Mukkoti
Pradakshinam is an enclosed pathway for circumambulation
that runs around the sanctum and the porch in front of
it.
In Dravidian terminology, mukkoti
means the vratham had on this day is equal
to three crores time of vrathams followed on
any Ekadasi day. The Pradakshinam has walls
on three sides only, with the eastern wall missing.
Mukkoti
Pradakshinam is opened to pilgrims only twice a year
during Mukkoti Ekadasi (in the month of Pausha, Dhanurmasa)
and Mukkoti Dvadasi (the following day). The doors are
opened on the night of the eleventh day morning (early
hours) after Thiruppavai and closed on the
night of the twelfth day (called Margali-tiru-dvadasi).
