Koil Alwar Tirumanjanam Held in Tirumala Temple

In connection with Anivara Asthanam on July 17, the traditional Temple cleansing  fete Koil Alwar Tirumanjanam was observed with religious fervour in Tirumala temple on Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion TTD Executive Officer Sri AV Dharma Reddy said this unique purification of sanctum sanctorum ritual is usually observed four times in a year before Telugu Ugadi, Anivara  Asthanam, annual Brahmotsavam and  Vaikuntha Ekadasi.

The entire temple premises was cleaned with an aromatic mixture called Parimalam.

TTD has cancelled Astadala Pada Padmaradhana owing to the ritual. 

TTD Trust Board members Sri Rambhupal Reddy, Sri Madhusudhan Yadav, Sri Maruti Prasad, Sri Ramulu, DLO Sri Veeraju, temple DyEO Sri Lokanatham, Archaka Sri Kiran Swamy and others were present.