lord muruga
Sri Palani Murugan Temple is Located in Dindigul District, on the Palani hill bottom and this temple Lord Muruga was worshipped since Vedic times, by the divine deities, sages, saints, kings and by the ordinary people. Here, the main deity is made out of Navabashanam and it was established by Saint Bhogar.
Kumbabhishekam also known as Consecration ceremony, is a famous ritual held in the temples, once in 12 years, in order to add more spiritual powers to the deities present in the temple, and it is also performed in order to honour, and to pay our great respects to the almighty. During the time of Kumbabhishekam, Holy Water would be fetched from the sacred rivers, and the deities present inside the temple, as well as the Gopura Kalasam would be bathed with the Holy water, since it is believed that the powers of the deities present even at the top of the Temple Gopuram. Apart from the temples of the deities, Kumbabhishekam is also performed in the temples of Sri Shridi Sai Baba, and Guru Raghavendra Swamy.
The last Kumbabishekam for the Palani Murugan Temple was done in the year 2006, and after a gap of 16 years, Kumabishekam is again going to be held on January 27th 2023 between 8 am to 9:30 am. Murugan devotees can make online donations to this auspicious Kumbabishekham festival event by visiting palani devasthanam website, in order to get the abundant grace of Lord Muruga.
Kumbabishekams are done to renovate the entire temple and to recharge the power of the temple through mantras and abhishekams and this method was practiced even during the period of ancient kings.
During this auspicious event, devotees in large numbers, used to gather inside the temple, in order to have a glimpse of their beloved sweet god Muruga, and also to get sprinkled the holy abhisheka Theertham on their body, since it is considered to be a most sacred act.
In the below Video, we could see the rare vision of the Divine Bird Garuda which was spotted on the top of the Palani Hills recently, and it also sincerely circumambulated the Gopuram Kalasam.
“OM MURUGA”
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R.HARISHANKAR