<span style="color: #222222;">The unique Chapparam (Chariot) festival, that symbolizes the importance of preserving all kinds of food and fodder, was celebrated with traditional rituals and festivities in the famous Madurai Meenakshi temple, in Tamil Nadu today.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The festival, in which both Goddess Meenakshi and her spouse Lord Sundareswarar, circumambulate the four main streets around the temple, is also an auspicious occasion when the God and Goddess measure out food for all living beings.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Cooked rice, which is distributed among devotees, are taken home and preserved because it signifies prosperity for the whole year.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Another specialty of the festival is that the chariot of Goddess Meenakshi is pulled by lady devotees alone.</span><br />'' <br />''