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 )

Utharayana Punniya Kalam flag-hoisting ceremony

The famous and traditional ‘Utharayana Punyakaal Brhmotsavam’ festival (festival performed during the first half of the Tamil Calendar year in the summer) commenced at the Thiruvannamalai Temple of Lord Arunachaleswarar commenced with the divine flag-hoisting ceremony!  

Om Aunachaleswarar Temple – Amavasai Pradosham

The sacred Full Moon Day (Poornima or Pournami) ‘Pradosham’ occasion in the Tamil calendar month of Thai occurs at 5.30 PM today (Sunday, 2nd Jan 2022). On this occasion, special Abhisjekhams will be performed in the evening on the ‘Nandhis’ located in the 5 corridors of the famous Thiruvannamalai Lord Arunachaleswarar temple.

Events at Lord Arunachaleswarar temple at Thiruvannamalai – Occasion of Arudhra Darisanam!

On the special sacred occasion of the Arudhra Darisanam, the deities of Lord Nataraja and His Consort Goddess Sivakami Amman were taken from the ‘Aayiramkaal Mandapam’ in the temple and blessed the thousands of devotees by offering Darshan on the corridor after being taken out on a procession on the corridor streets of the Lord […]