Quase 2.000 devotos participaram do festival Theemithi Fire Walk. Almost 2000 devotees participated in the Theemithi Fire Walk festival.

Um grande número de devotos participou do festival Theemithi (caminhada sobre o fogo) no templo Mela Mariamman em Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, Índia. Large numbers of devotees participated in the Theemithi (fire walk) festival at Mela Mariamman temple in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Os devotos carregavam kavadis de 5 metros de comprimento e caminhavam através do fogo, enquanto outros acendiam maavilakku deepam e oravam à deusa. Devotees carried 16-foot-long kavadis and walked through fire, while others lit maavilakku deepam and prayed to the goddess. A festa, realizada com muito alarde, tem origem numa procissão desde as margens do Cauvery, acompanhada por instrumentos de percussão mela. The festival, held with much fanfare, originates from a procession from the banks of the Cauvery, accompanied by mela percussion instruments.