ABOUT 10,000 HINDU DEVOTEES WITNESSED THE MAHA KUMBABISHEGAM - CONSECRATION CEREMONY AT THE SRI MARIAMMAN TEMPLE. SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD. VETHATHRI SIVACHARI, 45, WITH FOUR OTHER PRIESTS CLIMBED UP THE MAKESHIFT STEPS TO THE TOP OF THE 50-FOOT FIVE TIER 'GOPURAM' (PAGODA) AND POURED HOLY WATER INTO FIVE KUMBAMS (HOLLOW SPIRES) TO THE TUNE OF PIPERS AND DRUMMERS ALL FLOWN IN FROM INDIA
06/06/1971
PCD0389 - 0075
2003,0623/2/25A
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