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The territory medication has made elaborate arrangements for devotees for the Chitra Pournami festival, which volition beryllium held connected Friday and Saturday (January 2 and 3, 2026) astatine the Arunachaleswar temple successful Tiruvannamalai.
Officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Department said determination had been a gradual summation successful the fig of devotees visiting the the 7th Century temple during the festival, particularly during New Year. The temple volition beryllium kept unfastened betwixt 6.11 p.m. connected Friday and 4 a.m. connected Saturday for the festival. Around 25 lakh devotees are expected to instrumentality portion successful the festival.
In presumption of the crowd, Collector K. Tharpagaraj conducted a reappraisal gathering connected basal amenities and information arrangements made for the festival. A. Selva Balaji, Tiruvannamalai Corporation Commissioner, told The Hindu, “A ample fig of sanitation workers volition beryllium deployed to support the municipality cleanable during the festival. The constabulary volition forestall unauthorised parking on the town’s roads to alteration creaseless question of devotees’ vehicles.”
Accompanied by Tiruvannamalai Superintendent of Police M. Sudhakar and Mr. Balaji, Mr. Tharpagaraj inspected the amenities acceptable up for devotees. Temple officials said letters from VVIPs for peculiar VIP darshan would not beryllium allowed and peculiar darshan tickets of ₹50 had besides been cancelled for the festival.
All devotees volition beryllium allowed for darshan for escaped during the festival. There volition beryllium a peculiar darshan queue for elder citizens and large women. Battery-operated cars volition beryllium disposable for persons with disabilities, and a peculiar introduction constituent for darshan has been created for them.
Medical camps person been acceptable up on the 14-km Girivalam path. Over 60 escaped toilets and 12 bathrooms volition beryllium disposable on the path. Besides these facilities, taps supplying purified water, round-the-clock powerfulness proviso with 8 heavy-duty generators for back-up, thoroughfare lights person been acceptable up connected the route. The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) volition run astir 3,000 peculiar autobus services from the municipality during the festival.
To forestall dehydration, buttermilk, h2o bottles, biscuits, milk, tender coconuts, and caller foodstuff volition beryllium distributed escaped of outgo to devotees. Annadanam has besides been allowed connected the Girivalam path, with a prohibition connected utilizing integrative items. Devotees person besides been encouraged to usage cloth bags during the festival.
