Adi Amavasai festival: over 28,000 devotees climb Sathuragiri hills
The Hindu
Adi Amavasai festival: over 28,000 devotees climb Sathuragiri hills
Over 28,000 devotees offered prayers at Sundaramahalingam Temple on the occasion of Adi Amavasai on Wednesday.
With the crowd swelling high right from early in the morning, devotees were allowed to enter the foothills in Thaniparai forest check-post at 4 a.m. itself, one hour earlier than the scheduled time of 5 a.m.
After the usual checking for inflammable objects, liquor and plastic bags, the forest personnel allowed the devotees to climb the Sathuragiri hills.
The devotees walked uphill for more than three hours to reach the temple and worshipped Lord Sundaramahalingam and Lord Santhamahalingam.
Devotees are being allowed to the hilltop temple from August 12 to 17 for the Adi Amavasai festival.
Special abishekams, puja and deeparadhana were performed at the temple.
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