2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival: November 10, 2021 Day One—Hoisting of the Flag

 

The 2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival at Arunachala will be similar to that of the Deepam Festival of 2020, in that the Festival will have a limited number of devotees allowed into the Temple compound and Festival observances and processions will be low-keyed. Processions also will not take place around the perimeter of the Temple (i.e. Mada Vedhis) but instead smaller processions will occur around the prakarams inside the Temple Compound.

 

 

Early morning Wednesday, November 10, 2021 and the hoisting of the flag (kodietram) on the flagpost outside the Siva Sannidhi, Arunachaleswarar Temple.

Later that morning a procession of the Gods took place inside the Temple Compound.

 

Pre-Deepam Day 3: Vinayaka Utsavan—2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival

On Tuesday November 9, the third day of the Pre-Deepam Festival Vinayaka Utsavam was observed at Arunachaleswarar Temple.

 

Significance of Navaratri: Shakti Temple Archives Tiruvannamalai

 

To read about the significance of the recently concluded Navaratri Festival, check out this link on my website here. 

 

To view archive photographs of the many Shakti Temples at Tiruvannamalai during the days of Navaratri, check out this link on my website here.

 

 

 

In line with the Shakti aspect of the Navaratri Festival, I have embedded an enjoyable video entitled "Evolution of Woman" below. Go to the "subtitles/closed captions" function at the bottom right of the video to access translation into English.

Pre-Deepam Day 2: Pidari Shrine—2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival

 

On Monday November 8, the second day of the Pre-Deepam Festival was observed at the Pidari Shrine, 3rd Prakaram, Arunachaleswarar Temple.

 

Arunachaleswarar Temple—Karthigai Deepam Festival 2021: Temple Admission Information

 

According to guidelines issued by the Tamil Nadu State government and the District authority in consideration of the Covid situation, Arunachaleswarar Temple authority issued Admission tickets for devotees for the Karthigai Deepam Festival.

 

The Temple issued 3000 tokens for local devotees and 10,000 tokens for devotees from other Districts and States. Thus a total of 13,000 devotees who have been issued Admission tokens will be allowed inside the Temple from November 7, 2021 to November 23, 2021 except for the dates Wednesday 17 November, 2021 to Saturday 20 November, 2021.

 

The Deepam festival started on November 7, 2021 with the Durgai Amman Utsavam and ends on November 28, 2021 with Sri Chandikeswar procession—the Festival is thus celebrated for a total of 17 days.

 

Pre-Deepam: Day 1 Durgai Amman Temple—2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival

 

On Sunday November 7, the 2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival commenced at a function which included special abhishekam and procession at the Durgai Amman Temple, Chinnakadai Street, Tiruvannamalai.

 

2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival—Arunachaleswarar Temple Lights

 

Below are a series of photographs showing Arunachaleswarar Temple, Tiruvannamalai fully lit up in celebration of the 2021 Karthigai Deepam Festival at Arunachala.