Tiruvarur Chariot festival
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The festival called thearottam is a historical event that still follows the same rituals and tradition associates with the thyagarajaswami temple, Tiruvarur,in TamilNadu. The Lord Thyagaraja (Shiva
) comes out of the massive ancient temple, with his consort Kamalambal (Parvati
) to bless the devotees who always come to visit him in his abode.
literature, usually held during the summer between March–April months of every year, lasts more than 25 days. On the day of the charot festival the uthsava morthi (the lord how comes out for procession), is beautifully decorated and bought out of the temple along with his consort to the Great car (in Tamil: ஆழித் தேர்) and go for the procession all day long. This chariot is said to the biggest one of its type in size and height. It is 96 feet (29.3 m) tall and weights more than 300 tons. Apart from this grand big chariot there are 4 more cars for the lord's consort, Subramanya
, Ganapathi and Sandikaswerar respectively. All this chariots are big in size but relatively smaller than the Great Thear of tiruvarur. This grand Chariot is extensively decorated with wooden carvings and finishes. It requires a minimum of ten thousand people to pull the chariot around the four surrounding streets of the temple.
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
) comes out of the massive ancient temple, with his consort Kamalambal (Parvati
Parvati
Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...
) to bless the devotees who always come to visit him in his abode.
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One of the very old and ancient festivals that often mentioned in the devotional hymns of saints like ( Tirugnanasambandar and Sundrar) and many TamilTamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
literature, usually held during the summer between March–April months of every year, lasts more than 25 days. On the day of the charot festival the uthsava morthi (the lord how comes out for procession), is beautifully decorated and bought out of the temple along with his consort to the Great car (in Tamil: ஆழித் தேர்) and go for the procession all day long. This chariot is said to the biggest one of its type in size and height. It is 96 feet (29.3 m) tall and weights more than 300 tons. Apart from this grand big chariot there are 4 more cars for the lord's consort, Subramanya
Subramanya
Subramanya is a commonly used Indian name. It is also another name for the Hindu deity Murugan. Other common spellings are Subrahmanya, Subramania and Subramaniam. The name may refer to:People...
, Ganapathi and Sandikaswerar respectively. All this chariots are big in size but relatively smaller than the Great Thear of tiruvarur. This grand Chariot is extensively decorated with wooden carvings and finishes. It requires a minimum of ten thousand people to pull the chariot around the four surrounding streets of the temple.