Tamils and Malayalees welcome new year with prayers


Joyful devotion: (From left) Tamils celebrating Puthandu at Sri Sithi Vinayagar Temple in Petaling Jaya.

PETALING JAYA: Maithilli Devi Nermala Devi woke up but kept her eyes closed. She walked shakily towards the altar in her home and, once there, she finally open­ed her eyes.

Her first view, on Tamil Puthandu, or new year, was that of a mirror placed in her prayer room and the idols there.

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