Thousands of devotees witnessed the grand celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi with Lord Sundareswarar at Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here on Tuesday.
The celestial wedding or ‘thirukalyanam’ is the highlight of the ongoing 12-day annual Chithirai festival.
The venue of the wedding, ‘Thirukalyana Mandappam’ at the junction of West and North Adi Streets, was decorated with flowers. The devotees had started arriving as early as 5 a.m. for the wedding scheduled between 8.35 a.m. and 8.59 a.m.