Arulmigu Annamalaiyar temple Maha Kumbabishekam photos

Lakhs of devotees witnessed the Maha Kumbabishekam held today after 15 years at Tiruvannamalai Annamalayar Temple. The temple is believed to be 1400 years old. Consecration or Kumbabishekam in Tamil is held here for once in 12 years. It was in 2002 that the previous consecration took place here and by then, the next one was planned after 15 years.

Holy waters from the Ganges, Yamuna and Kaveri rivers were brought for performing Yaga Pooja. The pooja was performed on 31st January. On 2nd February, consecrations for smaller temple towers of the temple including that of 63 Saivaite Nayanmars, the adjacent Sannadhi Amman samadhi, Navagrahams, Chitragupta, and Pidari Amman were performed.

Following this, the 12 Kala Yaga Pooja was performed at 3 am, consecration took place ffor the Rajagopuram, Ammani Amman Gopuram, Seya Gopuram and Thirumanjana Gopuram. The holy waters were taken amidst Vedic Mantras by Sivachariyars and the Maha Kumbabishekam was performed. Lakhs of devotees witnessed this event. Below are pictures of the same.