The annual Adi festival of Sri Mahalakshmi Temple at Mettumahadanapuram in the district was celebrated with the chief priest breaking coconuts on heads of devotees as part of their fulfilment of vow.
More than a thousand devotees had coconut broken on their head while some sustained bleeding injuries in the process.
The event had attracted adverse comments from agencies such as the State Human Rights Commission in the past but the local administration did not intervene because of religious sensitivities involved.
The ritual is part of a two-day annual festival that is the highlight of the temple annals. A majority of the temple’s ‘kudipaadu’ belongs to the ‘kurumbas’ and certain sections of the ‘24 Manai Telugu Chettiars.’
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