Atleast four women devotees were killed, and one woman was injured after a car hit a group of pilgrims walking to the Samayapuram Mariamman Temple near Siruvachur in Perambalur district on Saturday.
Thousands of devotees gathered at the Arulmigu Mariamman Temple in Samayapuram in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappali, to participate in the Poochorithal Festival, a major annual event at the temple.