Temples, churches draw large crowds in Tiruchi

Places of worship successful Tiruchi drew ample crowds connected Thursday connected the juncture of New Year’s Day.

While the Christians attended midnight peculiar masses successful churches, welcoming the caller year, Hindus thronged temples successful antithetic parts of the city. Special prayers were held successful Our Lady of Lourd’s Church astatine Teppakulam, Holy Redeemer’s Basilica astatine Palakarai, St. Mary’s Cathedral astatine Melapudur.

Scores of devotees, who came from antithetic parts of the country, offered prayers astatine Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple successful Srirangam. They stood successful agelong queues, for astir 3 to 4 hours, to person darshan. The ongoing Vaikunta Ekadasi festival added to the crowd.

Thousands of devotees turned up astatine Sri Mariamman Temple successful Samayapuram. They waited patiently to person a darshan of the Goddess Mariammam. Similarly, radical stood successful agelong queues to sojourn Ayyappa Temple successful Cantonment. Temples specified arsenic Jambukeswarar Temple successful Thiruvanaikovil, Sri Nachiyar Temple and Sri Vekkaliamman Temple successful Woraiyur, Sri Murugan Temple successful Vayalur excessively received ample crowds.

Some starring hotels successful the metropolis hosted peculiar programmes to ringing successful the caller year. Revellers, peculiarly youth, deed the roadworthy and exchanged pleasantries connected the occasion. Many burst firecrackers to invited the twelvemonth 2026.