Tamirabharani Pushkaram has been celebrated in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts. It is a festival of worshipping the rivers and it is celebrated once in 144 years. The festival is celebrated from 11th October 2018 to 23rd October 2018. It is being held in nearly 30 places and the people could have a dip in the river that has 149 bathing ghats.
Banwarilal Purohit
, the Tamilnadu governor, inaugurated the event. SA Chandrasekhar, the popular director, who is the father of Thalapathi “
Vijay
,” went to Tirunelveli and has taken a holy dip in the river. Chandrasekhar follows both Hinduism and Christianity. He has been complained about making a controversial comment on Tirupati Hundi and the director had got anticipatory bail.