलाधिराजसुतया सहितो गणेन्द्रः।।
A long flag staff is erected ceremonially on which a flag is to be hoisted on the first day of the festival. Everyday sacrifices are conducted for the staff and flag. Certain varieties of trees alone are selected to make the staff. The place for erecting the staff is also fixed. There are measurements for these according to different temples and the deities installed therein. The raising of the staff ss made at an auspicious time to the accompaniment of the beating of musical instruments.
During festivals the streets surrounding the shrine shall be made pure by clearing them. This is detailed as follows : संमार्ज्यं ग्रामवीथी: प्रतिदिशमभितः सेचयेद् गन्धतोयैः रुत्फुल्लैर्दिव्यगन्धैः प्रतिनवकुसुमैः संस्तरेत् तासु भूयः। . कुर्यात् पीठान् यथाशास्वपि बलिविधये ग्रामपर्यन्तदेशे ग्रामान्तश्चत्वरेषु प्रतिसुरनिलयं द्वारि चैत्येषु मूले ॥
For decorating the streets bunches of coconuts, plantains arecanuts, tender leaves of several trees, twigs etc., are used. Among the musical instruments used in the procession Timilā-the Kerala instrument is also mentioned,
