RAJA DEEKSHITHAR

THE TEMPLE OF THE DANCING SHIVA

Services for Devotees

Introduction
History
Temple Doctrine
Mahatmyam
Special Features
Rituals and Festivals
Daily worship
Deekshithars, Tillai Three Thousand
Mysterious Friday Evening
Opening Hours and Puja Timings
How to reach Chidambaram
Map to the Temple
 

THE MYSTERIOUS FRIDAY EVENING

Friday evenings the procession at 22.00 is a special experience. The bells ring the Omkara, the sacred sound OM. The lights of the lamps are a dazzling sight. The perfumed smoke of incense envelops the crowd.

The palanquin is taken around the two inner courtyards, accompanied by the chanting of Vedas, and of the music of nadasvarams and drums. Finally to join the cosmic energy of Shakti, his consort, in the Bedchamber, realizing the cosmology.

An unforgettable experience of a vision of the divine.

 

 

 

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