Festivals :
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Pooja :
Daily poojas are conducted for six time . Special poojas are also conducted apart from the below mentionned poojas , they are Panchaparuva Poojas namely , Amavasai , Kiruthigai, Pradosham, Pournami, Chathurthi .
The significance of Girivalam :
In most of the holy places the Deity is found on a top of the hill. But here the Hill is the deity , and it is worrishpped . "Arunam" means sun and denotes the red colour of fire. "Asalam" means Giri or Malai. Thus Arunachalam means the holy hill which is red in colour. There are eight Lingams located at the eight directions and provides octagonal shape to the town. The circumbulation path is 14 kilometres. It is auspicious to perform Girivalam during every full moon day
The eight Lingams and its significance are as follows :
To view the photos of temple , check this link : http://www.arunachaleswarar.com/gallery/index.htm
Source : http://www.arunachaleswarar.com/eArunachalesHome.html
check this link , http://www.arunachaleswarar.com/eArunaFestival.html
Pooja :
Daily poojas are conducted for six time . Special poojas are also conducted apart from the below mentionned poojas , they are Panchaparuva Poojas namely , Amavasai , Kiruthigai, Pradosham, Pournami, Chathurthi .
The significance of Girivalam :
In most of the holy places the Deity is found on a top of the hill. But here the Hill is the deity , and it is worrishpped . "Arunam" means sun and denotes the red colour of fire. "Asalam" means Giri or Malai. Thus Arunachalam means the holy hill which is red in colour. There are eight Lingams located at the eight directions and provides octagonal shape to the town. The circumbulation path is 14 kilometres. It is auspicious to perform Girivalam during every full moon day
The eight Lingams and its significance are as follows :
To view the photos of temple , check this link : http://www.arunachaleswarar.com/gallery/index.htm
Source : http://www.arunachaleswarar.com/eArunachalesHome.html
