Jyeshthabhishekam at Tirumala (TTD) 2013: Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh

The date on this page is the concluding day of the three-day festival, computed for Tirumala.

At Tirumala, Jyeshthabhishekam is a three-day annual festival for Sri Malayappa Swami with Sridevi and Bhudevi, observed in Jyeshtha masa and concluding on the day of Jyeshtha Nakshatra. The utsava-murtis are taken to the Kalyana Mandapa in the Sampangi Prakara, where homa and Snapana Tirumanjanam are performed with Vedic chanting.

On the first day the annual golden armour is removed, the ceremonial bath is performed, and Malayappa Swami is adorned with the Vajra Kavacha (diamond armour). On the second day the deities are adorned with the Muthyala (Muttangi) Kavacha (pearl armour). On the third and concluding day they are again adorned with the Swarna Kavacha (golden armour), which remains on the utsava deities until the following year's Jyeshthabhishekam. A Shata-kalasha Tirumanjanam, the sacred bath with water from 100 kalashas following the Mahashanti Homa, is also recorded as part of the observance.