Archive for May, 2008

Girivalam !!

20May08

Giri = Hill, Valam = circumambulation. Hence Giri Valam means circling the hill and Arunachala Giri Valam means circling the Arunachala hill traditionally done on the day of full moon. This is a monthly ritual at Tiruvannamalai , a temple town about 185 Kms from Chennai – and that’s the place I was at ,yesterday. [...]