: The 10-day Karthigai Deepam festival of the Arunachaleswara temple came to a close on Friday with over 40 lakh people visiting the temple town to witness the lighting of the Maha Deepam at 6 p.m. on Arunachala Hill. The day began with puja followed by the lighting of Bharani Deepam at the temple around 3.30 a.m. Collector D. Bhaskara …
Celebrating the eternal triumph of light over darkness, the sacred festival of Karthigai Maha Deepam holds profound spiritual significance for millions of devotees. Sri Mandir, India’s largest devotional platform, proudly announces a special initiative for devotees to partake in the Karthigai Maha Deepam LIVE Darshan Special on Friday, December 13, 2024. This sacred event, timed with the auspicious Karthigai Maha …
: Over 3,400 special buses and 20 special trains will operate to Tiruvannamalai town for Maha Deepam on December 13. Collector D. Bhaskara Pandian, along with Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department officials, inspected the arrangements in place, including civic amenities such as temporary bus stands and sanitary facilities on Girivalam path and Arunachaleswara temple premises on Wednesday. In view …
On the narrow Shivapada Veedhi near the famed 7th Century Arunachaleswara Temple, built by the Pallavas, in the bustling Tiruvannamalai town, V.C. Manikandan and Ravishankar hail from the fishermen community that for ages has been entrusted with the task of lighting the copper cauldron atop the 2,668-foot-high Annamalai Hills on Maha Deepam, the final day of the Karthigai Deepam festival. …
