Singing hymns from Saint Arunagirinathar’s Thirupugazh is how devotees at this popular Murugan temple in Tiruvallur district ring in the New Year. The Tiruttani Thirupugazh Padi Vizha began in 1917 with Vallimalai Satchidananda Swamigal himself leading the devotees on December 31 up the 365 steps of the Sri Subramanyaswamy Temple at Tiruttani. The practice of singing Thirupugazh and climbing up …
