During the annual Bhramotsavam is
celebrated in the month of Vaikasi at the Kalikambal temple in George Town, Chennai, the
processional images of Kalikambal, and other deities are taken out in procession twice a
day through the surrounding neighborhood.
The nightly celebrations involve the procession of the
deity on decorated mounts. The Kamadhenu Vaahanam and
the Rishabha vaahanam are used on the second and fourth nights
respectively, while the Simha Vaahanam or the lion mount is used on the
fifth night.
The sixth night uses a specially designed wooden
elephant mount with a contraption that allows the trunk of the mount to sway and the ears
to flap. (Also see Tirupputkuzhi for a spinning
wooden horse mount). The eighth night witnesses the procession of Kalikambal on a horse
mount.
The grandest of the nightly processions is the Kinnitter on the ninth night of the
festival.