A special pooja was performed for the special ‘Karthigai Deepam’ festival invitation and then the distribution of the same to the devotees was commenced.
The grand event of the world-famous ‘Karthigai Deepam Thiruvizha` at the Lord Arunachaleswarar temple at Thiruvannamalai is scheduled to start with the sacred flag-hoisting ceremony on 1st December and the divine ‘Karthigai deepam’ lamp will be lit on the top of the mountain of 2688 ft high on 10th December.
The event of starting the preparatory work for this grand festival of founding the ‘Pandhakkaal’ was performed on 30th September.
The maintenance work on the various carriages on which the ‘Panchamurtyhs’ - Lord Vinayakar, Lord Subramanya with His Consorts Valli and Deivayanai, Lord Arunachaleswarar along with His Consort Unnamulaiamman and Lord Chandikeswarar - will be taken on a procession on the temple corridor streets.
The Panchamurthy’s will be individually carried on chariots and taken in a procession on the 7th day of the festival.
The various preparatory activities for the grand festival include arranging drinking water for the devotees, transport, and other basic facilities for the devotees are under progress.
In this scenario, the Sivacharyas performed the special Pooja before the release of the special ‘Karthigai Deepam’ festival invitation at the temple of the Lord Sambanda Vinayakar and then started distributing the same containing details of the festival schedule.