Udupi, 08 May 2015: The annual festivities were held with pomp and gaiety at Mahalingeshwar temple, Padubelle, near here led by the temple priest Kukkikatte Raghavendra Tantri, by chief priest Vedamurti Madwaraj Bhat, in the presence of managing trustee Belle Doddamane Subaschandra Shetty and native devotees.