Devotees canceled permission for Chithirai Vasantha festival 2021
Usually, the ‘Chithirai Vasantha Vizha’ Spring Festival in the Tamil Calendar month of Chithirai, is celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm in a grand manner every year in the famous Lord Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple in Thiruvannamalai.
However, this year’s Spring Festival, scheduled to be celebrated from 17th April until 26th April, will be celebrated with no participation from the devotees who have not been allowed due to the prevalent raging resurgent coronavirus pandemic giving due consideration to the safety and health of the devotees as well as the guidelines given by the central government in this regard, the important ceremonies as per the timetable and the adornment of the deities and the Deeparadhanai will be performed within the ‘temple Yadhasthaanam’ itself!
Tamil New Year Special Events performed at the Thiruvannamalai Lord Sri Arunachaleswarar temple!
On the Occasion of the Tamil New Year (‘Pilava’) On the 14th of April, the New Year Almanac (‘Panchangam’) was offered to the Lord Sambandha Vinakar in the famous Thiruvannamalai Temple of the Lord Thiruvannamalaiyar with His Consort Unnamulai Amman.
After offering the new ‘Panchangam’ (Almanac) of the new Tamil Year ‘Pilava’, was read by the Sivacharyas of the temple!
Arulmigu Om Arunachaleswarar Thirukovil : Panguni Uthiram Pali viduthal
The divine marriage and the event of ‘Pali Viduthal’ (performing some special poojas and offering certain special items to the temple pond for the welfare of the people) was performed on the sacred day of ‘Panguni Uthiram’ (the day on which one of the 27 stars, Uhthiram’ falls on the Tamil Calendar Monrth of Panguni) was performed at the ‘Thamaraikkulam’ banks (bank of the Lotus-pond).
