TIRUPATI, JULY 26, 2026: The three-day annual Pavitrotsavams at Sri Kapileswara Swamy Temple, Tirupati, commenced on Sunday amid Vedic chanting and Saivite rituals.
Special Snapana Tirumanjanam was performed to the Panchamurthis with milk, curd, honey, turmeric, sandalwood and other sacred ingredients. Kalasa Puja, Homam and Pavitra Pratishta will be performed in the evening.
As part of the festival, Granthi Pavitra Samarpana will be held on July 27, while the celebrations will conclude with Maha Poornahuti on July 28.
The Pavitrotsavams are conducted every year as a sacred atonement ritual for any inadvertent lapses in the temple’s daily and festival rituals, seeking divine blessings for temple sanctity, universal welfare and devotees’ well-being.
Temple officials, priests and a large number of devotees participated in the inaugural ceremony.
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