Devotees banned from undertaking Girivalam on Full Moon Day (October) at Om Arunachala Temple!

As a preventive measure to check/prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the District Collector of Thiruvannamalai has issued an order banning the devotees from undertaking ‘Girivalam’ (devotees undertake a trip by walk all along with the base poof the mountain chanting/praying the Lord Arunachaleswarar) at the Thiruvannamalai temple.

The ban on Girivalam is valid from 6.00 AM on 19th October (Tuesday) to midnight on 21st October. The District Collector has further ordered that the public need not visit on this occasion!.