16 November 2021

2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival: November 15, 2021—Night Six


The programme for Night Six is usually an elaborate and beautiful ceremony of the Lord mounted on a Silver Chariot giving darshan and then taken upon procession of the mada veedhis (Temple perimeter streets). This year because no processions are occuring outside Arunachaleswarar Temple, the below photographs are of a simple procession around the Temple prakarams on Night Six of the 2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival.

















 

 

2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival: November 15, 2021—Day Six





 

 

On Day 6 of the Deepam Festival the Gods led a procession of the great Shiva Devotees, the Saiva Samaya Acharyas. Ordinarily the procession includes the 63 Nayanars, but due to the limited celebration of this year's Festival on this Day 6 of November 15, 2021, only the four Saiva Samaya Acharyas; (left to right) Tirugnasambandar, Tirunanvukkarasar (Appar), Sundarar and Manikkavasagar were acknowledged.

 

"The principal teachings of the four Saiva Samaya Acharyas is of love and surrender to God; and of service to God and godly men. Love, devotion, and service to God is the only way one can obtain His Grace. God is One and He is Shiva. Man must get over his bonds which keep him in ignorance in order that he may obtain inseparable union with Shiva through the Lord's Grace."






















 

15 November 2021

2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival: November 14, 2021—Night Five


The below photographs are from the night of Sunday November 14, 2021. After alangaram and aarti at the Kalayana Mandapam, the panchamoorthis were taken on stately procession throughout the prakarams of Arunachaleswarar Temple.



















 

14 November 2021

2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival: November 14, 2021—Day Five


 
The below photographs are of Day 5 of the 2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival celebrated at Arunachaleswarar Temple which shows the procession and darshan of the Gods in the Temple prakarams









 

2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival: November 13, 2021—Night Four



The below photographs are of Night 4 of the 2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival celebrated at Arunachaleswarar Temple and in particular shows the procession and darshan of the Gods in the Temple prakarams.






 

 













13 November 2021

2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival—Live Streaming Channel

 

 

Below is a video that appeared as a live streaming event today November 13Day 4 of the 2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival, Arunachaleswarar Temple, Tiruvannamalai. The Arunachaleswarar Temple's You Tube channel is at this link. Subscribe to follow each day of this Festival.