After entering the airport premises, the 'utsava Vigrahas' (idols) of Padmanabha Swamy, Narasima Moorthy and Krishna Swami, were kept at the 'arattu mandapam' near the runway for some time and later taken to the nearby beach for the rituals
Flight operations were suspended for five hours and a number of services rescheduled at the airport here on Tuesday to enable the traditional “Aaratu” procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple pass through the runway, in lines with a decades old practice involving the local Royals.