"Chutty baby" (11) lead the procession

The annual “Aadi Vel” festival of Jeyanthi Nagar Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple in Ginthupity was held on August 10 2006. Brass statues of Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy along with Sri Valli and Theivaanai were beautifully decorated with lotus, jasmine, vaada mallikai, ponnochchi, sevvanthi and nanthiyaavattai flowers .These three statues were taken on procession on a wooden carved cart.

The cart procession started in the morning, and ended in the night on the same day. The procession went on Ginthupity Street , Vivekananda Hill, Wolfendhal Street, Gabos Lane, St. John’s Street, Main Street, 5th Cross Street, Norris Road, 4th Cross Street, Keyzer Street, Lotus Road, Sea Street, Sri Kathiresan Street, Aandivaal Street , and Brass Founder’s Street. It stopped on the way to bless the devotees. A special Police protection was given to the procession and devotees.