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Look forward to a sumptuous wedding spread

— Photo: K. Ganesan

nice: Preparation for the feast under way at Meenakshi Sudareswarar Temple in Madurai.

MADURAI: A sumptuous feast awaits devotees on Friday following the ‘Tirukkalyanam’ (celestial wedding) of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar.

The ‘Tirukkalyanam’ of Goddess Meenakshi with Lord Sundareswarar takes place on Friday at the junction of North and West Adi Streets.

Being prepared by the Phazamudeer Solai Thiru Murugan Bhaktha Sabhai for the tenth consecutive year, the feast is being arranged for over 50,000 devotees.

Says Chamundi Vivekanandan, one of the organisers, “The menu comprises boondhi, chips, kesari, appalam, payasam, and vegetable curries such as potato curry along with sambar and rasam.”

The feast will commence at around 9.30 a.m. and go on till the last devotee leaves the place.

When the organisation started providing the feast a decade back, only around 1,000 devotees took part in the feast. Now, it has grown to provide for over 50,000. Apart from the ‘Tirukkalyaa Virundhu,’ another special feast was provided on Thursday. Known as ‘Mappillai Azhaippu Virundhu,’ a feast comprising vadai and payasam was provided for around 10,000 people.

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