The flag hoisting ceremony of the 'Chithirai' festival was held at the Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundaraswarar Temple, also known as Meenakshi Amman Temple, in Madurai on Tuesday.
Nripendra Mishra also emphasized that they are hopeful and inspired by this unwavering faith of the devotees after the temple witnessed daily footfall between 75,000 to 1 lakh.
Drums, dhols, and thousands of devotees accompanied the procession. The palanquin's departure heralds the formal reopening of the revered Gangotri temple.
The event saw participation from heads and members of various Indian diaspora associations in Warsaw, including the Tamil Association, Telugu Association, Sindhi Association, and Punjabi Association. Community leaders and devotees gathered to express their grief and support.
Mata Tirtha Aunsi or the Nepali Mothers' Day is a festival for mothers which falls on Nepali first month Baisakh (end of April/ early May) when thousands of devotees climb up the hill to reach the sacred pond and offer prayers.
The festival of Vaishakh Amavasya is being celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm in Haridwar, drawing an enormous crowd of devotees. The Ganga ghats, including Har Ki Pauri, are bustling with people who have gathered from all over the country to take a holy dip in the Ganga.
Drone visuals showed a massive sea of devotees filling the temple streets as the ornately decorated temple car was pulled through the street of Srirangam.
The grand annual Chithirai Car Festival, also known as Viruppan Thirunal, was celebrated with great devotion at the Srirangam Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Trichy.
Despite the recent Pahalgam terror attack and growing tensions between India and Pakistan, the Kartarpur Corridor remains open for devotees to visit the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan, even as the Integrated Check Post at Attari remains closed.