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There are 63 saints in the Saivite sect of the Hindu religion. All the saints devoted their life to singing the praise of Lord Siva in the form of deities in various temples across Tamil Nadu.

Among the 63 Saivite saints, Sundaramurthy Nayanar is considered to be among the best as he devoted himself at an early age to the service of praising, singing, writing songs on Lord Siva.

As per the folklore, Lord Siva, incarnated in the form of Agni (fire) – (among the 5 basic elements earth, water, air, fire, and space – each element is represented in temples across the state) in Thiruvannamalai as Lord Arunachala, offered a special Darshan to one of his favourite saints Sundaramurthy Nayanar in the temple premises at the Thittu vaasal.

This occasion is celebrated as a special day over hundreds of year as a tradition.

Thousands of devotees participated on this special occasion when the presiding deity of the temple, Lord Arunachala is taken on a procession to Thittu vaasal where the deity of Saivite saint Sundaramurthy Nayanar is also taken on procession where the Lord offers Darshan to the saint.

The Aadi Pooram Brahmotsavam festival was performed in a grand manner at the famous Arulmigu Annamalaiyar Temple at 10.00 PM in the 3rd Corridor of the sanctum sanctorum of Goddess (Amman).

The ritual of walking-on-fire (Theemidhi vizha) was conducted in front of the sanctum sanctorum of the Goddess.

In Neepathurai village, next to Thiruvannamalai, owing to Aadi Ammavasai, special celebrations for Aadi 18 or Aadi Perukku and Guru Peyarchi took place. In Arulmigu Sellayamman Temple present at the centre of Sengam Neeppathurai Thenpennai river, along the Thenpennai river banks, Prasanna Venkatrama Perumal Temple, the Sengam Sivan Temple Guru Peyarchi at Thiruvannamalai Annnamalayar Temmple took place. These pictures show the celebrations made here.

On Kritigai day of the month of Aadi, devotees carried Kavadis for the Lord. Seen here is the procession of devotees on that day.

The Aadi Pooram Brahmotsavam will be held at the temple between 27th July, 2016 and 5th August 2016. Seen below is the official invite and programme.