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- Description:SIVARATRI CELEBRATES THE CONVERGENCE OF SIVA AND SHAKTI. THE “MAYANA SOORA THIRUVIZHA” IS A FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO ANGALAMMAN (A FIERCE GUARDIAN DEITY WORSHIPPED WIDELY IN SOUTHERN INDIA) AND IS CELEBRATED IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF KAVERIPATTINAM, THE DAY AFTER MAHASIVARATHIRI (THE GREAT NIGHT OF LORD SIVA). KAVERIPATTINAM IS A PANCHAYAT TOWN IN KRISHNAGIRI DISTRICT IN THE INDIAN STATE OF TAMIL NADU. ON THIS DAY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEVOTEES CAN BE SEEN AT THE TEMPLE. PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR DEVOTION BY HAVING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODY PIERCED BY METAL SPEAR, KNIFE OR HOOKS THAT ARE USED TO DANGLE THEM.FEW OF THEM PERFORM THIS KIND OF RISKY RITUALS UPON FULFILLING THEIR WISH FOR A BABY CHILD WHEN THE TEMPLE CHARIOT WENT OUT FOR SPREADING THE BLESSINGS OF GOD.
- Location: Kaveripattinam, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Tamil Nadu
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