Medical wholesale supply for Tiruvannamalai

• Pilgrimage peaks: the district says hundreds of thousands of devotees walk the 14 km Girivalam path round the Arunachala hill on full-moon days and festival days; the Census district handbook records three to five lakh devotees at Karthigai Deepam (Tamil month of Karthigai) and a week-long cattle and horse shandy held to coincide with it. The festival date moves with the lunar calendar and is not stated. tiruvannamalai.nic.in.
• Two near-equal monsoons: TNAU forecast notes give normals of 449 mm (June to September, note of 16.05.2026) and 450 mm (October to December, note of 27.09.2024); the Census handbook (district statistical handbook 2010-11) gives 1,031 mm a year with October the wettest month (200.3 mm); the district horticulture page gives 468.40 mm and 457.10 mm and says nearly 45 per cent falls in the northeast monsoon. agritech.tnau.ac.in.
• Second source for the monsoon figures: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook Tiruvannamalai, Part XII-A, Climate section (district statistical handbook 2010-11 rainfall table). censusindia.gov.in.
• Cyclone season: two All India Radio items of 2 December 2024 on Cyclone Fengal name Tiruvannamalai, one reporting heavy damage in the hill areas where boulders tumbled onto homes at the foot of the slopes, the other saying that in Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram the rain was still falling and water bodies had begun to overflow; the district runs a control room on toll-free 1077 and publishes a District Disaster Management Plan for 2025. newsonair.gov.in.
• Summer heat: the Census handbook gives normal mean maximum temperatures of 37.1 degrees Celsius in April and 38.5 in May (2009-10 table) and describes the wind as hot and uncomfortable from March to June. censusindia.gov.in.

Tiruvannamalai is a pilgrimage town. The district administration says hundreds of thousands of devotees walk the 14 km Girivalam path around the Arunachala hill on full-moon days and festival days. The Census district handbook puts the Karthigai Deepam gathering at three to five lakh devotees and records a week-long cattle and horse shandy held to coincide with the festival; it also notes nearly 3 lakh pilgrims at each full-moon Girivalam as at December 1997, a dated figure. The district also lists temples at Padavedu, Devikapuram, Thennakoor and Cheyyar among its places of interest, and Sathanur Dam and the Jawadhu Hills among its tourist places.

Rain arrives in two near-equal seasons, and the published normals differ by source. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University publishes district forecast notes that carry a normal for each monsoon season: 449 mm for June to September (a note of 16 May 2026) and 450 mm for October to December (a note of 27 September 2024). The district horticulture page gives 468.4 mm and 457.1 mm, an annual 1,074.7 mm, and says nearly 45 per cent falls in the northeast monsoon.

Tiruvannamalai appears by name in two All India Radio reports of 2 December 2024 on Cyclone Fengal. The first reports heavy damage in the hill areas, where boulders tumbled onto homes at the foot of the slopes; the second says that in both Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram the rain was still falling and water bodies had begun to overflow. The district runs a disaster management control room on the toll-free number 1077 and has published a District Disaster Management Plan for 2025. Summer is hot: the Census handbook says the wind from March to June is hot and uncomfortable, and its 2009-10 table gives normal mean maximum temperatures of 37.1 degrees Celsius in April and 38.5 in May.