The post Fire-walking festival held in Moreh appeared first on KanglaOnline.com.
MOREH, March 26: The 46th Fire Walking Festival 2013 concluded today with a fire walking event held at the Sunrise Club ground. The event organized by the Shree Angalaparameshwari, Shree Muneeshwarar Temple Committee had started on March 17.
Tomorrow, water mixed with turmeric will be sprayed throughout the whole town to obstruct all evil spirits from entering the town. The fire walking festival of the Tamil is held only in Moreh at Shree Angalaparameshwari Shree Muneeshwarar temple in the whole of the North East region.
Several individuals from the Meitei, Nepali, Bihari, Myanmarese communities participated in the fire walking event. Several Tamils who had left Moreh and returned to Chennai also arrived to participate in the festival. The day is also observed at all Tamil inhabited areas in India, Myanmar, Thailand.
A puja was also observed for the welfare of Moreh during the festival. Elaborating on the fire walking event, V Sekhar President of Tamil Sangam Moreh said, people prayed to God to fulfill their desires and once it is fulfilled the person usually walks on the fire.
The event was attended by several VIPs from Myanmar. DIG 26 Sector and CO 9th AR, Moreh and other community leaders also attended the festival.
The post Fire-walking festival held in Moreh appeared first on KanglaOnline.com.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2013/03/firewalking-festival-held-in-moreh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=firewalking-festival-held-in-moreh