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The yearly ‘Chithirai Therottam’ (car festival) of Sri Brahadeeswarar Temple, popularly known arsenic Big Temple was celebrated with spiritual fervour and gaiety successful Thanjavur connected Monday.
Decorated idols of Sri Thyagarajar on with His Consort were brought the woody car stationed connected the West Rajaveedhi successful the aged Thanjavur municipality by astir 5 a.m. The 50-feet-high temple car was pulled retired of its platform astatine 6.20 a.m. by the devotees led by the Tanjore Prince, Babji Rajah Bhonsle Chattrapathi, the Dharmapuram Aadheenam Kattalai Thambiran, the head, Ramakrishna Math, Thanjavur, Vimurthanandha, District Collector, B. Priyanka Pankajam and the Superintendent of Police Sundaravathanam.
The car was pulled on the 4 Rajaveedhis – West, North, East and South – earlier it was brought backmost to its platform by astir 10.15 a.m. by thousands of devotees. Brief stoppages of the temple car were provided astatine astir twelve places on the procession way to assistance devotees execute ‘archanai’ / ‘mandagapadi’ to Lord Thyagarajar mounted connected the woody car.
