Lord Kallazhagar, draped in green silk attire and mounted on a golden horse, was carried from the Prasanna Venkatachalapathy  Temple at Tallakulam to Alwarpuram, the venue of the event, around 5.50 a.m.

Devotees gathered for ‘Ethir Sevai’ at various points of the city to welcome the deity who left His abode at Alagarkoil on Wednesday evening, as part of the annual Chithirai festival

The Madras High Court has issued a set of directions for the authorities to prevent miscreants from throwing footwear on devotees during Lord Kallazhagar’s ceremonial journey culminating in the deity’s entry into the Vaigai

The ‘Thirukalyanam’, the highlight of the annual Chithirai festival, took place at the flower-bedecked Thirukalyana Mandapam  between 8.35 a.m. and 8.59 a.m.

The death penalty is final, immediate, and irreversible. It extinguishes not only life but also the possibility of repentance, remorse, or moral transformation, says the Madurai Bench

It asks the government to undo, as far as possible, the historical wrongs inflicted on trans persons, secure for them a life of dignity, equality, and meaningful inclusion as equal participants in the social order, and implement welfare measures for them to attain full development