This year Pavithrotsavams will perform at Tirumala from 14-08-2024 to 17-08-2024.
Pavithrotsavams
Of the many festivals that are celebrated in the hill shrine of Lord Sri Venkateswara, the three-day annual festival Pavithrotsavams is important. The main objective of this festival is to get rid of the evil that might have been caused due to omissions and commissions in the performance of various rituals throughout the year.
On the first day, the temple priests specially dressed in Yellow colour silk vastrams offer “Pavitra Harati” to the presiding deity before they commence the day one ritual as a part of Pavitrotsavams.
Later Snapana Tirumanjanam will be performed followed by Visesha Samarpana to Sri Malayappa Swamy and Ubhayanancharulu.
In the evening, the processional deities will be taken around four mada streets in a procession.
On the second day of the three-day annual Pavithrotsavam festival in Tirumala temple, the holy silk threads, Pavithrams will be adorned to various deities inside the sanctum sanctorum as well as the deities of sub-temples located inside the hill shrine.
After Snapana Tirumanjanam, a special puja will be performed on the silk-woven holy threads which are in black, blue, red, yellow and green colours. These threads will adorn the processional deities and other deities of various sub-shrines located inside the hill temple and also to Sri Bhuvarahaswamy located adjacent to Swamy Pushkarini.
These holy silk threads called “Pavithrams” will be woven out of special high-quality cotton. The three-day annual festival of Pavithrotsavams will conclude with Pavithra Purnaahuti.
Why Pavitrotsavam
As per the Vedic tradition, one is not supposed to enter the temple with jatashoucham (impurity due to the birth of offspring) and mrithashoucham (impurity due to death of close relatives). But sometimes, this rule is violated knowingly or unknowingly by the tourists and staff.
The purification ceremony that takes place to dispel the evil of such lapses is called Pavitrotsavam. It is different from the general purificatory programmes like temple cleansing, or punyahavachanam (purification through mantra).
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