No delay for silver chariot


Nattukotai Chettiar Temple trustee C. Veerappan checking the silver chariot being prepared for Thaipusam at the Kovil Veedu (Temple House) in Penang Street.— Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

THE main sanctum or sannidhanam of the Nattukotai Chettiar Temple in Jalan Kebun Bunga, Penang, will be closed during the total lunar eclipse on Thaipusam day from 6.30pm.

Its managing trustee A. Lakshmanan said prayers would only resume from 11.30pm the same day on Jan 31.

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