Devotees used to pour holy water, milk and turmeric water on this pole daily. Every day a large number of devotees waited in long queues to pour holy water on the pole and worship the great Mariamman. Devotees from different parts of the country also came in procession to the temple to pick up the unit, firecrackers and milk jugs and pay their dues.
The flag hoisting took place at 10.30 pm on the 23rd and at 5 pm on the 24th. The Gundam Festival was held at 5.30 am on the 29th at the Karai Vaikkal Mariamman Temple and the Mango Puja was held at 8 pm.
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The Pongal festival was held at 9.30 am on the 30th and the procession was held at the Chinna Mariamman temple at 4 pm.
The main event of the festival was the pole vaulting and yellow bathing ceremony held today. At 3 pm the big Mariamman temple pole was ripped off and the bell rang through the Panneer Selvam Park. At the same time the poles of the Chinna Mariamman and Karaivaikkal Mariamman temples were torn down and arrived at the clock.
Following this, the 3 poles departed from there and marched in procession through Eeswaran Kovil Veedi, Kamaraj Veedi, Prab Road, Government Hospital Roundabout, Mettur Road, Swastik Corner, Satthi Road, Ellai Mariamman Kovil, Netaji Road, Manikundu, Mandapam Veedi, Town Police Station, Agrahara Veedi. Went and the poles were left in the water.
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The city of Erode itself celebrated the Yellow Water Festival with the participation of a large number of devotees who sprayed turmeric on each other and poured turmeric water on it. The city of Erode looked like it had bathed in yellow ahead of the Yellow Water Festival. Following this, the festival ends with re-pooja at 10.30 am tomorrow.