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What Pradakshina Encodes: Sacred Geometry, Circumambulation, and the Temple's Clockwise Pull

The geometry starts before you enterThe moment you step into the pradakshina path that rings a garbhagriha, you have already accepted a proposition: that the sacred thing is at the center, and you are not. This is not humility as performance. It is geometry as theology. The Manasara, the ancient…

Times Life · Jul 16

Mass cleaning drive launched ahead of Maha Deepam in Tiruvannamalai

Mass cleaning drive launched at 14-km-long Girivalam path in Tiruvannamalai ahead of Maha Deepam festival. 4,820 persons, including 3,225 sanitary workers, assigned to 15 segments. Deities taken out on processions, Maha Deepam lit atop hillock, followed by 3-day float festival.

The Hindu · Nov 21, 2023

2,700 buses, 20 special trains to ply for Karthigai Deepam in Tiruvannamalai

For Karthigai Deepam, 2,700+ buses, 20 special trains, 14,000+ police personnel, 1,160 buses at 13 termini, 180 shuttle services, 59 parking lots, 82 health desks, 40 ambulances, 211 water taps, 836 washrooms, 1,258 street lights, 3,225 sanitary workers, 54 police watchtowers, 623 CCTV cameras & 600 firefighters w/26 water tenders…

The Hindu · Nov 16, 2023