Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam: Aarti & Puja Schedule

• Viswaroopa darshan, the first sight of the reclining Lord as he is wokenApprox 6:00 AM
• Kalasanthi puja, the early morning worship and abhishekamApprox 7:00 to 8:00 AM
• Uchikkalam, the midday puja before the sanctum closes for restApprox 12:00 noon
• Sayarakshai, the evening lamp worship and offeringsApprox 6:00 PM
• Ardha Jamam, the final night puja before the deity is put to sleepApprox 8:30 to 9:00 PM

Worship at Srirangam follows the elaborate Sri Vaishnava tradition, broadly a six-time daily puja cycle rather than a single evening aarti. The day begins with the Viswaroopa darshan around 6:00 AM, the tender waking of the Lord, followed by the Kalasanthi morning worship with abhishekam and offerings. The Uchikkalam puja around noon closes the morning before the sanctum rests.

The evening reopens into the Sayarakshai lamp worship around 6:00 PM, and the day is sealed by the Ardha Jamam puja late at night, after which the deity is ceremonially put to sleep. Each ritual has its own recitation of the Tamil Prabandham and Sanskrit hymns, and the temple's Araiyar Sevai, a rare tradition of singing and gesturing the hymns, appears on special occasions.

The exact clock times drift with the season and the festival calendar, and extra sevas are inserted during Brahmotsavams and on utsavam days. Rather than fixing your visit to a printed minute, arrive for the broad slot you want, the dawn Viswaroopam for quiet or the evening pujas for lamplight, and ask at the temple which sevas fall that day, since ticketed special sevas can also be booked.

Compiled from public sources including Wikipedia: Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam · Wikipedia: Srirangam · Wikipedia: Vaikuntha Ekadashi · Wikimedia Commons pageimages API. Timings and seasonal closures change; confirm with the temple trust before travelling.