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On the 10th days of the grand Chithirai Vasantha Utsavam festival (Special grand Spring festivals celebrated during the full moon period in the Tamil Calendar month of Chithirai), due to the raging resurgent coronavirus pandemic spreading fast and wide across the country and the state, the deities of the Lord Periyanakar and His Consort Parasakthi Amman were taken to the ‘Rudraksha Mandapam’ located near the ‘Periya Nandhi’ in the 5th Corridor of the temple and ‘Theertha vari’ was performed!

Subsequently, the deities of the Lord Periyanayakar and His Consort Parasakthi Amman’ were take for a procession in side the temple complex in the 5th Corridor!

On the 8th day of the ongoing ‘Chithirai Vasantha Utsavam’ (Spring festival falling in the Tamil Calendar month of Chithirai), on Saturday, 24th April, ‘The Doll Flowers Shower’ ceremony (when doll flowers are sprayed on the main deities with special poojas) was performed in the night and ‘Olivu Utsavam’ (the mythical event of Lord Siva searching for the God of Love, ‘Manmadha’) was also performed!

On the 6th Day of the Grand Occasion of the Chithirai Vasantha Utsavam (Spring Festival celebrated in the Tamil Calendar Month of Chithirai), Thursday, 22nd April – the famous event of ‘Flower-dolls shower’ (in Tamil – ‘Bommai Poo Kottum Vizha’) was celebrated with great verve and devotion!

On the 3rd day of the ‘Chithirai Vasantha Utsavam’ (spring festival in the Tamil calendar month of Chithirai) celebrated in the famous Thiruvannamalai Lord Arunachaleswarar Temple, the idol of Lord Periyanayakar was taken out in a procession on the 3rd corridor of the temple and the event of ‘Bommai Poocchoridhal’ ( Spraying of flowers’) were performed.

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!