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Pushpayagam 2025
The annual Pushpayagam is being performed at the Tirumala temple every year. It is usually observed after annual Brahmotsavams in the advent of Sravana Nakshatra, the birth star of Sri Venkateswara Swamy, in the holy month of Karthika. According to the Agamas, pushpayagam is held to atone for the lapses committed knowingly or unknowingly in the course of Brahmotsavas. On this day, Sri Malayappa Swami (utsavamurthy) with His Consorts is taken to the pavilion meant for Pushpayaga Mahotsavam.
Tirumala Srivari Pushpayagam on 30-10-2025
Different types of fragrant flowers are offered in this ritual. Priests, Jeeyarswamis, and TTD officials get these flowers to the prescribed pavilion in the temple amidst auspicious music and recitation of veda mantras. The priests offer different types of flowers one after the other at the holy feet of the Lord, followed by Naivedyam and Harathi. Let us have the divine blessings of the Lord in the pushpayagam.
What is Pushpayagam?
Rituals conducted for the Lord according to the Agamas, namely—
- Nityotsavas,
- Naimittikotsavas, and
- Kamyotsavas.
Dvadasha maaseshyekasmin maase abdam prati tatkaaleyaha kriyate sannityutsavaha!
Rituals conducted on a selected special tidhi (lunar day) or nakshatra are called Nityotsavas.
Services held for the Lord from early morning till night are called Nityotsavas, i.e.,
- Waking up service,
- Garlanding Service,
- Worship with a thousand names of the Lord, etc.
It is decided to conduct the Brahmotsavas in Tirumala in Kanyamasa in such a way that they conclude on the day of the Sravana star. Similarly, Pavitrotsavas is held on the twelfth day of the bright lunar fortnight in Sravana month, while the bathing ceremony in Jyesta month (Jyestabhisekotsav) is held on the day of Jyesta star in Jyesta month.
The rite of Floral Offering (Pushpayagam) is held on the day of the Sravana star in the Karthikamasa. All these are called (annual) nityotsavas. The rite of Floral Offering is an annual nityotsava. In this ritual, the best flowers of different kinds are mainly offered to the Lord. According to the Agamas, this is held to atone for the lapses committed knowingly or unknowingly in the course of Brahmotsavas.
