Thousands of devotees pierce their bodies during Tamil Nadu's Lord Muruga festival
Chennai, Mar 27: Thousands of Hindu devotees on Tuesday pierced their bodies with numerous needles and spikes as mark of penance for their wishes to be fulfilled, on the occasion of the unique festival, Panguni
A priest of the Vadapalani temple, Vadyar Durai, told reporters that devotees come here to offer their devotion through different ways.
“On the occasion of festival, the devotees have shown their devotion to Lord Murugan in different ways by offering milk pots, Kavadi (holy water brought in container carried over bamboo poles), Kavadi flowers, Kavadi milk and piercing rod through their bodies. Today, at 7 in the evening, deity of the presiding God would be taken out in a procession after being beautifully decorated,” said Vadyar Durai.