ARUNACHALA GRACE

  Isakki Swamigal Girivalam May 2, 1917—January 9, 1991   Devotees are not yet allowed to perform Arunachala girivalam (during full moon) bu...

  Information has been released that girivalam of Arunachala on the day of Karthigai (Sunday, November 29, 2020) will be banned bec...

  I recently found the below video on You Tube. The video, which lasts 28 minutes is of Girivalam performed on the day of Chitra Pournami, ...

Mother Amritananadamayi visited Tiruvannamalai on January 26, 2020. She made an address, bhajans were sung and then attendees went on st...

Yesterday was a very sunny, mild day and a large number of devotees were in Tiruvannamalai to take darshan at Arunachaleswarar Temple a...

For those wanting to plan a visit to Arunachala to coincide with the Full Moon, check the below Calendar.

Parvathamalai 20 kms from Polur and 30 kms from Tiruvannamalai, is part of the Javadi Hills and accessible through Kadaladi village or ...

The famed Lingam Temples (Asta Lingams) are arranged around the octagonal perimeter of Arunachala. Each of these Temples are located at ...

There are two times Lord Siva perform girivalam of Arunachala each year. Those times are during the Karthigai Deepam Festival and the Pon...

If you want an easy wait-free darshan at Arunachaleswarar Temple best to avoid visiting Arunachala during Poornima as the number of pilg...

In this third quadrant of 2014 we have already experienced two perigee “supermoons” in consecutive months; July and August. The just com...

Words from the Guru  Bhagavan said, ‘You have intelligence and devotion. It is these that have brought you here. They will reform you...

An estimated 10 Lakhs pilgrims (one million) visited Tiruvannamalai this year to perform Chitra Poornima girivalam around Arunachala. Af...

A very nice application designed for both iPhone and iPad has just appeared on iTunes, which might be of interest to readers. Below is the...

To view enlargements of below, right click on individual photographs.  I was very eager to perform girivalam this month, as Chitra Po...

In our recent poll asking readers, "What do you enjoy most at Arunachala", 48% answered performing girivalam around the Hill was t...