TEMPLE / FESTIVALS
FESTIVALS
Each one a little different in spirit – but all of them, in the end, about the same thing: everyone showing up together.
Festival | Approximate Timing | Type of Date |
|---|---|---|
Ganesh Chaturthi Ratha Utsav | Late August / Early September | Lunar – Varies Each Year |
Skanda Sashti | October / November | Lunar – Varies Each Year |
Kartik Purnima | November | Lunar – Full Moon |
Palki Utsav | 8th February | Fixed Annual Celebration |
Ram Navmi | March or April | Annual Celebration |
Ten days of celebration honouring Shri Ganapati, closing with a chariot procession through the temple grounds — music, modak offerings, and the temple at its most joyous, all year.
Late August / early September • exact date shifts with the lunar calendar
A festival for Lord Murugan — Amma’s own chosen deity, and the reason this temple exists.
Our widest-travelled day — devotees come in from Karnataka and Maharashtra for it.
The day Amma’s lifelong vow became a temple — 8th February 1971.
Every year, Ram Navami is celebrated with great devotion at Shri Ganapati Shri Murugan Mandir. Special pujas, devotional bhajans and prayers bring devotees together to honour the birth of Lord Shri Rama and seek His divine blessings. The celebration reflects the timeless values of righteousness, compassion and unwavering devotion that Lord Rama represents.
Devotion • Special pujas and devotional bhajans
