ARUNACHALA GRACE: deepam 2009

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18 October 2009

Deepam Festival Panthakal

The following photographs were recently taken in front of the Arunachaleswarar Temple Rajagopuram. The Panthakal ceremony occurs three months before Deepam (this year the first night of the lighting of the flame on top of Arunachala is December 1st). The ceremony included blessing the newly renovated Vigneshwarar Chariot which will be used during the Deepam festivities.

Arunachala Grace

I am very eager to develop the information resource Arunachala Grace Network, which comprises the website, Arunachala Samudra, the blogs: Arunachala Grace, Arunachala Birds and Arunachala Land. As well as these online resources there is also a regular FREE Arunachala Grace Newsletter which is sent direct to the email inbox of its subscribers.

Over the last couple of months there has been limited posting on the Blogs and also a delay of the Newsletter. To be able to give my proper attention to the development of this Network its necessary to ask for your financial support. The amount of such support determines the speed and extent of the Network’s development. I had hoped this year to provide a ‘live stream’ of the ‘Lighting of the Flame’ during the upcoming Deepam Festival on this Network’s website, Arunachala Samudra, but thus far lack the resources to do so.

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23 March 2009

Deepam 2009

For those who have been in touch asking about the date of Deepam 2009, I present below Deepam dates for the next four years. The date quoted is that that of Bharani Deepam - the day on which the flame is actually lit on top of Arunachala.