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.
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| Lord on Silver Elephant Vahana |
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| Saiva Samaya Archaryas |
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| Nayanars on Individual Palanquins |
