Chennai, May 6 (IANS) :
The Tamil Nadu Police will deploy heavy security in and around the Madurai Meenakshi Temple as the
grand celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar is scheduled totake place on May 8.
According to sources in the Madurai district police, around 2,000 personnel will be stationed to ensure the smooth conduct of the event. The ‘Meenakshi Kalyanam’ will be held at the Thirukalyana Mandapam on the 10th day of the temple’s annual Chithirai festival between 8.35 a.m. and 8.59 a.m.
Differences in Bengal BJP after Dilip Ghosh attends CM’s Jagannath temple event attend the temple inauguration despite the distance between the two venues being barely 35 kilometres. Besides attending the inauguration ceremony of the temple, reportedly modelled after the iconic Shree Jagannath
Temple at Puri in Odisha, and offering Puja there, Ghosh and his wife were also seen interacting
cordially with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee within the temple premises. Photographs of
that interaction have already flooded social media. On Thursday morning, while speaking to
the media persons, Ghosh indirectly attacked Adhikari without naming him over the latter’s previous
stints with Trinamool Congress before he joined the BJP.
“Those who are resorting to tall talk now once nurtured their political career under the patronage
of Mamata Banerjee. Those who are now surviving on the leftovers of the BJP once survived on the
leftovers of Trinamool Congress. Those surviving on leftovers are now trying to certify me,” Ghosh
said on Tuesday morning. Heavy security deployment for May 8 ‘Meenakshi Kalyanam’ in TN’s Madurai
The mandapam will be filled with devotees, and the air will resonate with the recitation of Panniru
Thirumurai hymns and Vedic chants. Lord Sundareswarar and Piriyavidai will be brought to the
decorated dais following a grand procession through the Chithirai streets. They will be followed by
Goddess Meenakshi, adorned in a silk robe and decked with gold ornaments. Adding to the sanctity
of the event, Lord Subramaniaswamy of the T i r u p p a r a n k u n d r a m Subramaniaswamy Temple and
his consort Goddess Deivanai, along with Lord Pavalakkanivai Perumal, will grace the dais as
distinguished ‘guests’.
The annual Chithirai festival began on April 29 with the traditional flag-hoisting ceremony.
Prior to this, Vasthu Shanthi rituals were performed, and the temple flag was hoisted on the
mast at 10.48 a.m. in the presence of the processional deities.
Major upcoming events inthe festival schedule include Pattabishekam on May 6,
the Tiruvizha (Victory Procession) on May 7, the celestial wedding on May 8, and the grand car processionon May 9.
