Chithirai festival begins with hoisting of holy flag at Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple

The yearly Chithirai festival began with the hoisting of the beatified emblem astatine Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple present connected Sunday.

Priests performed peculiar pujas and deeparadhan for the deities. Musical instruments were played astatine the temple bedecked with colourful lights. The lights and colourful paintings astatine the temple transformed the temple into the festival mode. The procession of deities connected Chithirai streets took spot successful the evening.

The coronation (Pattabhishekam) of Goddess Meenakshi Amman volition instrumentality spot connected April 26. The Digvijayam lawsuit volition instrumentality spot connected April 27. The item of the festival, celestial wedding (Thirukkalyanam) volition instrumentality spot connected April 28. The Car festival volition instrumentality spot connected April 29 and Lord Kallazhagar’s introduction into the Vaigai stream volition instrumentality spot connected May 1.