Sri Ayyappa Sangam, Tiruchi, which serves butter milk to the people to beat the heat in summer, recorded the highest number of beneficiaries on May 1 since the forum launched the initiative 33 years ago.
Tiruchi recorded the second hottest day on May 1 since 1888 with the mercury touching 43.1 degrees Celsius. The butter milk served on the premises of the Ayyappa temple in Cantonment, has been attracting a large number of people. People from all walks of life, including medical representatives, sales executives, students, policemen, drivers, and others, who commute via Lawsons Road in Cantonment, invariably make it a point to drink butter milk.
According to sources, the number of people, who have butter milk, continues to go up. A total of 3,877 people had buttermilk served by the sangam on Wednesday, which is said to be the highest number since the sangam began the activity in 1991.
