Mahalaya Amavasi is being observed all over Tamil Nadu today. Thousands of people took holy dip in Agni Theertham in Rameswaram Sea and performed tarpanam rituals for their ancestors.

Special rituals for ancestors were conducted in Srirangam Amman Mandapam in Trichy, Bhavani sangamam in Erode, Kodiakkarai, Poom Puhar, Mayiladuturai in Nagapattinam, districts.