Mahakumbhabhishekam Arunachaleswarar Temple: Monday February 6, 2017

The below photographs are of the Mahakumbhabhishekam ceremony which was performed at Arunachaleswarar Temple on Monday, February 6, 2017. I will be posting a full narrative of this great Festival (with additional photographs on my website next month) which lasted from Thursday January 26 to Tuesday February 7, 2017. But for now some photographs below. 

Arunachala background

Taking vantage point inside 3rd Prakaram. Crowd in background are watching ceremony on TV in 4th Prakaram

Watching ceremony on top of the Siva Shrine. The green baize covering to right is on top of the Mother's Shrine

Aarti on top of the eastern Raja Gopura

Overlooking Alankaram Mandapam and Car Street

2017 Arunachaleswarar Temple Mahakumbhabhishekam—Live Streaming

Tiruvannamalai Arulmigu Apeethakuchambal Samaida

Arunachaleswarar Temple

Programme February 6, 2017

3.00 a.m. 12th Kala Yaga puja.

6.30 a.m. Mahapurnaharti

7.15 a.m. Yatra Dharnam starting Kadam

9.15 a.m. Raja Gopuram Moolasthanam other Vimanas kumbhabhishekam.

10.05 am Moolasthanam Mahakumbhabhishekam

4.30 p.m. Mahabhishekam

8.30 p.m. Tirukalyanam (marriage)

10.00 p.m. Panchamoorthies procession

2017 Arunachaleswarar Temple Mahakumbhabhishekam will be telecasted live on:

Jaya TV 

DD Podhigai TV

Devotees can watch 2017 Arunachaleswarar Temple Mahakumbhabhishekam Live on February 6, 2016 at the following sites:

DD Podhigai:   www.ddpodhigai.org.in/live.html 

Jaya TV News:   www.jayanewslive.com

 

2017 Mahakumbhabhishekam--Decoration of Kalashas

The below photographs are of priests decorating kalashas for the upcoming Kumbhabhiskeham ceremony at Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple on February 6, 2017. 

Above is of the Raja Gopuram ready for the upcoming ceremony

Mahakumbhabhishekam Arunachaleswarar Yagasala: Night—Saturday, February 4, 2017

The below photographs are of the 9th Kala Yaga puja and Purnaharti Deeparadhana at the Yagasala, Arunachaleswarar Temple. 

When I create a section about the 2017 Mahakumbhabhishekam at the Temple on my website, I will give more specific information and details about the spiritual and esoteric significance of these particular homams and pujas. 

2017 Mahakumbhabhishekam, Arunachaleswarar Temple: Function at Anna Chathiram, Car Street

This posting is in connection with the previous one, of the creation of a new covering of the flagpost at the Sri Unnamulai Shrine, Arunachaleswarar Temple.

In this posting after a puja function at the Anna Chathiram, on Car Street, the Temple priests walk to the Big Temple in connection with the work of covering the flagpost with an amalgam of the five precious metals.

2017 Mahakumbhabhishekam: Creating new Flagpost—Unnamulai Shrine, Arunachaleswarar Temple

The below is a sequence of photographs showing the creation of a new covering on the Flagpost in front of the Unnamulai Shrine at Arunachaleswarar Temple.

Mahakumbhabhishekam Arunachaleswarar Yagasala: Night—Friday, February 3, 2017

Below are photographs of homams and activity in the Arunachaleswarar Temple Yagasala in the evening of Friday, February 3, 2017.

2017 Mahakumbhabhishekam Arunachaleswarar Temple Update

Consecration of peripheral shrines (shrines of accompanying deities) in Sri Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai was held on Thursday February 2, 2017. 

The consecration of the Sri Arunachaleswarar Shrine will occur on February 6 but rituals began on the last week of January. On January 31, the 12 kala homam began in the 108 Yaga Kundams set up in a yagasalai complex inside the temple. 

The pots containing holy water placed by the homa kundams, the holy fire to make offerings, were taken in procession by priests to the shrines such as Kambathilayanar Sannidi, a shrine of Lord Muruga, Pathala Lingam, Gopurathilaiyanar Sannidi and Sambandha Vinayagar Sannidi. The priests then poured the holy water from the Vimanams of the shrines to perform consecration. 

Temple Priests in procession through Tiruvannamalai

View from the Raja Gopuram, Big Temple

Mahakumbhabhishekam Arunachaleswarar Temple: Day—Thursday, February 2, 2017

The schedule for Thursday, February 2 of the Mahakumbhabhishekam Programme is as below:- 

5 a.m. Parivara Yagasala Puja 

8.05 a.m. Kala Yaga Puja. Purnaharti Deeparadhana. 

9-10.30 a.m. Parivara Devathas Kumbhabhishekam. 

The photographs below are of the kumbhabhishekam of several shrines in the 5th Prakaram of Arunachaleswarar Temple—including the Sarva Siddhi Shrine and  Periyar Nandi Shrine.

Broadcasting Preparations underway for 2017 Arunachaleswarar Temple Mahakumbhabhishekam

The erection of scaffolding (in order to facilitate the priests consecrating Shrines and Vimanas with sanctified water) at Arunachaleswarar Temple is complete. 

Proceedings on February 6, 2017 will be broadcast on 20 large LED screens both in the Temple and in strategic spots around Tiruvannamalai. In this respect technicians have been busy setting up their camera and sound equipment around the Temple compound.

As soon as the broadcasting schedule is announced will post details on Arunachala Grace.