Mayiladuthurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], A large number of devotees participated in the celebration of Theamithi (Fire Yatra) at Mela Mariamman Temple in Tharangambadi, Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu. The festival was organized with great pomp and show at the temple on Friday midnight. The scene of devotees carrying 16 feet long Kavadis and stepping on the Thimitha (fire) enthralled the audience
Earlier, the devotees reached the temple in procession from the banks of Kaveri with Karagam on their heads accompanied by the music of melodrama instruments. Later, after descending into the fire pit established in front of the temple of Shakti Karagam, the fasting devotees wore yellow Dressed in clothes, lit a fire and paid homage
Later, the women lit the Maavilakku Deepam and thousands of devotees prayed and worshiped the goddess. The origin of this festival goes back centuries in this temple. Thiamithi is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Tamil month of Aipasi, from mid-October to mid-November. The festival is held across the state in honor of Goddess Draupadi Amman, in the temple of Mariamman, the Hindu goddess of weather. Considered to be an incarnation of Goddess Mariamman. In this festival devotees walk barefoot on hot embers or stones in the hope that the goddess will fulfill their wishes.
Earlier, the devotees reached the temple in procession from the banks of Kaveri with Karagam on their heads accompanied by the music of melodrama instruments. Later, after descending into the fire pit established in front of the temple of Shakti Karagam, the fasting devotees wore yellow Dressed in clothes, lit a fire and paid homage
Later, the women lit the Maavilakku Deepam and thousands of devotees prayed and worshiped the goddess. The origin of this festival goes back centuries in this temple. Thiamithi is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Tamil month of Aipasi, from mid-October to mid-November. The festival is held across the state in honor of Goddess Draupadi Amman, in the temple of Mariamman, the Hindu goddess of weather. Considered to be an incarnation of Goddess Mariamman. In this festival devotees walk barefoot on hot embers or stones in the hope that the goddess will fulfill their wishes.
