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Every full moon day devotees from over the world visit Tiruvannamalai, the abode of Sri Arunachaleswara and Goddess Uma for Girivalam. The temple here is the abode of Theju or Fire, one of the five elements of the universe. Girivalam or Malaivalam is the process of circling the hill (Giri or Malai) that house the […]