Browsing: a centuries-old ritual held by the Dharmapuram Adheenam in Mayiladuthurai in which the mutt head is carried by people in a palanquin.

Following protests by pontiffs and opposition parties, the DMK government withdrew the ban on pattina pravesam, a centuries-old ritual held by the Dharmapuram Adheenam in Mayiladuthurai in which the mutt head is carried by people in a palanquin.