Optimal Time for a Sacred Visit: Upcoming Girivalam Date in Tiruvannamalai – May 11 (Starting: 08:01 PM, May 11 Sunday – Ending: 10:25 PM, May 12 Monday )

Celebrations at Thiruvannamalai Lord Arunachaleswarar temple: Aadi Pooram on 1st August!

Tamil calendar month Aadi is considered to be sacred. Several festivals occur with temples in Tamil Nadu grandly celebrating them with devotion and great enthusiasm. The day on which the star ‘Pooram’ falls in the month of Aadi is considered very sacred and celebrated as ‘Aadi Pooram (It also happens to be the birth of […]

Thiruvannamalai Lord Arunachaleswarar Temple – Girivalam banned on ensuing Full Moon Day!

The Full Moon Day in the current Tamil Calendar month of Aadi, considered sacred, occurs from 10.35 AM on Friday, 23rd July and concludes at 8.48 AM the ne3xt day on 24th July, Saturday. However, the DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAS BANNED THE UNDERTAKING OF GIRIVALAM BY THE DEVOTEES ON THE ABOVE 2 DAYS! At the same […]