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Thousands of radical thronged assorted tourer destinations crossed the territory connected the juncture of Kaanum Pongal on Saturday (January 17, 2026), amid elaborate information arrangements.
Kaanum Pongal, which marks the decision of the Pongal festival, is traditionally observed arsenic a time for gathering friends and relatives and visiting places of leisure.
At the Kodiveri anicut, built crossed River Bhavani adjacent Gobichettipalayam, hundreds of visitors gathered to instrumentality a bath and walk clip astatine the adjoining park. With 100 cusecs of h2o released from the Bhavanisagar Dam into the river, radical enjoyed the cascading h2o travel passim the day. Visitors besides queued up to instrumentality coracle rides astatine the anicut.
Police unit cautioned visitors to stay cautious portion moving implicit slippery rocks. Temporary shops acceptable up wrong and extracurricular the anicut premises selling snacks, crystal creams, nutrient items and food fry witnessed brisk business. Tourists from assorted parts of the territory and neighbouring districts arrived successful ample numbers, resulting successful a shortage of parking abstraction and postulation congestion connected attack roads.
Similarly, ample crowds gathered astatine the parkland attached to the Bhavanisagar Dam, wherever families spent the time together. People besides thronged the Karanampalayam cheque dam adjacent Kodumudi, arsenic good arsenic the barrages astatine Vendipalayam and B.P. Agraharam successful the city. To guarantee that the celebrations passed disconnected peacefully, implicit 400 constabulary unit were deployed astatine large tourer locations crossed the district.
