‘Thiruvannamalai Deepam’ Festival starts on 26th with sacred flag-hoisting ceremony!

The famous ‘Karthigai Deepam Festival’ at the Thiruvannamalai Arunachaleswarar Temple is set to start on Wednesday, 26th November with the sacred flag-hoisting ceremony.

Mahadeepam’ is scheduled to be lighted on 5th December.

The festival starts with sacred flag-hoisting ceremony and lasts 10 days.

This year, the festival starts on 26th November. The temple corridors will be opened at early morning 4.00 AM. Special decoration will be done for all the main deities and special poojas and prayers will be performed for the Panchamurthys including Lord & his consort, Amman. Depparadhnam will be performed.

Sacred flag will be hoisted between 6.00 AM & 7.25 AM. The festival has commenced and will be celebrated for the next 10 days.

On the 6th day, the procession on silver chariot will be performed. Huge crowds of devotees gather from this day.

On the 7th day, chariot procession is performed between 6.55 AM & 7.55 AM.

The most important part of the festival, ‘Mahadeepam’ lighting, will be performed on Friday, 5th December, at 4.00 AM in ‘Arthas Mandapam’ in front of Lord Siva’s sanctum sanctorum.

At 6.00 PM, Maha deepam is lighted on top of the mountain behind the temple at a height of 2568’.

Durgai Amman festival is scheduled on 23rd November. Pidari Amman festival is scheduled on 24th November. Lord Ganesha’s festival is scheduled on 25th November.

Following the lighting of Maha Deepam, ‘Theppal’ festival is celebrated for 3 days in Ayyankulam.

On the 1st day, 6th December, Lord Chandrasekhar’s Theppal festival will be celebrated. On the 2nd day, 7th December,

Parasakthi Amman Theppal festival is celebrated. On the 3rd Day, 8th December, Lord Subramanya’s Theppal festival will be celebrated.