ERODE: Over one lakh devotees from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka participated in the fire walk ritual as part of the annual Kundam festival at Bannari Mariamman temple in Sathyamangalam in Erode ...

The Arulmigu Bannari Mariamman Temple is near the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. The Kundam festival falls on the Tamil month of Panguni, and the festival started on March 24 this year.