SIVAGIRI: Preparations for the 88th Pilgrimage, which will be conducted online, have been completed at Sivagiri. For the first time in history, Sivagiri pilgrimage is conducted online in a virtual manner. The special feature of this pilgrimage is that one can take part in pilgrimage programs from any corner of the world.

The pilgrimage programs will be broadcast in eight languages ​​on Sivagiri TV, the official medium of Sivagiri Mutt. Conferences will be telecasted from today. Sree Narayana Gurudeva suggested that the pilgrims should be taught by experts on eight topics so that they can acquire knowledge and self-purification.

Online conferences will take place for the next eight days. The first meeting was about piety. Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust President Swami Vishudhananda will preside over the meeting which will be held at 9 am today. It starts with a lecture in English by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, the founder of the Isha Foundation. Dharmasangham Trust General Secretary Swami Sandrananda will give the welcome address.

Gurudeva gave permission for the Sivagiri pilgrimage in 1928 in front of the Kottayam Nagampadam temple. The first pilgrimage started on December 28, 1932 with five pilgrims arriving at Sivagiri in yellow robes from the Mooloor house in Elavumthitta. The number of pilgrims gradually increased to millions. This time the pilgrimage had to be conducted virtually in the wake of the epidemic. Swami Sandrananda, General Secretary, Dharmasangham Trust, appealed to Gurudeva devotees from all over the world to cooperate.