Devotees gathered for ‘Ethir Sevai’ at various points of the city to welcome the deity who left His abode at Alagarkoil on Wednesday evening, as part of the annual Chithirai festival
The long-pending demand for constructing a high-level bridge over the wild stream below Ayyanar falls to help devotees safely reach the temple on other side has remained unfulfilled. Often, the devotees get stranded at the temple unable to cross the wild stream during flash floods.