Chennai: Vinayaka Chathurthi was celebrated across Tamil Nadu today with spiritual fervour and traditional gaiety.
People offered prayers in their homes with the traditional clay-made idols besides worshipping Ganesha in temples and pandals set up by residents and Hindu groups.
Hailed as remover of obstacles, Lord Ganesha was offered "Kozhukattai", a sweet dish made with jaggery and coconut in keeping with the tradition by the people.
A rock-cut temple belonging to the early Pandya (5th Century AD) period, the temple is dedicated to Ganesha and is the oldest shrine for the elephant-headed God in Tamil Nadu.
A huge sized 'Kozhukattai' was brought atop the hill by temple personnel in a specially made cloth-container hung from bamboos. Thousands of people offered prayers in Pillayarpatti and Rock Fort temples.
Local residents welfare associations had also put up Ganesh pandals.
In a Ganesha expo-pandal at suburban Selaiyr near Chennai, a huge Ganesha idol attracted a lot of devotees as it had moving arms and head with a music system playing slokas in the background.
People offered prayers in their homes with the traditional clay-made idols besides worshipping Ganesha in temples and pandals set up by residents and Hindu groups.
Hailed as remover of obstacles, Lord Ganesha was offered "Kozhukattai", a sweet dish made with jaggery and coconut in keeping with the tradition by the people.
A rock-cut temple belonging to the early Pandya (5th Century AD) period, the temple is dedicated to Ganesha and is the oldest shrine for the elephant-headed God in Tamil Nadu.
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A huge sized 'Kozhukattai' was brought atop the hill by temple personnel in a specially made cloth-container hung from bamboos. Thousands of people offered prayers in Pillayarpatti and Rock Fort temples.
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Local residents welfare associations had also put up Ganesh pandals.
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In a Ganesha expo-pandal at suburban Selaiyr near Chennai, a huge Ganesha idol attracted a lot of devotees as it had moving arms and head with a music system playing slokas in the background.
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