Chennai, Nov. 24 -- Amid singing of vedic hymns, the 10-day KarthigaiMaha Deepam festival began at the world famous Lord ArunachaleswararTemple in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu on Monday.
Amid chanting of 'Annamalaiyarukku Arohara", by teeming devotees, the10-day festivities began with the priests hoisting the flag atop the goldenflagmast inside the temple.
The festival will culminate with the lighting of the Maha Deepm at 1800 hrsin the evening on the last day--December three--atop the 2,668 ft highAnnamalaiyar Hills after lighting of the Bharani deepam at the sanctumsanctorum of the temple early in the morning at 0400 hrs on that day.
At the stroke of 1800 hrs, soon after the Ardhanareeswarar deity wastaken round the `Dwajastha...