Devotees celebrate Margazhi Ashtami chariot festival at Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai

Jan 04, 2024

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), January 04 (ANI): A large number of devotees on January 04 participated in the annual Margazhi Ashtami chariot festival in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Margazhi Ashtami chariot festival was celebrated at Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai. To celebrate the festival a large number of people flocked to the streets of Madurai. Devotees celebrated the grand event with the blowing of conches and the banging of drums. Policemen, in large numbers, were deployed to control the crowd. The entire city echoed with the cheers of lord Meenakshi Amman.