Deepam Festival – Youth power Upholds Tradition!
Hundreds of Tiruvannamalai Municipal Boys’ School students kept alive a 60-year-old tradition by carrying little pallakkus (palanquins) with idols of the 63 Nayanmars (Shaivite saints) on their shoulders, all the way shouting joyfully “haro hara!”, their faces beaming in verve and dignity. They consider this as their unique honour as their school alone is allowed…
