Madurai :

Guru puja of Maruthu brothers went off peacefully with more than 100 people from various districts visited the memorial and paid homage to the statue at Teppakulam here on Monday.

People from Usilampatti, Karumathur, Virudhhunagar and Dindugal districts visited the memorial on guru puja day. As a mark of respect, they garlanded the statue of Maruthu brothers.

Similarly, the guru puja was celebrated at Kalayarkoil in Sivaganga district. People from Ramanathanpuram, Madurai, Virudhunagar and Sivagnaga districts, visited the memorial at Kalayarkoil.

As the event was marred by violence in 2012, the district administration had issued an order under section 144 of Cr Pc and imposed a ban on entry of private vehicles and higher vehicles to the memorial at Kalayarkoil.

Usilampatti MLA Kathiravan said, “The volunteers visited the memorial in their own vehicles to pay their homage to Maruthu brothers. More than 300 women from Madurai district belonging to Agamudaiyar community visited the memorial carrying milk pots and poured the milk on the statues of Marathu brothers at Teppakulam.”

The event passed off peacefully amidst the security provided by the police personnel in the city. Around 1,000 police personnel were deployed at various spots and sensitive areas to maintain law and order in the city.

Deputy commissioner of police (law and order) Samant Rohan Rajendra, said, “The law and order of the city was maintained by deploying around 1,000 police personnel at Teppakulam, Goripalayam and Scot Road in the city. Traffic was diverted at Kalayarkoil.”

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Madurai / TNN / October 28th, 2014