Srirangam:
"Vaikunta Ekadesi" was celebrated with religious fervour in the temple town of Srirangam today.
As a part of the 21-day temple festival, Sri Namperumal, the festival deity bedecked in a suite of rubies and emeralds was carried in a golden palanquin and taken to "paramapada vassal" of the temple.
The district administration had declared a holiday today and special bus services were being deployed all over the district in view of the temple festival.