Koil Alwar Tirumanjanam for Anivara Asthanam Held

The traditional temple cleaning fete, Koil Alwar Tirumanjanam was performed at the hill shrine of Sri Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala on Tuesday.

The Tirumanjanam was performed as a prelude to the Anivara Asthanam  on July 16. The fete commenced at 6am and lasted for over three hours.

All the utsava idols, puja utensils were temporarily removed from the sanctum sanctorum and the main idol was provided with a water proof covering before the priests carried out the cleansing rituals.

A herbal mixture Parimalam made of refined camphor, sandalwood powder, vermilion, turmeric, a tuber Kichiligadda that acts as disinfectant was applied to all the walls, smeared on roofs and pillars inside the sanctum sanctorum as well as at other sub-temples inside the temple.

Speaking on the occasion EO Dr KS Jawahar Reddy said, this cleansing fete will be observed four times in a year before Ugadi, Anivara Asthanam, Brahmotsavams and Vaikunta Ekadasi.

Additional EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy, Temple DyEO Sri Ramesh Babu, Additional Health Officer Dr Sunil Kumar and others were also present.