Feature Image Credits: Dhinasari
Hindus across the world marked the Mahalaya Ammavasai, the new moon day marking the end of Mahalayam fortnight
On this day, Hindus go to temples and offer oblations to the departed souls at the temple tanks situated adjacent to the temple.
Despite repeated requests made by Hindus to open temples and put in place restrictions to control the crowd, the DMK government led by MK Stalin in Tamil Nadu shut the temples forcing people to do their rituals in the middle of the road.
People were also not allowed in sacred sites Rameswaram. Police stopped private vehicles at the entry of the Pamban bridge that leads to Rameswaram island.
Mylapore Temple Tank was blocked and people were made to do rituals in the middle of the road causing inconvenience to those who are doing the rituals as well as the public.
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