Tamil Nadu: Swayambhu Mahalingeswarar temple opens

Tamil Nadu: Swayambhu Mahalingeswarar temple opens

Chennai: The Swayambhu Mahalingeswarar Temple near Coonoor, a revered ancestral shrine of the indigenous Badaga community, is open to the public only for one specific day in the month of June. The annual event features traditional rituals and a sacred milk abhishekam, and devotees are allowed to have darshan of the deity. The “Swayambhu Mahalingam” is located at Mudiyakki, also known as Alwarpet, near Coonoor in the Nilgiris district. The mystic…