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Hyderabad: 5 hours solar eclipse shuts temples
The first solar eclipse of the year Eclipse to start at 9.15 am and end at 3 pm
Hyderabad: Sunday June 21 assumes importance since it happens to be International Yoga Day and also when the country would be witnessing first solar eclipse of the year.
This will be an annular solar eclipse, where the Sun, Moon and the Earth are aligned in a straight line. As the eclipse occurs on Amavasya day it assumes importance. Astrologers feel that this eclipse could bring in significant changes globally and mostly they would be auspicious changes.
The eclipse will last for about five hours starting at 9.15 am and will reach its peak at 12.10 pm and would finish by 3 pm in the country. However, in the two Telugu states it would be partial eclipse and will start at 10.25 am and end by 1.54 pm.
It will also be visible over central Africa, Pakistan and South Central China. According to reports, the path of the solar eclipse would begin near Gharsana in Rajasthan around 10:12 am IST on Sunday. The phase of annularity would start around 11:49 am and end at 11:50 am.
The ring of fire would be visible for one minute from places such as Suratgarh and Anupgarh in Rajasthan, Ratia, Sirsa, and Kurukshetra in Haryana, as well as Dehradun, Chamoli, Chamba, and Joshimath in Uttarakhand.
The temple of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala will remain closed for 18 hours. According to the TTD almanac, the solar eclipse is scheduled to occur between 10.18 am and 1.38 pm.
Sri Yadadri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple would be remained closed from 7 pm on Saturday to 3 pm on Sunday due to solar eclipse on Sunday. According to the temple authorities, the temple would be opened for devotees at 5 pm after conducting samprokshana (cleaning rituals) in the temple and darshan would provided to the devotees from 5 pm to 6 pm on the day. The temple would remained closed during the time of solar eclipse, which is from 10.15 am to 1.44 pm.
The main temples – Sri Meenakshi Agasteswara Swamy temple at Wadapally, Sri Parvathi Jadala Ramalingeshwara Swamy temple at Cheruvugatttu and Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple at Mattampally in erstwhile Nalgonda district would also be kept closed during the eclipse period.
