Thiruvarur Collector Declares Holiday for Kumbabishekam; Erode School Also Closed

• Thiruvarur District Collector Mohanachandran announced a local holiday on January 28 for Mannargudi, Needamangalam, and Kottur unions.
• The holiday is for the Kumbabishekam ceremony at the ancient Rajagopalaswamy Temple in Mannargudi, a 1000-year-old Vaishnavite temple.
• To compensate for the holiday, February 7, a Saturday, will be a working day for the affected areas.
• A private school near Vijayamangalam toll gate in Erode district also declared a holiday as a precautionary measure.
• The half-yearly examination for the Erode school, originally on January 18, has been postponed to January 26.

Why It Matters: Thiruvarur district declares holiday for temple ceremony, with a compensatory working day later.