Thousands of devotees performed the Pitru Karma Puja at Rameswaram's Agnitirtha, seeking peace for their ancestors on the occasion of Masi Ammavasai on Sunday Morning. Tamil Nadu: Thousands of Devotees Performs Pitru Karma Puja, Take Holy Dip at Rameswaram’s Agnitirtha on ‘Masi Ammavasai’ (Watch Video).
There is going to be a partial lunar eclipse on the night of October 28 which can be experienced by people in India along with the entire Asia, Europe, Africa, and Russia. The eclipse will occur during late night of October 28 and will continue till the early hours of October 29, said astrophysicist Debi Prasad Duari
A section of local residents blamed the police for the five deaths, alleging there was neither surveillance nor an alert about the high tide, which came at the time of the tarpan rituals