Emerald Lingam idols consecrated daily except on annual Thiruvathirai star day. The reason for covering the idol with sand paste is that the idol has fragile properties and may not bear sound and light waves. The sandal paste removed from the idol is distributed to the devotees. Siruvapuri Balasubramania Swamy Temple is located on the north western side of Chennai city and is lying 33 km from Chennai. The visitor needs to take diversion from Chennai Kalkotta National Highway. The except the idols of Lord Balasubramaiya Swamy, Aadhimoolar and Navagrahams, all the other idols are carved out of emerald stone. The beautiful
Pokémon Emerald features compatibility with the Nintendo e-Reader and 83 cards launched for "Emerald" on October 7, 2004. This was removed from the English versions. It is the third version of "Ruby" and "Sapphire" and follows a tradition of third releases ("Pokémon Yellow" for "Pokémon Red" and "Blue" for example). The wireless adapter was bundled with Japanese copies of "Emerald"; this was removed from English versions of the game. Nintendo has done several promotions related to "Emerald". Nintendo held a competition for players based on "Emerald" where players compete to be the ""Pokémon Emerald" Ultimate Frontier Battle Brain". The competition took place