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Melur locals celebrate a centuries-old fishing event
Updated On: 01 June, 2024 05:58 PM IST | Tamil Nadu | mid-day online correspondent
Melur in Tamil Nadu hosted the well-known and historically significant fishing festival on Saturday. The centuries-old fishing festival of Kallandhiri is one of its kind in the entire state. The villagers offer the fish they catch to the deity for their better harvest and well-being. Every year, the celebration begins with the onset of summer.

The local of Melur celebrating the Kallandhiri Fishing Festival
Melur in Tamil Nadu hosted the well-known and historically significant fishing festival on Saturday.
To celebrate the annual fishing festival, a large number of people from five villages near Melur gathered at Kallandhiri village, one of the villages close to Melur, as reported by ANI.
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