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Karthigai Deepam festival from today

Posted on: 26/Nov/2014 11:15:18 AM
The 10-day Karthigai Deepam festival will begin on Wednesday with the hoisting of the holy flag. Every day the deities of Sri Arunachaleswarar temple would be taken out in a procession along the Mada Streets. On the 7th day deities would be taken out in a procession in exquisite wooden cars. On December 5, Mahadeepam would be lit on the Tiruvannamalai hills. About a million devotees would be performing circumambulation of the hill.