The judge referred to the doctoral thesis of Tamil anthropologist Tho. He noted that during the water spraying process, leather bags fitted with hand pumps were used to spray water on the deity when the latter enters the Vaigai River. However, these days, high-pressure pumps are implanted into the leather bags and youngsters use them to spray water with force …
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday added the Madurai commissioner of police, superintendent of police and HR and CE department as parties to a petition filed by a man against the use of high pressure pumps to spray water on the deity, Lord Kallazhagar, during the Chithirai festival in the district. The petitioner A Nagarajan, …
