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The famed Srikalahastheeswara Swamy Devasthanam successful Srikalahasti municipality of Tirupati territory was kept unfastened during the lunar eclipse connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026) and devotees were allowed to person darshan of the deity, arsenic per the past practice.
All large temples successful the State remained closed during the eclipse play and were reopened aft the mandatory purificatory rites.
The Srikalahastheeswara shrine is considered arsenic ‘Rahu Ketu Kshetram’ and hence the celebrated ‘Rahu Ketu Puja’ is performed present everyday. According to temple legends, Lord Shiva (Srikalahastheeswara) had taken power of the 2 mythological rogue serpents that origin the star and lunar eclipses, and hence it is believed that they formed nary evil effect connected this temple.
Since determination is nary request for immoderate purification oregon atonement (Prayaschitha), this peculiar temple ever remains unfastened during solar/lunar eclipses. However, peculiar ‘Abhishekam’ (celestial bath) was fixed to the main deity successful the sanctum sanctorum during the eclipse period.
