5 months ago
2
Thousands of devotees took portion successful the car festival held astatine Sthanumalayan Swamy temple successful Suchindram, adjacent present connected Friday.
The 10-day Margazhi celebrations began with a ceremonial emblem hoisting ceremonial connected December 25. On the 9th time of the festival, devotees from assorted parts of the territory thronged the temple careless of the greeting drizzle.
In a historical moment, the metallic sceptre (Sengol) was mounted connected the ‘Swami Ther’ aft 35 years and taken successful procession.
Devotees drew the decorated temple cars — ‘Swamy ther’, ‘Amman ther’ and ‘Vinayagar ther’— done the 4 Mada streets. The car procession started astatine 10:10 a.m. and ‘Swamy ther’ returned to the basal by astir 1:30 p.m.
Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Minister P. K. Sekarbabu, Dairy Development Minister T. Mano Thangaraj and Kanniyakumari MP Vijay Vasanth were contiguous astatine the festival.
Earlier, peculiar pujas and abhishekams were performed for the deities, earlier placing them connected cars. The Mada streets of Suchindram resonated with the thunderous chants “Om Nama Shivaya” and “Om Shakthi Parashakthi.”
On the 10th time of the festival connected Saturday, Arudhra darshan is scheduled astatine 4 a.m., followed by “Thiru Arattu” ceremonial connected the aforesaid day, scheduled astatine 9:30 p.m.
The Suchindram municipality panchayat had organised drinking h2o facilities and healthcare work for the people. Various organisations and individuals offered h2o bottles, buttermilk and “Panagam” for the people. A ample fig of constabulary unit were besides deployed to show the crowds with officers stationed astatine the terraces of houses, equipped with binoculars to guarantee the information of the people.
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation operated peculiar buses to the temple from Vadasery autobus stand.
