The chariot ('Ther' in Tamil) festival of the historic Valvettithurai Sivan temple in Jaffna Peninsula was held today, where hundreds of devotees participated at the festival.
Having performed special Pooja in the morning, the Chariots commenced to underway in the outer roads of the temple at about 1100 hours and reached their destination at about 1200 hours, where special Pooja again took place..
Large number of devotees, including devotees from the adjacent villages, had witnessed this annual festival.
The last day annual festival of 'Holy bath" is scheduled to take place tomorrow (23rd Mar 2016) morning at Valvettithurai Orani beach.
This famous Siva temple is located at about 500 meter west of Valvettithurai junction, along the Point Pedro - KKS road.
It should be noted that the temple belongs to Mr.Thiruvengadam, who is the grandfather of Mr.V.Prabaharan, found of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam.
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