The festival at Mangaladevi Temple was celebrated on Chithra Pournami Day on Tuesday.
According to Forest department officials, 15,534 pilgrims trekked to the hill temple. The district administrations of Idukki in Kerala and Theni in Tamil Nadu had made arrangements for the festival. The temple opened at 5 a.m. Two priests from Kerala and Tamil Nadu conducted pujas in Tamil and Malayalam. According to officials, Ganapathi homam, Prasanna puja, and Uchcha puja were held on the Kerala side, and Valliayakavu temple Melsanthi Vasudevan Namboothir led the pujas. Tamil style pujas were held in the next Sreekovil.
