09/03/2023
🕉️🔱Arunachalesvara Temple thiruvannamalai
Shiva and Parvathi are the two deities that are worshipped here at Annamalaiyar temple. Shiva is prayed here in the form of Agni. One of the panchaboothas that is used as an element to incarnate this earth or universe.
All devotees go round the hill and it is called Pradakshina and it is usually done during the full moon day (Pournami). About five lakh devotees go round this Annamalai hill every full moon day and it around 13 kilometres in distance. This practice of doing Pradakshina regularly helps the devotees to stay spiritually, mentally and physically fit.
View of the Arunachalesvara temple towers from the Arunachala hill.
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