‘Chithra Pournami’ Festival in Chennai Temples
Posted on: 13/May/2014 1:47:37 PM
Chithra Pournami festival falls on 14th May. Being one of the most popular festivals, it is celebrated in a grand manner in temples in Chennai city & suburbs.
Special prayers will be performed in several temples including Mylapoer Mundakakkanni Amman temple, Vadapalani Murugan temple, Mylapore Kapaleeswarar temple, Besant Nagar Ashtalakshmi Temple, Mangadu Kamakshi Amman temple, and Egmore Mrarshall Road Thiruchadai Amman temple.
Grand celebration of Chithra Pournami festival at Thiruvannamalai temple tomorrow
Lord Annamalaiyar temple at Thiruvannamalai will celebrate Chithra Pournami festival in a grand way tomorrow. The celebration of this festival here is among the most popular occasions.
For the festival day, the auspicious time to undertake ‘girivalam’ tomorropw (14th May) is set to start at 1.53 AM and end at 1.03 AM on 15th May. The temple authorities have recommended starting girivalam on the night of 14th May.
On this important occasion of Chithra Poournami festival, more than 15 lakhs of devotees are expected to participate. .
The government transport corporation has arranged 1200 special buses from today (13th May till 15th May. The time-table for these buses is expected to be released today.
