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26 November 2020

Day 5. Daytime. Deepam 2020: Arunachaleswarar Temple






While we are all grateful that a 2020 Deepam Festival is being celebrated at Tiruvannamalai, it is hoped that this year and its reduced Festival is an anomaly never to be repeated and that devotees need not be deprived in future years of the majesty and delight of the Arunachala Karthigai Mahadeepam Festival.

In this regard, just as a reminder of what the usual Festival looks like on Day 5 of this Festival, I am posting three photographs below of an earlier year's celebration of this day. First photograph is of the Lord on his Silver Elephant Vahana, the second is of the 4 Saiva Samaya Acharyas and the third photo shows students carrying the rest of the 63 Nayanars on their own individualised palanquins. 

To read more about the significance of this day, please refer to this posting in the archives of an earlier year's Deepam at this link here.

To learn more about the Nayanars, go to this link here.

 

Lord on Silver Elephant Vahana

 

Saiva Samaya Archaryas

 
 

Nayanars on Individual Palanquins

 


28 November 2014

2014 Deepam Festival. Day Three—Day: Bootha Vahanam


This morning Day 3 of the 2014 Karthigai Deepam Festival at Arunachala was the procession of Lord Chandrasekhara on the Bootha Vahanam. 


Lord Chandrasekhara Alangaram

The Lord on the Bootha Vahana

In this and other processions throughout the Festival, the Panchamurthis are: Vinayagar, Lord Annamalaiyar, Goddess Unnamulaiyar, Lord Subramanya and Sri Chandikeswarar (representing all devotees).

Lord Chandrasekhara rounding Arunachaleswarar perimeter streets

Ganesha on his Vahana