Optimal Time for a Sacred Visit: Upcoming Girivalam Date in Tiruvannamalai – October 16 (Starting: 08:40 PM, Oct 16 Wednesday – Ending: 04:55 PM, Oct 17 Thursday )

Itinerary at Tiruvannamalai Thondareeswarar temple

The hottest part of the summer known in Tamil as Agni Nakshatram or Kathiri Veyyil, has started on Thursday, 4th May. It will conclude on 28th May. On the starting day of Agni Nakshatram, The deity of Lord Siva in Thiruvannamalai Thondareeswar temple was adorned with garlands made from citronella (Vettivet in Tamil). A vessel, […]

3rd day celebration of spring festival

Spring festival (Vasantha Utsavam) 3rd day was celebrated at Thiruvannamalai temple. The deity of the temple is placed in an awning (Pandhal) made of citronella (Vettiver) in the Panneer Mandapam along with His Consort offering Darshan to thousands of devotees. The admirers in the temple are waving the fans (Venn-saamaram). The devotees have carried Him […]

Vasantah Utsavam – Itinerary at Thiruvannamalai Temple

10 days of Vasantha Utsavam (spring festival) will be celebrated in the famous Thiruvannamalai temple, in order to protect the Lord Arunachaleeswara from the oppressive heat during this severe summer by proving some coolness. The spring festival would be conducted during 10 nights in the 3rd corridor of the temple near the Magizha Maram (which […]

Vasantha Utsavam at the famous temple of Lord Annamalaiyar at Thiruvannamalai

The grand annual celebrations for the 10-day spring festival (Vasantha Utsavam) starts from today (Saturday, 29th April) and concludes on 8th May. It is celebrated in 5 or 6 minor shrines dedicated to Devi or Subramanya. The ceremonies performed in 10 days – Pandhakkal Muvurtham, Yagasalai with 2 kalasams representing Soma and Kama, and Kappu, […]

Itinerary at the Lord Annamalaiyar temple, Thiruvannamalai

From the Tamil calendar month of Chithirai in the year Hevilambi. On the occasion of New Moon Day (Amavasai) on Pradosham, special abhishekhams was performed for the Periya Nandhi in the 5th corridor of the temple of Lord Annamalaiyar. Special adornment was done on the Periya Nandhi. Special Deepaaradhanai was performed on this Nandhi.