The Masi streets were chock-a-block with thousands of devotees witnessing the grand spectacle, the car festival of Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple on the penultimate day of the 12-day annual Chithirai brahmotsavam here on Friday morning.
Ahead of the procession, the deities were brought to the Thermutti on East Masi Street–where the age-old temple cars belonging to the temple are stationed–to their respective temple cars by 5.45 a.m. and special pujas performed by priests.
The colossal temple cars–the bigger one carrying Lord Sundareswarar with Goddess Piriyavidai, followed by the smaller one carrying Goddess Meenakshi–began its procession at 7.35 a.m as the four Masi streets burst at the seams.
