An estimated 4,000 devotees walked barefoot across a pit of hot coals on Oct 12 as the annual fire-walking festival returned to the Sri Mariamman Temple. The centuries-old ritual is the culmination of more than two months of prayers and ceremonies that began in late July. Leading the fire-walking ceremony, also known as Theemithi, was Sri Mariamman Temple’s chief priest Venugopal Thirunavukarasu, who has been serving at the temple since 2019.
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