THIRUVANNAMALAI KARTHIGAI DEEPAM – 29 - 11 - 2020

 


Shiva took the form of a huge fire. Lord Vishnu took the avatar of a boar to find the end of the fire beneath the earth, while Lord Brahma took the form of a swan and flew into the sky to find the beginning of the fire. But both having failed in their attempts had to accept the supremacy of Lord Shiva.

To commemorate the event, Lord Shiva took the shape of a hill – called Thiruvannamalai -  Holy Hill, which is now worshiped as Lord Shiva himself. In fact, the names Tiruvannamalai’ and `Arunachala’ denote “holy fire hill”.

The event is celebrated by lighting a Bharani Deepam at the temple of Lord Shiva at Thiruvannamalai in the early morning and Maha Deepam at the top of the hill in the evening on the same day.

In this year, it was celebrated on the 29th November 2020.

Let the Darkness of All Bad Events be burnt to ashes by the flames of Karthigai Deepam bringing all round brightness of Happiness, Health and Wealth to all in the whole world.

E-Touch prays for the welfare of our E-Touch Family Members.


Bharani Deepam, one of the two major events on the culminating day of Karthigai Deepam festival, was lit inside Sri Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai district on 29th November 2020  at 4.00 am. Temple priests sang the hymns eulogizing the presiding deities Annamalaiyar and Unnamulaiamman as the Deepam was lit.

The Maha Deepam was also lit atop the 2668-feet-tall Annamalaiyar Hills at 6.00 pm on the same day.

As part of the pandemic restrictions, devotees are prohibited from climbing the hills.

 


After 25 years today is Rare Nagarjuna Besha of Lord Jagannath.

My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha.  - Sand Artist Sudarsan Patnaik

Let E-Touch Members be blessed by Lord Jagannath on this rare occasion of Nagarjuna Besha.

JAI     JAGANNATH !

 

DEV DIWALI – 29th  & 30th November 2020 at Varnasi

Dev Diwali means Diwali which is being celebrated every year by Devas on the day of Kartik Purnima at Kashi Shetra. According to the legend, on the day of Kartik Purnima, Lord Shiva took the avatar of Tirpurari to put an end to the tyrannies of three demons named Tarakasha, Kamalaksha and Vidyunmali. Shiva eliminated all demons with a single arrow. This day is also called Tripurari Purnima.

This festival of Dev Deepawali is celebrated as a symbol of the victory of Lord Shiva over Tripurasura and it is believed that Devas come to Kashi on this day and worship Lord Shiva and Ganga Matha as a mark of worship of Lord Shiva.

This year Modi and Yogi Adityanath participated the Dev Diwali at Kashi on the 30th November 2020. Ganga River ghats and temples of Kashi were lit with more than 15 lacs lamps and the entire temple complex was soaked with colourful lights and Ganga Arti was special treats to the devotees.

E-Touch Prays Kashi Viswanath to shower His Blessings to all of us.

A few pictures of the celebrations are published hereunder:

 


 



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