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Attukal Pongala is marked as the largest annual gathering of women by the Guinness World Records.
The Attukal Pongala is marked as the largest annual gathering of women by the Guinness World Records.
Every year in the Karthika star of the month of Kumbham, the festival begins by securely installing the Goddess according to the rituals.
Braving the blazing sun and palls of smoke billowing from the hearths, devotees brew sweet rice concoctions in their pots on this day for the blessings of the mother goddess.
Three special trains will conduct services on Tuesday for the benefit of devotees taking part in the festival.
The collector has declared a holiday for all educational institutions in the district in view of the festival.
A maximum of 1,500 devotees will be allowed at the temple on the ‘pongala’ day.
Roadside Pongala will not be allowed as part of Attukal Temple Festival.
Devaswom minister K Radhakrishnan, who stood in for local self-government minister M Govindan, termed the tax scam as a "minor" issue.
The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran.