Devotees have been permitted to visit the Lord Arunachaleswarar Temple at Thiruvannamalai for Darshan during the Full Moon Day (Pournami) in the sacred Tamil Calendar Month of Margazhi. Following this, there has been a teeming crowd of devotees for Darshan at the famous Thiruvannamalai Lord Arunachaleswarar temple!
Today (Friday, 19th November) being the concluding day of the sacred Thiruvannamalai Karthigai Deepam Festival, the Maha Deepam was lit on the top of the 2668’ mountain situated behind the famous temple of Lord Arunachaleswarar. During this event of Maha Deepam lighting, the chant of the gathering of Devotees, “Annamalaiyarukku Arogara’ reverberated in the sky! […]
As per the Hindu traditions of worship, Lord Siva is worshipped as 5 basic forms of Nature – water, fire, earth (sand), air, and space! There are 5 temples dedicated to Lord Siva! Out of these, the Lord Siva Temple at Thiruvannamalai – Lord Arunchaleswarar – represent the FIRE (Agni). Devotees consider that the Lord […]
The sacred Maha Deepam was lit at 6 PM (on Sunday, 29th November 2020) at the mountain peak as the climax part of the grand Karthigai Deepam festival in progress at the Tiruvannamalai Lord Arunachaleswarar temple. During the evening, the adorned deities of the ‘Panchamurthys’ were carried on palanquins and placed in the Mandapam. At […]
On the sacred day of Maha Sivarathri, ‘Lakshaarachanai’ Maha Abhishekham was performed on the main deity of the temple of Lord Annamalaiyar with His Consort Goddess Unnamulai on Friday, 21st February. Special Abhishekham was performed on the deity of Lord Lingothhavar situated in the 2nd Corridor of the temple at 11.30 PM on Friday, 21st […]
The old literary classics inform that following above 6 activities must be observed while performing the special prayer on the occasion of Maha Sivarathri to be offered to Lord Siva either from the residence or at a temple! Performing Abhishekh on Siva linga – This signifies the purification of the soul. Applying kumkum (a special […]
A notification released by the Tamil Nadu Express Transport Corporation Managing Director Muthukrishnan: ‘On the occasion of the sacred Maha Sivarathri festival falling on 21st February, on behalf of TNTC (Tamil Nadu Transport Corporation) – Villupuram, 250 special buses will be operated in the sections: Villupuram – Melmalaiyanur Chennai – Thiruvannamalai Chennai – Kalahasthi Gudiyatham- […]
Maha Shivaratri invitation of the Arulmigu Om Arunachaleswarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai.
Thiru Kalyana Utsavam (23rd March 2019) took place at the Arulmigu Om Arunachaleswarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai. Below are some of the pictures showcasing the event.
In a special celebration yesterday (Thursday, 21st March) night at the Thiruvannamalai temple, the deity of Goddess Sri Unnamalai Amman was taken earlier from the ‘Kumarakkoil’ and taken through the Mada Veedhis to the Deepa Darisana Mandapam located in the 3rd corridor of the temple. The deity of Lord Arunachaleswarar was specially adorned and was […]
