Worship
பூஜைகள்
Poojas & services
Everything the temple performs, whether at a shrine here or at your own home. Arrangements are made through the temple office.
Daily archanaiMonthly abishekamHomamsPriest booking
Archanai
A pooja in your own name
An archanai is performed by the priest after reciting your gothram, birth star and name. It is available daily during opening hours, after the nithya poojas, at every shrine in the temple.
If you choose Navagraham
Name the planet the archanai is for.
- Sunசூரியன்
- Moonசந்திரன்
- Marsசெவ்வாய்
- Mercuryபுதன்
- Jupiterகுரு
- Venusசுக்ரன்
- Saturnசனி
- Rahuராகு
- Kethuகேது
Abishekam & Upayam
The monthly observances
Abishekam is held for each deity on its own day in the month. Upayam — sponsoring that abishekam — can be taken on for a single occasion or on a recurring basis.
| Deity | When | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Shri Sidhi Vinayagar | Chaturthi (monthly) | 10:30 |
| Shri Sidhi Vinayagar | Sankada Hara Chaturthi (monthly) | 10:30 |
| Shri Venkatesa Balaji | Ekadashi (monthly) | 08:30 |
| Shri Balakathirgama Murugan | Karthigai (monthly) | 10:30 |
| Shri Kailasanathar | Prathosam (monthly) | 17:30 |
| Shri Bairavar | Theipirai Ashtami (monthly) | 17:30 |
Dates follow the Tamil calendar — confirm the exact day with the temple office.
Homams
Fire rituals, and what each is for
Ceremonies
Ceremonies you can ask the temple to perform
- Annapraasanam
- A religious ritual to introduce the first solid food to a baby
- Vidyarambam
- A ritual for a child to begin the journey of knowledge without obstacles
- Tharpanam
- Thithi, Atma Shanti, Moksha Archana, Hiranya Srartham
- Annathaanam
- Donating food to those in need; food gives life, and annathaanam is also considered prasaatham
- Vehicle Pooja
- A Hindu ceremony blessing an automobile, to keep it from bad influences
- Archana
- An abbreviated astothra namavali pooja performed by the priest after reciting the gothram, birth star and name of a devotee or family
At your home
Book a priest
The temple offers external priest services for rituals and homams performed at home — Graha Pravesham, Sathya Narayana Pooja, weddings and more.