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On the 4th Day of the grand Spring Festival (Vasanth Utasvam) being celebrated at the Thiruvannamalai Lord Arunchaleswarar temple on Saturday, 13th April, the deity of the Lord Aruncahelswarar was brought to the Panneer mandapam located near the Magizha maram on the 3rd corridor of the temple. Subsequently, the ceremony of showering the deity with dolls decorated with yellow silk clothes was performed.

On 14th April, Tamil New Year Day with the start of the Tamil calendar year Vikari, a very rare and special occurrence of the sun’s rays falling directly on the Lingam of the Lord in the sanctum sanctorum at 6.30 AM.

The Hindu Almanac or ‘Panchangam’ will be offered to the Lord Sambandha Vinayakar at the Sanctum Sanctorum and then the Panchangam will be read by the Sivacharyas.

The ceremony of laying and setting the wooden pillar posts (Pandhakkaal) for erecting the ‘Pandal’ was performed at 4.30 PM on 9th April, Tuesday for the commencement of the occasion of the spring festival (Vasantha Utsavam) in the Lod Arunchaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai.

This was done after Special abhishekhams were performed at the Sambandha Vinyakar sanctum sanctorum located at the 3rd corridor of the temple.

Pichagar Raghu and Viji carried the wooden pillar pole and it was set up before the sanctum sanctorum of the Lord Sambandha Vinayakar.

The grand festival of the famous ‘Panguni Uthiram Thirukkalyanam’ Festival was celebrated at the Lord Arunchaleswarar temple in Thiruvannamalai. On the 5th day of the festival at 12.00 Noon on 26th March, the deity of Lord Periyanayakar Somaskandhar and His Consort Parasakthi Amman were taken to the Thamarai Kulam (Lotus pond) and the ceremony of ‘Paligai viduthal’ was performed.

Subsequently, the deities of the Lord Somaskandhar and Goddess Ambal were taken to the ‘Raja Mandapam’ located on the banks of the Lotus Pond. During the evening, a special Abhishekham will be performed and the deity of the Lord will be taken on a procession.

Thiru Kalyana Utsavam (23rd March 2019) took place at the Arulmigu Om Arunachaleswarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai. Below are some of the pictures showcasing the event.