Aadi Pooram Festival at Arunachaleswarar Temple

Aadi Pooram Festival at Thiruvannamalai Lord Arunachaleswarar Temple

After the deities of Lord Vinayaka and Goddess Parasakthi Amman are taken to the Sanctum Sanctorum of Amman Sannidhi, the sacred flag hoisting ceremony for the festival will be performed in the early morning at 5.20 AM on 25th July – the day on which the sacred festival of Aadi Pooram falls.

The Goddess Amman will be taken on a procession for 10 days across the corridor streets of the temple.

On 3rd August 2019, ‘Theerthavari’ will be performed at the sacred Sivagangai Theertha kulam.

After the ‘Theerthavari’, special Abhishekham will be performed for the deity of Goddess Parasakthi Amman at the ‘Valaikaappu Mandapam’.

The ‘thee midhi’ or fire-walking event is scheduled to be performed at midnight 12.00 in front of the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Goddess Amman Sannidhi.