MADURAI: Security has been strengthened with the deployment of as many as 3,500 police personnel ahead of the Dasara festival’s soorasamharam at Mutharamman temple in Kulasekarapattinam of Thoothukudi district.

Amidst a huge gathering of devotees, the ten-day Dasara festival got off to a start with flag hoisting on September 23.

Soorasamharam, the grand festival, which is scheduled at midnight on Thursday at Kulasekarapattinam beach, celebrates the triumph of good over evil, symbolised by Goddess Durga’s victory over demon Mahishasura.

As the number of devotees is expected to swell, the district administration has made necessary arrangements to facilitate devotees.

To prevent crime, twenty teams have been mobilised in the vicinity of the beach town temple. Moreover, the police deploye

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