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The yearly Karthigai Deepam celebrations astatine the Tiruchi Thayumanaswamy Temple reached its highest connected Wednesday evening with the lighting of the Maha Deepam atop Rockfort temple.
As portion of the accepted observance, the 50-foot copper cauldron adjacent the Ucchi Pillaiyar shrine was prepared implicit the past week. A 300-metre fabric wick, readied for this year’s festival, had been lifted to the hilltop and placed wrong the cauldron earlier. Temple unit had been pouring lipid into it daily.
The wick had been soaked successful 900 litres of lipid — including mahua (iluppai) oil, sesame lipid and ghee — to guarantee a dependable burn. The celebrations began astatine 6 p.m. with deeparadhana for the festival deities — Sevvandhi Vinayakar, Thayumanaswamy and Mattuvar Kuzhalammai. Following this, the Maha Deepam was lit, illuminating the elevation and drafting ample crowds of devotees who gathered to witnesser the yearly spectacle.
Arrangements for the lawsuit were overseen by temple enforcement serviceman K. Arulselvan, the interior audit wing, temple employees and members of the committee of trustees.
