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Devotees throng Irrukkangudi temple

On the last Friday of the Tamil month of ‘Adi’



Invoking the divine: The deity being taken out in a procession at Irukkangudi Mariamman Temple in Virudhunagar district on Friday.

SATTUR: Thousands of devotees from the southern districts thronged the Mariamman temple at Irrukkangudi near here on the occasion of the last Friday of the Tamil month of ‘Adi.’

The ‘urchavamoorthi’ was taken in procession from Irukkangudi village to the temple across the Arjuna river.

After a night-long special puja, the idol would be taken back to the ‘urchava sannathi’ on Saturday.

On the customary yearly rotation, the villagers of K. Mettupatti carried the Goddess to the temple, the temple Executive Officer, M. Rajamani, said.

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