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TN ushers in New Year 2025 with gala celebrations

TN ushers in New Year 2025 with gala celebrations

Chennai, Jan 1 (UNI) The people of this teeming megapolis ushered in
the New year 2025 with spiritual fervour traditional gaiety and great
enthusiasm in Tamil Nadu.
As the clock struck 12, shouts of 'Happy New Year' rent the air, with the decibel
level reaching a crescendo, as lakhs of people, including women and children,
who had congregated at the World second longest Marina beach ushered in the
2025 in high 'spirits'.
According to reports nearly ten lakh people have thronged the beach fronts across
the State, including at the sprawling Marina, where people cut cakes, danced
to the playing of music of popular film songs and beating of drums, amid rapturous
celebrations.
People also burst crackers to welcomes 2025, despite police ordering a ban as
fireworks lit the night skies.
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, Chief Minister M K Stalin and leaders of various
political parties greeted the people on the occasion and wished that the dawn of
2025 would usher in prosperity, wealth and happiness in their lives.
Across the State the New Year was celebrated with fervour with the police
deploying one lakh personnel in all districts to ensure a peaceful, safe and
happy celebrations, devoid of any untoward incident
It was a sea of humanity at the Marina beach front as the milling crowd celebrated
the occasion with fervour.
The scene was no different in Santhome beach, Besant nagar Elliots beach and
the Neelangarai as the entire ECR stretch beach front was teemed with people
thronging the beach to usher in 2025.
The new year was also celebrated by various residential associations.
Police have made elaborate security arrangements and more than
20,000 police personnel were deployed on security duty in the city,
including at the entire ECR stretch and across the Chennai city.
Milling crowds were seen in several hotels and shopping malls and at theme
parks to celebrate the new year.
Police had imposed stringent regulations on hotels to ensure that no untoward
incident happened.
The traffic on the Kamarajar Salai on Marina right from War Memorial to the
Light House junction was stopped from 2000 hrs last night till till 0600 hrs
on Wednesday morning.
Several traffic diversions were announced and parking lots were also set up
for those assembling at the Beach front, while all the 34 flyovers in the city
were shut to prevent any untoward incident before they were re-opened
this morning for normal traffic. .
Vehicle check posts were set up and barricades were erected in vital installations
across the city, including on the arterial beach road, and the crowd management
was done through drone cameras and steps were taken by forming special teams
to prevent drunken, driving rash driving, bike racing, eve teasing, chain snatching
and other incidents of crime, besides keeping a surveillance on the movement
of anti-social elements.
A drine show, involving 200 drones, was also organised by the police department
that had the crowed spellbound.
All Terrain Vehicles were deployed on the beach as a precautionary measures,
watch towers erected and police personnel mounted on horseback were monitoring
the sea front, to prevent people from entering the sea shore for bathing, which was
already prohibited.
Southern Railway and the Metropolitan Transport Corporation operated special
bus various destinations for the benefit of public.
People ushered in the new year by drawing colourful rangolis in front of their
houses.
Special midnight masses were held in various churches across the state and the
churches were tastefully decorated and illuminated to mark the occasion.
Thousands of faithfuls thronged the Santhome Basilica in the city and at Velankanni
Church in Besant Nagar in the city.
Special poojas and abhishekams were also held at various temples across the State.
People attired in new clothes thronged temples early in the morning to offer worship.
Large crowds were seen in all temples across the State where special pujas were held.
A large number of devotees offered prayers at the ancient Sri Ranganathaswamy temple
at Srirangam, Lord Varadharajaswamy temple at Kancheepuram, Goddess Meenakshi
Amman temple at Madurai, Goddess Kamatchi Amman temple in Kancheepuram, and
at Vadapalani Murugan Temple in Chennai and at Sri Ramanathaswamy temple at
Rameswaram.
Huge crowds were also seen in all the six abodes of Lord Muruga as devotees thronged
in large numbers to offer prayers, besides in all places of worship including the famous
Shrine Velankanni Temple at Besant Nagar city and at Nagapattinam and other churches
in the districts.
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