Grand Thai Poosam celebration at Vadapalani Andavar Temple with milk pots, ‘Kavadis’, and deity processions; Dargah festival for Sufi Saint.

The festival usually falls in the month of January or beginning of February. Generally, ten days before Thai Poosam Kavady.

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chanting Hindu prayers. She explained why the words “Mahakal” — a fierce manifestation of Hindu god Shiva — were pasted on her forehead. “Because he is the god of the three worlds ...