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Ideal times for performing ‘Girivalam’ in Thiruvannamalai
Thiruvannamalai temple administration has announced the ideal time for performing ‘girivalam’ during the ‘Pournami’ this month. Pournami (full moon) starts at 11.49 AM on Thursday, 12th June. It will last till 10.08 AM on Friday, 13th June. The time during Pournami is ideal to perform girivalam.
Bus stoppages shifted in Tiruvannamalai on occasion of Full Moon day
The district collector of Tiruvannamalai, Mr. Gnanasekaran had mentioned that on account of Full Moon day, all buses from Chennai should be parked opposite Corporation School at Thirukovilur Road. Throughout the year, pilgrims engage in a practise called giri valam (circumambulation of Annamalaiyar temple and Annamalai hill 14 km in circumference), considered to be a […]