People celebrate ‘Float Festival’ at Madurai’s Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple

Feb 08, 2020

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Feb 08 (ANI): The Float Festival of Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple is being celebrated in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai on February 8. In this festival, the water tank is brimming with water. The water tank is filled through traditional supply channels in this festival. During this occasion, idols of Meenakshi Devi and Sundareswarar are taken in separate vehicles through the streets of the temple. On the tenth day of the festival the deities are brought to ponds. Deities are usually put up on 12-ft-tall pedestal which is decorated with flowers.