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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

India TV News Desk Published : Mar 27, 2013 8:59 IST, Updated : Mar 27, 2013 9:12 IST


The devotees and pilgrims carrying the Kavadis performed the traditional circumambulation of the sanctum sanctorum  at the temple with trident like spears pierced in their bodies.


 
Women devotees carried milk pots on Kavadis as offering to Lord Murugan, the presiding deity.
 
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