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Onmanorama journalist was also ordered to leave the venue as the organisers tried to cover up a music player malfunction that ruined a folk dance event.
The Attukal Pongala is celebrated on the ninth day of the 10-day annual festival at the temple.
Railway official Kunnathu Peedikayil Hassanar steals the show with his Kumbha-Kudam dance at Machadu Mamangam.
Two express trains will have one-minute stoppage at Chandera Railway Station from February 8 to 11.
The festival is being held on a 2000-acre paddy field in the village’s interior, which serves as the theatre of the famed water lily festival, said Shajimon Vattappally, Secretary of Malarikkal Tourism Society.
The event will be held at the HiTex Exhibition Centre, from 11 am onwards.
Many believe that white sesame laddoos have a warming effect on our bodies during winter and sharing them with loved ones brings good luck.
Just like many other winter festival preparations, sesame aka ‘ellu’ is an important ingredient in this snack too.
The snack is also prepared during other festivals.
Revellers in their sequin-encrusted jumpsuits danced to several of the King's biggest hits at Sydney's Central railway terminal before catching the 'Elvis Express' to the rural town of Parkes, 357 km (222 miles) westward.