Thousands of devotees thronged temples dedicated to Lord Subramania at Palani, Tiruchendur, Tiruparankunram and Solai Malai to offer worship on the auspicious Thaipoosam day today.
Officials had made elaborate arrangements for the devotees who gathered in lakhs in Palani.
The devotees were bearing different types of "kavadis" to offer to the Lord Muruga from the foot hill.
The temple officials said that the crowd in the Muruga temples was huge, but they had made arrangements foreasy worship with the help of police and private security.
Thai Poosam is one of the few festivals exclusively celebrated by the Tamils.
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Meanwhile, Dingigul SP Saravanan said for the first time police was using Heli-cam that would monitor the devotees.
He said that CCTVs had been installed in 100 places along the route by which the devotees come to the temple by foot.
Special buses were being operated to carry the devotees to Palani from various places, officials said.
