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Jayalalithaa in Guruvayur
to offer calf elephant

Jayalalithaa was inside the temple for nearly one hour from 0700 hrs (IST). The 'Nadayirathu' ceremony concerning the 19-year-old tusker, Kannan, took about 30 minutes.

There was unprecedented tight security in Guruvayur town in view of the call for a hartal by the local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and some other organisations to protest against her visit.

A group of BJP workers held a black flag demonstration when she arrived at the temple. Breaking the police cordon, they came close to the temple, but were soon dispersed by police.

Accompanied by her friend and close aide Sasikala Natarajan, Jayalalithaa arrived at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbasserry at about 0335 hours by a chartered aircraft.

She reached Guruvayur by road at 0530 hours and rested for a while at the Krishna Inn before arriving at the temple at 0700 hours.

In view of the security concerns on account of the developments in Tamil Nadu, Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony had advised Jayalalithaa to put off her visit. The advice was conveyed to the Tamil Nadu government by Kerala Chief Secretary V Krishnamurthy.

Ignoring the advice, however, Jayalalithaa went ahead with her visit, which had earlier been postponed four times.

She is expected to return to Madras on Monday night.

UNI

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