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The 30-ft tall temple car rises to 96 ft, after decoration is completed with bamboo poles and colourful cloth, the kalasha alone accounting for 6 ft, all of which take the original weight of 220 tonnes to 350. Incidentally, the massive car of Valluvar Kottam in Chennai was built on the lines of the Tiruvarur 'Aalhi Ther.' [1]
The 30-foot tall temple car, which originally weighed 220 tons, is raised to 96 feet with bamboo sticks and decorative clothes, taking its total weight to 350 tons. Mounted on the fully decorated temple car, the presiding deity – Lord Shiva – went around the four streets with the devotees pulling it using huge ropes.
The crowd crush is the worst recorded accident to have occurred in Sabarimala. In the past on 14 January 1952, 66 Ayyappa pilgrims were burnt to death when two fireworks sheds caught fire, while on the same day in 1999, 52 pilgrims were killed following a crowd crush during their return after witnessing the Makara Jyothi at Pamba.
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Before 2000, the practise of drawing the temple car during the yearly festival was suspended. With the efforts of Vanamamalai Jeer, the head of a monastic institution, the temple car was modified with hydraulic wheels to ease the movement. [5] Kumbabishekam, the consecration of the Andal temple happened on 20 January 2016.
During the Brahmotsavam, the temple car is drawn around the streets of temple with the festival images housed in it. The temple car was damaged in a fire in 1906 and was restored in 1909. [ 2 ] The idols of Vinayagar Chaturthi for visarga (immersion) in the region are immersed in the temple tank.
The 22-year-old driver ran through a red light while driving over 100 mph before the fatal car crash in east Pasadena last weekend. A Tesla going more than 100 mph. A suspended license.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was tasked with the rescue operations. A responding police officer also died of a heart attack. [9] Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath announced an ex-gratia compensation of ₹ 200,000 (US$2,300) for the families of each of the dead and ₹ 50,000 (US$580) for the injured. [10]