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Palli Arai Night Ritual

Palli Arai Night Ritual

ExperienceMadurai (Meenakshi Amman Temple), Tamil Nadu

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The highly sacred nightly closing procession where the silver idol of Lord Sundareswarar is carried to the chamber of Goddess Meenakshi.

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