Devotees offering prayers during the Maha Pushkaram in the Cauvery river at Thulla Kattam in Mayiladuthurai in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.
Sadhus from different parts of the country during a meeting at Mayiladuthurai.
The organising committee of the celestial event was led by the Akhila Bharatha Sanyasees Sangam.
The celestial event is said to occur once in 144 years but roughly coincides with the multiple transits of Jupiter from Kanya Rasi to Thula Rasi as per the Hindu almanac.
The dry riverbed had not dampened the enthusiasm of devotees.
The celestial transit of planet Jupiter from zodiac sign Virgo to Libra is said to be the Maha Pushkaram period.
Kanchi Acharyas Sri Jayendra Saraswathi and Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigals along with Dharmapuram and Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam pontiffs graced the event in Mayiladuthurai.
'Mangala arathi' being performed for Cauvery at Srirangam on Tuesday evening.