Watch Thiruvarur Ther 2024 Live
LIVE : Thiruvarur Ther Thiruvizha 2024 | Thiruvarur
Thiruvarur Ther 2024 Live Streaming Online: Thiruvarur Ther is a Hindu temple with a 360-tonne chariot that is 96 feet tall, making it the largest temple chariot in India. The temple also has 500-meter ropes that are one foot in diameter.\
- Thiruvarur Chariot Festival is celebrated at the Sri Thiyagarajaswamy temple.
- The main deity, Uthsava Moorthi, and his consort, Lord Parvathi, are transported in the Aazhi Ther during a joyous procession through the city.
- The thousand-year-old chariot is towed by devotees using thick ropes during the Car Festival.
- The Sri Thiyagarajaswamy temple complex covers around 30 acres.
- It features four large gopurams (gateway towers), with the eastern tower being the tallest at about 100 feet (30 meters) and three storeys high.
- The temple houses around 100 sannidhis (shrines) with 365 Shiva Lingas, dedicating one Linga for each day of the year.
- The two principal sannidhis are for the main deity Sri Vanmikinathar (Lord Siva) and Thiyagarajar.
- The Sri Thiyagarajaswamy temple and the Therottam festival have been glorified in devotional hymns by Thevaram saints like Appar, Thirugnanasambandar, and Sundarar (Nayanmars).
- The temple is home to two chariots: Kal Ther (immovable stone chariot) and Aazhi Ther.
- The stone chariot, Kal Ther, is associated with the fascinating history of the Chola monarch Manu Needhi and his son, as written in the Tamil classic Silappadikaram.
- The Aazhi Therottam car festival is attended by thousands of devotees every year.
- The 250-tonne chariot is adorned with colorful silk robes and aromatic flowers as devotees tow it in procession.