trichy the annual poochorithal offering of flowers festival of samayapuram mariamman temple in trichy will be held on march 12 as thousands of devotees would visit the shrine on foot the district administration instructed the police department to regulate the vehicular movement on trichychennai national highway passing through the temple locality poochorithal showering the flowers festival is the most significant of all the annual festivals held at the samayapuram temple the hindu religious and charitable endowments hrce department said that 28daylong fasting called pachai patni was believed to be taken up by the presiding deity mariamman for the welfare of her devotees the period of fasting is celebrated as poochorithal during the last sunday of the tamil month masimanachanallur road chennai highway and goat shandy road must be monitored closely to ensure the safety of devotees health camps must be organised around the temple for two days from march 12 district collector m pradeep kumar said in a stakeholders meetings kannanur town panchayat that has jurisdiction over the temple area must provide safe drinking water to devotees through temporary tanks the collector added as good samaritans would establish buttermilk distribution centres and makeshift free food distribution points during the festival days the food safety department was told to identify appropriate spots for allowing such activities