The Muniyappan temple in the village of Punchaipuliyampatti near Sathyamangalam in Erode district is visited by hundreds of devotees everyday. The temple is located in the village, the festivals at this temple are a sight for the sore eye.
This temple had had a thatched roof. The temple priest had locked the temple and gone home after completing the everyday evening puja at the temple. At midnight, the temple’s roof had suddenly gotten caught fire and began to burn.
Shocked, the locals immediately rushed to the temple and put out the fire. But as the fire began to spread rapidly, the people of the area lost control, and the Satyamangalam fire station was informed immediately. Firefighters rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control after an hour-long struggle.
But the whole temple was destroyed by the fire. Punchaipuliyampatti police have registered a case and are investigating the possibilities of the temple having caught fire at midnight. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the temple may have caught fire as a mysterious person from the area threw away a cigarette or a beedi without extinguishing it. The people of the area were deeply saddened to hear the news of the temple fire.
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