The annual festival of Sindoor Jatra paints the town with orange Sindoor which is observed on 2nd of Baisakh or the first month of the year as per the Lunar calendar.
The decorated car went around important streets of Woraiyur in Tiruchi before returning to its base. A special puja was performed to Goddess Vekkaliamman after the temple car reached its base.
People from the Bengali business community also offered prayers to Goddess Laxmi and Ganesh and got themselves a new Hal Khata (accounting book) for their shops, to mark the first day of transactions in the new year.
The festival was held on Friday at midnight in the temple with much fanfare. The sight of devotees carrying 16-foot-long kavadis and stepping on the Theemithi (fire) made the onlookers enthralled.
"Today I am filing my nominations. I have prayed at the temple for welfare of the common people and so that I win in the elections. People have given their blessings...I have to fight the elections as an Independent and win. That is my interest," Eshwarappa said speaking to ANI on Friday ahe
Andhra Pradesh Election Commissioner Mukesh Kumar Meena, along with his family, offered prayers at the famous shrine of Srikalahasteeswara Swamy temple in Srikalahasti on Thursday.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam vigilance officials on Thursday detained a person for allegedly impersonating an IAS officer to illegally obtain VIP darshan tickets of the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala.
The office of the district magistrate, Gomati in Tripura imposed a ban on making short videos and reels that go against the sanctity of the Tripura Sundari temple in Udaipur. The official order of the ban was issued on Thursday.
Addressing the media here at the BJP headquarters after joining the party, Gupta also alleged that the Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh asked the party leaders to "keep quiet" during the Pran Prstishtha of Ram Lalla at Ayodhya temple.