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Presiding deity astatine Big Temple, Thanjavur covered with rice, vegetables, fruits, sweets and flowers connected the juncture of ‘Annabishekam’ connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Presiding deity astatine Big Temple, Thanjavur covered with rice, vegetables, fruits, sweets and flowers connected the juncture of ‘Annabishekam’ connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Presiding deity astatine Big Temple, Thanjavur covered with rice, vegetables, fruits, sweets and flowers connected the juncture of ‘Annabishekam’ connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Annabishekam — anointment of the Shivalingam with cooked atom — was performed astatine Shiva temples, including the Sri Brihadeeswarar temples successful Thanjavur and Gangaikondacholapuram successful Ariyalur district, successful the cardinal districts connected Wednesday. The abishekam is usually performed connected the afloat satellite time of Tamil period of Aippasi each year.
At the Big Temple successful Thanjavur, the gigantic granite ‘lingam’, with a six-feet precocious basal called ‘aavudaiyar’ encompassing the 13 feet precocious ‘baanam’, was covered with cooked rice, vegetables, fruits, sweets and flowers.
Rice and different materials for the ‘Annabishegam’ was donated by the devotees successful summation to the publication from the temple administration, sources said.
Annabishekam was besides performed to the Shiva Lingam astatine the Sri Brihadeeswarar temple astatine Gangaikondacholapuram successful Ariyalur territory connected Saturday.
The Mahadeeparadhana was held successful the evening successful which devotees successful ample numbers offered worship to the deity. Thereafter, the cooked atom utilized successful the Annabishekam was distributed arsenic prasadam to the devotees.
Similar events were held astatine assorted Shiva temples crossed the cardinal districts.
