Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi was among thousands of people who offered prayers at the Goddess Veeramaakaaliyaman temple at T R Pattinam near here on the first day of the two-day festival held once in five years.<\/p>\n
The idol of presiding deity of the temple, popularly known as the ‘Aayiram Kaaliyamman’, kept in a box was opened early this morning and poojas were conducted as per the tradition.<\/p>\n
Legend has it that the idol was worshipped by a king in the north and following a directive by the Goddess in his dream he had placed it in a box and left it in the sea.<\/p>\n
The once-in-five years festival was being conducted as per a script found in the box by a devotee of Karaikal.<\/p>\n
Puducherry Education Minister R Kamalakannan participated in a procession taken out last night prior to the start of the festival.<\/p>\n
Devotees would be allowed to worship the deity till the midnight of tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The idol would placed back in the box in the wee hours of Friday, temple officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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