The period of fasting is celebrated as poochorithal during the last Sunday of the Tamil month Masi. The Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department said that 28 days long fasting called ‘pachai patni’ was believed to be taken up by the presiding deity Mariamman for the welfare of her devotees. Poochorithal (showering the flowers) festival is the most significant of all the annual festivals held in the Samayapuram temple. The district administration, which held a review meeting has instructed the police department to regulate vehicular movement on the Trichy-Chennai national highway passing through the temple locality, as thousands of devotees would walk to the shrine. Trichy: The annual poochorithal festival of the Samayapuram Mariamman temple is scheduled to be celebrated on March 12.
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