SIVAKASI WEATHER
Sivakasi gears for Panguni Pongal celebration

04-04-2015
4th April 2015

Sivakasi gears for Panguni Pongal celebration

A festive mood has enveloped Sivakasi Mariamman Temple with decorative lights illuminating the campus and shopping stalls in the Temple Campus and other key junctions of Sivakasi town. Sand and clay make pots, Kaal, kai, baby dolls have arrived in most of the shops. Roadside vendors and stalls have already started selling fancy ornaments, ballons and toys for kids and elders alike. Panguni Pongal is just a day away, devotees carried out Padhakaanikai, Muthu Poduthal in large numbers. Devotees arrived in large numbers at the Mariamman temple and offered special prayers. Long queues of devotees were seen outside the temple, for the last three days. The devotees also offered coconuts at the temple. As it is lunar eclipse today, temple remained close and it will be open at 08:00 p.m..


News & Events
top