
Īdditional temple festivals are celebrated, too: Maha Shivaratri, Deepavali, Vinayaka Chathurthi, Navratri/ Vijayadashami and Iyappa Swamy. In August, approximately 3,000 to 4,000 people take part in public procession of Lord Murugan. For this purposes the temple will be opened from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. The Thai Pongal ceremony is also conducted in the temple. In the house of every Hindu family Thai Pongal is celebrated by cooking sweet milk rice which is called " pongal". Thai Pongal is an important day for farmers it is conducted on January 14. Yearly on January 1, the devotees attend the temple to worship in order to invoke the blessings of God on the 1st day of the new year. Most of the devotees attend the temple during the noon and in the evenings. On Tuesdays and on Fridays three Poojas are performed: In the morning, at 12:00 am and as mentioned at 7:30 pm. Now the Poojas are performed daily in the evening at 7:30 pm. The cost of the pooja ceremony has to be paid to the temple before the ceremony is carried out. If there were any special requests made by anyone who is anxious to carry out a pooja for any God they like, the request would be processed on the day suggested. Thereafter the temple's Pooja ceremonies were performed daily in the evening at 7:30 pm. In 2000, deities made of metal of Lord Shiva, Lord Murugan, Lord Maha Ganapathy and Goddesses Durka Rajarajeswary Ambal and others were installed. In 1994, the Poojas of the temple were conducted only on Fridays in the evenings. The today's building is situated at SihlAdliswil. The shrine of the presiding deity, Swaminathaswamy is located atop a 60 ft (18 m. The Temple is located in a former factory building on the shores of the Sihl river in the industrial area of the municipality of Adliswil. Arulmigu Swaminatha Swamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to god Murugan.It is located in Swamimalai, 5 km from Kumbakonam, on the banks of a tributary of river Kaveri in Thanjavur District, 250 km from Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India.The temple is fourth abode of Murugan among six (Arupadaiveedugal).
